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-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 085a11f1eb43..83c52df85870 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -149,7 +149,15 @@ static void nf_conntrack_all_lock(void)
spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock);
- nf_conntrack_locks_all = true;
+ /* For nf_contrack_locks_all, only the latest time when another
+ * CPU will see an update is controlled, by the "release" of the
+ * spin_lock below.
+ * The earliest time is not controlled, an thus KCSAN could detect
+ * a race when nf_conntract_lock() reads the variable.
+ * WRITE_ONCE() is used to ensure the compiler will not
+ * optimize the write.
+ */
+ WRITE_ONCE(nf_conntrack_locks_all, true);
for (i = 0; i < CONNTRACK_LOCKS; i++) {
spin_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i]);