[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 007/165] flowcache: Fix kernel panic in flow_cache_flush_task

Luis Henriques luis.henriques at canonical.com
Wed Mar 25 13:59:40 UTC 2015


3.16.7-ckt9 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Miroslav Urbanek <mu at miroslavurbanek.com>

commit 233c96fc077d310772375d47522fb444ff546905 upstream.

flow_cache_flush_task references a structure member flow_cache_gc_work
where it should reference flow_cache_flush_task instead.

Kernel panic occurs on kernels using IPsec during XFRM garbage
collection. The garbage collection interval can be shortened using the
following sysctl settings:

net.ipv4.xfrm4_gc_thresh=4
net.ipv6.xfrm6_gc_thresh=4

With the default settings, our productions servers crash approximately
once a week. With the settings above, they crash immediately.

Fixes: ca925cf1534e ("flowcache: Make flow cache name space aware")
Reported-by: Tomáš Charvát <tc at excello.cz>
Tested-by: Jan Hejl <jh at excello.cz>
Signed-off-by: Miroslav Urbanek <mu at miroslavurbanek.com>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 net/core/flow.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index a0348fde1fdf..1033725be40b 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ done:
 static void flow_cache_flush_task(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct netns_xfrm *xfrm = container_of(work, struct netns_xfrm,
-						flow_cache_gc_work);
+						flow_cache_flush_work);
 	struct net *net = container_of(xfrm, struct net, xfrm);
 
 	flow_cache_flush(net);




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