net: add skb_queue_empty_lockless()

Some paths call skb_queue_empty() without holding
the queue lock. We must use a barrier in order
to not let the compiler do strange things, and avoid
KCSAN splats.

Adding a barrier in skb_queue_empty() might be overkill,
I prefer adding a new helper to clearly identify
points where the callers might be lockless. This might
help us finding real bugs.

The corresponding WRITE_ONCE() should add zero cost
for current compilers.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

Author: edumazet

include/linux/skbuff.h

@@ -1495,6 +1495,19 @@ static inline int skb_queue_empty(const struct sk_buff_head *list)
 	return list->next == (const struct sk_buff *) list;
 }
 
+/**
+ *	skb_queue_empty_lockless - check if a queue is empty
+ *	@list: queue head
+ *
+ *	Returns true if the queue is empty, false otherwise.
+ *	This variant can be used in lockless contexts.
+ */
+static inline bool skb_queue_empty_lockless(const struct sk_buff_head *list)
+{
+	return READ_ONCE(list->next) == (const struct sk_buff *) list;
+}
+
+
 /**
  *	skb_queue_is_last - check if skb is the last entry in the queue
  *	@list: queue head
@@ -1848,9 +1861,11 @@ static inline void __skb_insert(struct sk_buff *newsk,
 				struct sk_buff *prev, struct sk_buff *next,
 				struct sk_buff_head *list)
 {
-	newsk->next = next;
-	newsk->prev = prev;
-	next->prev  = prev->next = newsk;
+	/* see skb_queue_empty_lockless() for the opposite READ_ONCE() */
+	WRITE_ONCE(newsk->next, next);
+	WRITE_ONCE(newsk->prev, prev);
+	WRITE_ONCE(next->prev, newsk);
+	WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, newsk);
 	list->qlen++;
 }
 
@@ -1861,11 +1876,11 @@ static inline void __skb_queue_splice(const struct sk_buff_head *list,
 	struct sk_buff *first = list->next;
 	struct sk_buff *last = list->prev;
 
-	first->prev = prev;
-	prev->next = first;
+	WRITE_ONCE(first->prev, prev);
+	WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, first);
 
-	last->next = next;
-	next->prev = last;
+	WRITE_ONCE(last->next, next);
+	WRITE_ONCE(next->prev, last);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2006,8 +2021,8 @@ static inline void __skb_unlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff_head *list)
 	next	   = skb->next;
 	prev	   = skb->prev;
 	skb->next  = skb->prev = NULL;
-	next->prev = prev;
-	prev->next = next;
+	WRITE_ONCE(next->prev, prev);
+	WRITE_ONCE(prev->next, next);
 }
 
 /**