Xen devel - May 2011 - [PATCH linux-2.6.18-xen] netfront: plug a theoretical leak on setup_device()''s error path

This patch intends to fix a theoretical leak in
netfront::setup_device(), on the error path.

Suppose the frontend is in XenbusStateInitialising and the backend
advances to XenbusStateInitWait. backend_changed() will call
network_connect() -> talk_to_backend() -> setup_device().

If bind_listening_port_to_irqhandler() fails (due to event channel
allocation failure, dynamic IRQ allocation failure etc), then the grant
references and the shared ring pages remain allocated. The error
percolates back to backend_changed() without any cleanup.
backend_changed() will not change the frontend state; it will stay in
XenbusStateInitialising. If the backend retries XenbusStateInitWait
(possibly through a fake, no-op mediate state, like XenbusStateClosed),
then the frontend repeats the above call chain and leaks the previously
unreleased ring pages and grant references.

If setup_device() fails to grant access to the RX page before it tries
to call bind_listening_port_to_irqhandler(), then only the TX page /
grant reference are leaked in the next round.

I''m not sure what happens when the RX page allocation fails:
xenbus_dev_fatal() is called then, which changes the frontend''s state
and seems to preclude a second immediate call to network_connect(). I
think the patch below shouldn''t hurt in that case either (or after
earlier failures in setup_device() for that matter).

Thanks for considering.

Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/xen/netfront/netfront.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff -r 415a9b435fef drivers/xen/netfront/netfront.c
--- a/drivers/xen/netfront/netfront.c	Mon May 23 18:36:33 2011 +0100
+++ b/drivers/xen/netfront/netfront.c	Tue May 24 11:37:12 2011 +0200
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static int setup_device(struct xenbus_de
 static struct net_device *create_netdev(struct xenbus_device *);
 
 static void end_access(int, void *);
+static void netif_release_rings(struct netfront_info *);
 static void netif_disconnect_backend(struct netfront_info *);
 
 static int network_connect(struct net_device *);
@@ -522,6 +523,7 @@ static int setup_device(struct xenbus_de
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
+	netif_release_rings(info);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2152,6 +2154,15 @@ static struct notifier_block notifier_in
 };
 #endif
 
+static void netif_release_rings(struct netfront_info *info)
+{
+	end_access(info->tx_ring_ref, info->tx.sring);
+	end_access(info->rx_ring_ref, info->rx.sring);
+	info->tx_ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
+	info->rx_ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
+	info->tx.sring = NULL;
+	info->rx.sring = NULL;
+}
 
 static void netif_disconnect_backend(struct netfront_info *info)
 {
@@ -2166,12 +2177,7 @@ static void netif_disconnect_backend(str
 		unbind_from_irqhandler(info->irq, info->netdev);
 	info->irq = 0;
 
-	end_access(info->tx_ring_ref, info->tx.sring);
-	end_access(info->rx_ring_ref, info->rx.sring);
-	info->tx_ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
-	info->rx_ring_ref = GRANT_INVALID_REF;
-	info->tx.sring = NULL;
-	info->rx.sring = NULL;
+	netif_release_rings(info);
 }
 
 

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