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tcp: Fix race in tcp_poll

If a RST comes in immediately after checking sk->sk_err, tcp_poll will
return POLLIN but not POLLOUT.  Fix this by checking sk->sk_err at the end
of tcp_poll.  Additionally, ensure the correct order of operations on SMP
machines with memory barriers.

Signed-off-by: Tom Marshall <tdm.code@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tom Marshall 14 years ago
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a4d258036e
2 changed files with 7 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 5 2
      net/ipv4/tcp.c
  2. 2 0
      net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

+ 5 - 2
net/ipv4/tcp.c

@@ -386,8 +386,6 @@ unsigned int tcp_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table *wait)
 	 */
 
 	mask = 0;
-	if (sk->sk_err)
-		mask = POLLERR;
 
 	/*
 	 * POLLHUP is certainly not done right. But poll() doesn't
@@ -457,6 +455,11 @@ unsigned int tcp_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock, poll_table *wait)
 		if (tp->urg_data & TCP_URG_VALID)
 			mask |= POLLPRI;
 	}
+	/* This barrier is coupled with smp_wmb() in tcp_reset() */
+	smp_rmb();
+	if (sk->sk_err)
+		mask |= POLLERR;
+
 	return mask;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_poll);

+ 2 - 0
net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

@@ -4048,6 +4048,8 @@ static void tcp_reset(struct sock *sk)
 	default:
 		sk->sk_err = ECONNRESET;
 	}
+	/* This barrier is coupled with smp_rmb() in tcp_poll() */
+	smp_wmb();
 
 	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
 		sk->sk_error_report(sk);