From: Maoyi Xie Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:30:28 +0000 (+0800) Subject: wifi: mac80211: defer link RX stats percpu free to RCU X-Git-Tag: v7.2-rc4~17^2~16^2~31 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aa2eb62525188269cdd402a583b9a8ed94657ff0;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git wifi: mac80211: defer link RX stats percpu free to RCU sta_remove_link() frees a removed MLO link's RX stats percpu buffer right away, but defers only the link container to RCU: sta_info_free_link(&alloc->info); kfree_rcu(alloc, rcu_head); The RX fast path reads link_sta under rcu_read_lock and writes the percpu stats. A reader that resolved link_sta before the removal keeps the pointer. The container stays alive from the kfree_rcu, so the read still works. But the percpu block it points to is already freed. This needs uses_rss. That is when pcpu_rx_stats exists. The full STA teardown frees the deflink stats only after synchronize_net(). The link removal path had no such barrier. The race is hard to win in practice, but the free should still wait for RCU. Free the link together with its data from a single RCU callback, so the percpu block is reclaimed only after readers drain. Fixes: c71420db653a ("wifi: mac80211: RCU-ify link STA pointers") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260626080158.3589711-1-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com Suggested-by: Johannes Berg Co-developed-by: Kaixuan Li Signed-off-by: Kaixuan Li Signed-off-by: Maoyi Xie Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260627083028.3826810-1-maoyixie.tju@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c index 02b587ff8504..22eba0e6e54c 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c +++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c @@ -355,6 +355,15 @@ static void sta_info_free_link(struct link_sta_info *link_sta) free_percpu(link_sta->pcpu_rx_stats); } +static void sta_link_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head) +{ + struct sta_link_alloc *alloc = + container_of(head, struct sta_link_alloc, rcu_head); + + sta_info_free_link(&alloc->info); + kfree(alloc); +} + static void sta_accumulate_removed_link_stats(struct sta_info *sta, int link_id) { struct link_sta_info *link_sta = wiphy_dereference(sta->local->hw.wiphy, @@ -439,10 +448,8 @@ static void sta_remove_link(struct sta_info *sta, unsigned int link_id, RCU_INIT_POINTER(sta->link[link_id], NULL); RCU_INIT_POINTER(sta->sta.link[link_id], NULL); - if (alloc) { - sta_info_free_link(&alloc->info); - kfree_rcu(alloc, rcu_head); - } + if (alloc) + call_rcu(&alloc->rcu_head, sta_link_free_rcu); ieee80211_sta_recalc_aggregates(&sta->sta); }