On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 05:08:06PM +0200, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 05:29:58PM +0300, Vitaliy Makkoveev wrote:
> > On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 01:02:58PM +0300, Vitaliy Makkoveev wrote:
> > > mrt_rtwalk_mfcsysctl() performs read-only access to protected data, so
> > > rtable_walk() could be called with shared netlock.
> > >
> >
> > Regardless on sysctl(2) unlocking backout, the netlock around
> > mrt_sysctl_mfc() could be relaxed to shared netlock.
>
> IP multicast is far from MP ready. As a usual workaround I use
> exclusive netlock or shared netlock plus kernel lock.
>
> Whenever I have to call something with multicast from a section
> that has only shared netlock, I grab the kenrel lock.
>
> So using only NET_LOCK_SHARED() for reading multicast data does not
> seem enough.
>
mrt_rtwalk_mfcsysctl() does read-only access. Since the sysctl(2)
unlocking was reverted, this will be "shared netlock plus kernel lock"
case.
> Look at the way ip_input_if() calls ip_mforward(). Maybe we should
> start making ip_mroute.c MP safe. Unfortunately I have no test
> environment for that.
>
mpi@ said the kernel lock removal from uvm_swap_free() will be easy. So
I want to try to remove it and push sysctl(2) unlocking back.
> bluhm
>
> > > Index: sys/netinet/ip_input.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet/ip_input.c,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.384
> > > diff -u -p -r1.384 ip_input.c
> > > --- sys/netinet/ip_input.c 16 May 2023 19:36:00 -0000 1.384
> > > +++ sys/netinet/ip_input.c 17 May 2023 09:59:16 -0000
> > > @@ -1712,10 +1712,7 @@ ip_sysctl(int *name, u_int namelen, void
> > > case IPCTL_MRTMFC:
> > > if (newp)
> > > return (EPERM);
> > > - NET_LOCK();
> > > - error = mrt_sysctl_mfc(oldp, oldlenp);
> > > - NET_UNLOCK();
> > > - return (error);
> > > + return (mrt_sysctl_mfc(oldp, oldlenp));
> > > case IPCTL_MRTVIF:
> > > if (newp)
> > > return (EPERM);
> > > Index: sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c,v
> > > retrieving revision 1.138
> > > diff -u -p -r1.138 ip_mroute.c
> > > --- sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c 19 Apr 2023 20:03:51 -0000 1.138
> > > +++ sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c 17 May 2023 09:59:16 -0000
> > > @@ -479,10 +479,12 @@ mrt_sysctl_mfc(void *oldp, size_t *oldle
> > > msa.msa_len = *oldlenp;
> > > msa.msa_needed = 0;
> > >
> > > + NET_LOCK_SHARED();
> > > for (rtableid = 0; rtableid <= RT_TABLEID_MAX; rtableid++) {
> > > rtable_walk(rtableid, AF_INET, NULL, mrt_rtwalk_mfcsysctl,
> > > &msa);
> > > }
> > > + NET_UNLOCK_SHARED();
> > >
> > > if (msa.msa_minfos != NULL && msa.msa_needed > 0 &&
> > > (error = copyout(msa.msa_minfos, oldp, msa.msa_needed)) != 0) {
> > >
>
