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Date:      Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:53:34 +0800
From:      dave jones <s.dave.jones@gmail.com>
To:        Mikolaj Golub <trociny@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org>, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Kernel panic on FreeBSD 9.0-beta2
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On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 9:12 AM, dave jones  wrote:
> 2011/10/4 Mikolaj Golub :
>>
>> On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 14:15:45 +0800 dave jones wrote:
>>
>> =A0dj> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Robert Watson wrote:
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2011, Mikolaj Golub wrote:
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>>> On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:12:55 +0200 K. Macy wrote:
>> =A0>>>
>> =A0>>> KM> Sorry, didn't look at the images (limited bw), I've seen some=
thing KM>
>> =A0>>> like this before in timewait. This "can't happen" with UDP so wil=
l be KM>
>> =A0>>> interested in learning more about the bug.
>> =A0>>>
>> =A0>>> The panic can be easily triggered by this:
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> Hi:
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> Just catching up on this thread. =A0I think the analysis here is g=
enerally
>> =A0>> right: in 9.0, you're much more likely to see an inpcb with its in=
_socket
>> =A0>> pointer cleared in the hash list than in prior releases, and
>> =A0>> in_pcbbind_setup() trips over this.
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> However, at least on first glance (and from the perspective of inv=
ariants
>> =A0>> here), I think the bug is actualy that in_pcbbind_setup() is askin=
g
>> =A0>> in_pcblookup_local() for an inpcb and then access the returned inp=
cb's
>> =A0>> in_socket pointer without acquiring a lock on the inpcb. =A0Struct=
urally, it
>> =A0>> can't acquire this lock for lock order reasons -- it already holds=
 the lock
>> =A0>> on its own inpcb. =A0Therefore, we should only access fields that =
are safe to
>> =A0>> follow in an inpcb when you hold a reference via the hash lock and=
 not a
>> =A0>> lock on the inpcb itself, which appears generally OK (+/-) for all=
 the
>> =A0>> fields in that clause but the t->inp_socket->so_options dereferenc=
e.
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> A preferred fix would cache the SO_REUSEPORT flag in an inpcb-laye=
r field,
>> =A0>> such as inp_flags2, giving us access to its value without having t=
o walk
>> =A0>> into the attached (or not) socket.
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> This raises another structural question, which is whether we need =
a new
>> =A0>> inp_foo flags field that is protected explicitly by the hash lock,=
 and not
>> =A0>> by the inpcb lock, which could hold fields relevant to address bin=
ding. =A0I
>> =A0>> don't think we need to solve that problem in this context, as a sl=
ightly
>> =A0>> race on SO_REUSEPORT is likely acceptable.
>> =A0>>
>> =A0>> The suggested fix does perform the desired function of explicitly =
detaching
>> =A0>> the inpcb from the hash list before the socket is disconnected fro=
m the
>> =A0>> inpcb. However, it's incomplete in that the invariant that's being=
 broken is
>> =A0>> also relied on for other protocols (such as raw sockets). =A0The c=
orrect
>> =A0>> invariant is that inp_socket is safe to follow unconditionally if =
an inpcb
>> =A0>> is locked and INP_DROPPED isn't set -- the bug is in "locked" not =
in
>> =A0>> "INP_DROPPED", which is why I think this is the wrong fix, even th=
ough it
>> =A0>> prevents a panic :-).
>>
>> =A0dj> Hello Robert,
>>
>> =A0dj> Thank you for taking your valuable time to find out the problem.
>> =A0dj> Since I don't have idea about network internals, would you have a=
 patch
>> =A0dj> about this? I'd be glad to test it, thanks again.
>>
>> Here is the patch that implements what Robert suggests.
>>
>> Dave, could you test it?
>
> Sure. Thanks for cooking the patch.
> Machines have been running two days now without panic.

Is there any plan to commit your fix? Thank you.
I'd upgrade to 9.0-release from beta-2 once it's released.

Best regards,
Dave.



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