[Openvpn-devel,net,v4,2/3] ovpn: run deferred work on a module-owned workqueue

Message ID 6edfcc51e0855bfd34286b86d4e7f26bb3bcd3f7.1783099626.git.ralf@mandelbit.com
State Changes Requested
Headers
Series [Openvpn-devel,net,v4,1/3] ovpn: finish crypto callback cleanup before peer release |

Commit Message

Ralf Lici July 3, 2026, 5:35 p.m. UTC
  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.
Destroy the workqueue during module exit, after unregistering the rtnl
link ops and netlink family and before the final RCU barrier, so 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 destroy_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>
---
Changes since v3 https://lore.kernel.org/openvpn-devel/49f38f89340e18ed30543d3990a7a7e20595b6af.1783080055.git.ralf@mandelbit.com/
- Replace the RCU-deferred peer netdev reference release with a
  module-owned workqueue that drains all ovpn work callbacks before
  module text can be freed.

 drivers/net/ovpn/main.c     | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h |  4 ++++
 drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c     |  8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ovpn/tcp.c      |  9 ++++-----
 4 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
index 9993c1dfe471..984b35398c36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
@@ -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);
@@ -233,11 +237,18 @@  static struct rtnl_link_ops ovpn_link_ops = {
 
 static int __init ovpn_init(void)
 {
-	int err = rtnl_link_register(&ovpn_link_ops);
+	int err;
 
+	ovpn_wq = alloc_workqueue("ovpn", 0, 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();
@@ -252,6 +263,9 @@  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;
 }
 
@@ -259,6 +273,8 @@  static __exit void ovpn_cleanup(void)
 {
 	ovpn_nl_unregister();
 	rtnl_link_unregister(&ovpn_link_ops);
+	destroy_workqueue(ovpn_wq);
+	ovpn_wq = NULL;
 
 	rcu_barrier();
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h
index 5898f6adada7..84499140e4bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ 
 #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
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
index a09d61296425..976a5de13c80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@  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);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@  static time64_t ovpn_peer_keepalive_work_single(struct ovpn_peer *peer,
 		netdev_dbg(peer->ovpn->dev,
 			   "sending keepalive to peer %u\n",
 			   peer->id);
-		if (schedule_work(&peer->keepalive_work))
+		if (queue_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->keepalive_work))
 			ovpn_peer_hold(peer);
 	}
 
@@ -1377,8 +1377,8 @@  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);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/tcp.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/tcp.c
index 433bd07a4f1b..475f560ca5b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/tcp.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@  static void ovpn_tcp_rcv(struct strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	/* take reference for deferred peer deletion. should never fail */
 	if (WARN_ON(!ovpn_peer_hold(peer)))
 		goto err_nopeer;
-	schedule_work(&peer->tcp.defer_del_work);
+	queue_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->tcp.defer_del_work);
 	ovpn_dev_dstats_rx_dropped(peer->ovpn->dev);
 err_nopeer:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -283,12 +283,11 @@  static void ovpn_tcp_send_sock(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sock *sk)
 			 * stream therefore we abort the connection
 			 */
 			ovpn_peer_hold(peer);
-			schedule_work(&peer->tcp.defer_del_work);
+			queue_work(ovpn_wq, &peer->tcp.defer_del_work);
 
 			/* 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;
 		}
@@ -485,7 +484,7 @@  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();