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ixgbe: fix race accessing page->_count
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This is illegal to use atomic_set(&page->_count, 2) even if we 'own'
the page. Other entities in the kernel need to use get_page_unless_zero()
to get a reference to the page before testing page properties, so we could
loose a refcount increment.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet authored and David S. Miller committed Oct 10, 2014
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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
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Expand Up @@ -1865,12 +1865,10 @@ static bool ixgbe_add_rx_frag(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring,
/* flip page offset to other buffer */
rx_buffer->page_offset ^= truesize;

/*
* since we are the only owner of the page and we need to
* increment it, just set the value to 2 in order to avoid
* an unecessary locked operation
/* Even if we own the page, we are not allowed to use atomic_set()
* This would break get_page_unless_zero() users.
*/
atomic_set(&page->_count, 2);
atomic_inc(&page->_count);
#else
/* move offset up to the next cache line */
rx_buffer->page_offset += truesize;
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