@@ -249,10 +249,11 @@ bool icmp_global_allow(void)
bool rc = false;
/* Check if token bucket is empty and cannot be refilled
- * without taking the spinlock.
+ * without taking the spinlock. The READ_ONCE() are paired
+ * with the following WRITE_ONCE() in this same function.
*/
- if (!icmp_global.credit) {
- delta = min_t(u32, now - icmp_global.stamp, HZ);
+ if (!READ_ONCE(icmp_global.credit)) {
+ delta = min_t(u32, now - READ_ONCE(icmp_global.stamp), HZ);
if (delta < HZ / 50)
return false;
}
@@ -262,14 +263,14 @@ bool icmp_global_allow(void)
if (delta >= HZ / 50) {
incr = sysctl_icmp_msgs_per_sec * delta / HZ ;
if (incr)
- icmp_global.stamp = now;
+ WRITE_ONCE(icmp_global.stamp, now);
}
credit = min_t(u32, icmp_global.credit + incr, sysctl_icmp_msgs_burst);
if (credit) {
credit--;
rc = true;
}
- icmp_global.credit = credit;
+ WRITE_ONCE(icmp_global.credit, credit);
spin_unlock(&icmp_global.lock);
return rc;
}