On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> wrote: > On 9 December 2015 at 14:50, Pravin Shelar <pshe...@nicira.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> wrote: >>> If the actions (re)allocation fails, or the actions list is larger than the >>> maximum size, and the conntrack action is the last action when these >>> problems are hit, then references to helper modules may be leaked. Fix >>> the issue. >>> >>> Fixes: cae3a2627520 ("openvswitch: Allow attaching helpers to ct action") >>> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <j...@ovn.org> >>> --- >>> net/openvswitch/conntrack.c | 9 ++++++++- >>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c >>> index c2cc11168fd5..585a5aa81f89 100644 >>> --- a/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c >>> +++ b/net/openvswitch/conntrack.c >>> @@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct ovs_conntrack_info { >>> struct md_labels labels; >>> }; >>> >>> +static void __ovs_ct_free_action(struct ovs_conntrack_info *ct_info); >>> + >>> static u16 key_to_nfproto(const struct sw_flow_key *key) >>> { >>> switch (ntohs(key->eth.type)) { >>> @@ -708,7 +710,7 @@ int ovs_ct_copy_action(struct net *net, const struct >>> nlattr *attr, >>> nf_conntrack_get(&ct_info.ct->ct_general); >> >> I see another issue here. Updates to ct_info are done after it is >> copied to action list. ct action on the action list and ct_info are >> inconsistent, So it is still leaking nf-conntrack reference. > > You're referring to the below? > > __set_bit(IPS_CONFIRMED_BIT, &ct_info.ct->status); > nf_conntrack_get(&ct_info.ct->ct_general); > > ct_info.ct points to the same location as the version that has been > copied into the action list. I agree it's a bit misleading though. If > you're not seeing something else, it seems cosmetic so I can (should?) > follow up on net-next.
Right, there is no leak, cosmetic changes can be done later. I do not have problem with this patch as it is. Acked-by: Pravin B Shelar <pshe...@nicira.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html