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ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue
authorRalf Lici <ralf@mandelbit.com>
Fri, 7 Aug 2026 07:55:43 +0000 (09:55 +0200)
committerAntonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
Sun, 9 Aug 2026 20:47:57 +0000 (22:47 +0200)
ovpn queues several work items whose callbacks execute module text.
These works currently run on the global system workqueues, so module
exit has no driver-owned drain point that guarantees the callbacks have
fully returned before the module text can be freed.

Object references protect the objects used by the callbacks, but they do
not prove that a workqueue function has returned. In particular, a
worker can drop the final reference that unblocks device teardown while
it is still executing ovpn code.

Add a module-owned workqueue and queue all ovpn work items on it. During
module exit, unregister rtnl and netlink first, flush the workqueue so
ordinary ovpn workers finish, run the final RCU barrier, and destroy the
workqueue last. This keeps the workqueue available for cleanup work
queued from RCU callbacks, while ensuring no ovpn work item can outlive
the module text.

The per-device delayed keepalive work remains explicitly disabled during
netdev teardown (disable_delayed_work_sync in ndo_uninit), since
flush_workqueue does not flush delayed work that is still only pending
on its timer.

Fixes: 3ecfd9349f40 ("ovpn: implement keepalive mechanism")
Fixes: 11851cbd60ea ("ovpn: implement TCP transport")
Signed-off-by: Ralf Lici <ralf@mandelbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h
drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
drivers/net/ovpn/tcp.c

index 168cfe9b59a98a4a8ee9f5ec0da0ce842d4ffa1f..0708249e9607cf75fc132c91859cf1d54659b42a 100644 (file)
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/inetdevice.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
 #include <net/gro_cells.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@
 #include "tcp.h"
 #include "udp.h"
 
+/* module-owned workqueue on which all ovpn-specific work is queued */
+struct workqueue_struct *ovpn_wq;
+
 static void ovpn_priv_free(struct net_device *net)
 {
        struct ovpn_priv *ovpn = netdev_priv(net);
@@ -264,10 +268,16 @@ static int __init ovpn_init(void)
 
        ovpn_tcp_init();
 
+       ovpn_wq = alloc_workqueue("ovpn", WQ_PERCPU, 0);
+       if (!ovpn_wq) {
+               pr_err("ovpn: cannot allocate workqueue\n");
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       }
+
        err = rtnl_link_register(&ovpn_link_ops);
        if (err) {
                pr_err("ovpn: can't register rtnl link ops: %d\n", err);
-               return err;
+               goto destroy_wq;
        }
 
        err = ovpn_nl_register();
@@ -280,6 +290,9 @@ static int __init ovpn_init(void)
 
 unreg_rtnl:
        rtnl_link_unregister(&ovpn_link_ops);
+destroy_wq:
+       destroy_workqueue(ovpn_wq);
+       ovpn_wq = NULL;
        return err;
 }
 
@@ -288,7 +301,11 @@ static __exit void ovpn_cleanup(void)
        ovpn_nl_unregister();
        rtnl_link_unregister(&ovpn_link_ops);
 
+       flush_workqueue(ovpn_wq);
        rcu_barrier();
+
+       destroy_workqueue(ovpn_wq);
+       ovpn_wq = NULL;
 }
 
 module_init(ovpn_init);
index 5898f6adada7f57abcbfa4f37ca653f4f1e506a9..84499140e4bd908183b797c70bcf8b7f21f5e4ed 100644 (file)
 #include <uapi/linux/if_link.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/ovpn.h>
 
+struct workqueue_struct;
+
+extern struct workqueue_struct *ovpn_wq;
+
 /**
  * struct ovpn_peer_collection - container of peers for MultiPeer mode
  * @by_id: table of peers index by ID
index b0519f9840d830a397850e884db633866c98916b..c95656ca7c3571fec84fa26120d1d0b2dd6a4d75 100644 (file)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void ovpn_peer_keepalive_set(struct ovpn_peer *peer, u32 interval, u32 timeout)
        /* now that interval and timeout have been changed, kick
         * off the worker so that the next delay can be recomputed
         */
-       mod_delayed_work(system_percpu_wq, &peer->ovpn->keepalive_work, 0);
+       mod_delayed_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->ovpn->keepalive_work, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@ static time64_t ovpn_peer_keepalive_work_single(struct ovpn_peer *peer,
                           peer->id);
                if (WARN_ON(!ovpn_peer_hold(peer)))
                        return 0;
-               if (!schedule_work(&peer->keepalive_work))
+               if (!queue_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->keepalive_work))
                        ovpn_peer_put(peer);
        }
 
@@ -1463,8 +1463,8 @@ void ovpn_peer_keepalive_work(struct work_struct *work)
                netdev_dbg(ovpn->dev,
                           "scheduling keepalive work: now=%llu next_run=%llu delta=%llu\n",
                           next_run, now, next_run - now);
-               schedule_delayed_work(&ovpn->keepalive_work,
-                                     (next_run - now) * HZ);
+               queue_delayed_work(ovpn_wq, &ovpn->keepalive_work,
+                                  (next_run - now) * HZ);
        }
        unlock_ovpn(ovpn, &release_list);
 }
index 0af14055c39aad80d561485edb719f550c2bba1c..8fe8a8e750a40d193db2e262ed66836e24e30f81 100644 (file)
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ err:
        /* take reference for deferred peer deletion. should never fail */
        if (WARN_ON(!ovpn_peer_hold(peer)))
                goto err_nopeer;
-       if (!schedule_work(&peer->tcp.defer_del_work))
+       if (!queue_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->tcp.defer_del_work))
                ovpn_peer_put(peer);
        ovpn_dev_dstats_rx_dropped(peer->ovpn->dev);
 err_nopeer:
@@ -284,13 +284,12 @@ static void ovpn_tcp_send_sock(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sock *sk)
                         * stream therefore we abort the connection
                         */
                        ovpn_peer_hold(peer);
-                       if (!schedule_work(&peer->tcp.defer_del_work))
+                       if (!queue_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->tcp.defer_del_work))
                                ovpn_peer_put(peer);
 
                        /* we bail out immediately and keep tx_in_progress set
                         * to true. This way we prevent more TX attempts
-                        * which would lead to more invocations of
-                        * schedule_work()
+                        * which would lead to more invocations of queue_work()
                         */
                        return;
                }
@@ -487,7 +486,7 @@ static void ovpn_tcp_write_space(struct sock *sk)
        rcu_read_lock();
        sock = rcu_dereference_sk_user_data(sk);
        if (likely(sock && sock->peer)) {
-               schedule_work(&sock->tcp_tx_work);
+               queue_work(ovpn_wq, &sock->tcp_tx_work);
                sock->peer->tcp.sk_cb.sk_write_space(sk);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();