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Subject: Re: [PATCH net v9 1/4] can: j1939: serialize cancel and rearm of
 the receive timer
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 11:00:12 +0000
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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential
issues to consider:
- [High] can: j1939: session ref leak in j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked()
- [Medium] can: j1939: armed rxtimer left on deactivated session in
  cancel paths
- [Medium] can: j1939: race on session->state in j1939_tp_rxtimer()
--

commit 1460925f6781f194bfa61b943a4417a2108a6cee
Author: Chaosheng Qu <quchaosheng000406@163.com>

can: j1939: serialize cancel and rearm of the receive timer

This commit introduces j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked() to cancel and rearm
session->rxtimer under active_session_list_lock using
hrtimer_try_to_cancel(), and updates session cancellation and RTS handling
paths.

> diff --git a/net/can/j1939/transport.c b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> index 8fcfd13e5e6f8..fa23260e1833f 100644
> --- a/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> +++ b/net/can/j1939/transport.c
> @@ -721,15 +721,42 @@ void j1939_tp_schedule_txtimer(struct j1939_session=
 *session, int msec)
>  		      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
>  }
> =20
> -static inline void j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(struct j1939_session *session,
> -					  int msec)
> +/*
> + * Rearm the receive timer as one step under active_session_list_lock.
> + *
> + * j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout() is called from receive handlers that do not =
hold
> + * the session list lock, while j1939_session_cancel() is called from the
> + * transmit timer path.  If the cancel and the rearm are not serialized,=
 a
> + * concurrent caller can start the timer after this one cancelled it and
> + * before this one starts it again: hrtimer_start() on an already armed =
timer
> + * reprograms it without dropping the reference taken by that caller, an=
d the
> + * session leaks together with its netdev reference.
> + *
> + * hrtimer_try_to_cancel() does not wait for a running callback, so it c=
an be
> + * called with the lock held even though j1939_tp_rxtimer() takes the sa=
me
> + * lock; a callback that is already running drops its own reference.  Fo=
r the
> + * same reason the return value is only 1 when the timer was queued: whe=
n this
> + * runs from j1939_tp_rxtimer() itself, the timer is no longer queued an=
d 0 is
> + * the expected result.
> + */
> +static void j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked(struct j1939_session *session, i=
nt msec)
> +{
> +	if (hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&session->rxtimer) =3D=3D 1)
> +		j1939_session_put(session);
> +
>  	j1939_session_get(session);
>  	hrtimer_start(&session->rxtimer, ms_to_ktime(msec),
>  		      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
>  }

[Severity: High]
Can j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked() still leak a session reference when
session->rxtimer is armed more than once while j1939_tp_rxtimer() is
running?

kernel/time/hrtimer.c:hrtimer_try_to_cancel() {
    ...
	if (!hrtimer_callback_running(timer)) {
		ret =3D remove_hrtimer(timer, base, HRTIMER_STATE_INACTIVE);
		if (ret)
			trace_hrtimer_cancel(timer);
	}
    ...
}

__run_hrtimer() keeps base->running set to &session->rxtimer for the entire
duration of j1939_tp_rxtimer() until after the callback returns, so
hrtimer_try_to_cancel() skips remove_hrtimer() and returns -1 even if
session->rxtimer has already been re-enqueued.

CPU0                              CPU1
j1939_tp_rxtimer()
                                  j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout()
                                    j1939_session_list_lock()
                                    j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked()
                                      hrtimer_try_to_cancel() -> -1
                                      j1939_session_get(session)
                                      hrtimer_start(&session->rxtimer, ...)
                                    j1939_session_list_unlock()
  j1939_session_list_lock()
  j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked()
    hrtimer_try_to_cancel() -> -1
    j1939_session_get(session)
    hrtimer_start(&session->rxtimer, ...)  <-- leaks CPU1's session ref

Because hrtimer_try_to_cancel() returns -1 on CPU0 while the callback is
running, j1939_session_put() is skipped and hrtimer_start() reprograms the
queued timer in place without releasing the first reference, permanently
leaking the session and its netdev_hold() reference.

[ ... ]

> @@ -1161,18 +1188,29 @@ static void __j1939_session_cancel(struct j1939_s=
ession *session,
>  static void j1939_session_cancel(struct j1939_session *session,
>  				 enum j1939_xtp_abort err)
>  {
> +	bool waiting;
> +
>  	j1939_session_list_lock(session->priv);
> =20
> +	waiting =3D session->state =3D=3D J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT;
>  	if (session->state >=3D J1939_SESSION_ACTIVE &&
>  	    session->state < J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT) {
> -		j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
>  		__j1939_session_cancel(session, err);
> +		j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
>  	}
> =20
>  	j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);
> =20
>  	if (!session->sk)
>  		j1939_sk_errqueue(session, J1939_ERRQUEUE_RX_ABORT);
> +
> +	/* The abort already went out on an earlier call, so this one armed no
> +	 * timer.  Several callers cancel the timers before calling here, which
> +	 * would otherwise leave the session on the list with nothing to finish
> +	 * it off, so deactivate it now.
> +	 */
> +	if (waiting)
> +		j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next(session);
>  }
> =20
>  static enum hrtimer_restart j1939_tp_txtimer(struct hrtimer *hrtimer)
> @@ -1279,10 +1317,8 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart j1939_tp_rxtimer(struc=
t hrtimer *hrtimer)
>  		    session->state < J1939_SESSION_ACTIVE_MAX) {
>  			netdev_alert(priv->ndev, "%s: 0x%p: rx timeout, send abort\n",
>  				     __func__, session);
> -			j1939_session_get(session);
> -			hrtimer_start(&session->rxtimer,
> -				      ms_to_ktime(J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS),
> -				      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_SOFT);
> +			j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked(session,
> +						    J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS);
>  			__j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT);
>  		}
>  		j1939_session_list_unlock(session->priv);

[Severity: Medium]
Can j1939_tp_rxtimer() race with j1939_session_cancel() on session->state n=
ow
that j1939_session_cancel() no longer calls hrtimer_cancel(&session->rxtime=
r)
before setting J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT?

CPU0                              CPU1
j1939_tp_rxtimer()
  if (session->state =3D=3D
      J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT)
    -> false
                                  j1939_session_cancel()
                                    j1939_session_list_lock()
                                    __j1939_session_cancel()
                                      session->state =3D
                                        J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT
                                    j1939_tp_arm_rxtimer_locked()
                                    j1939_session_list_unlock()
  j1939_session_list_lock()
  if (session->state >=3D J1939_SESSION_ACTIVE &&
      session->state < J1939_SESSION_ACTIVE_MAX)
    __j1939_session_cancel()  <-- cancels already-aborted session again

Because J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT is less than J1939_SESSION_ACTIVE_MAX,
CPU0 sends a second abort, overwrites session->err with
J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT, and rearms session->rxtimer while the callback is
running.  If CPU1 instead finishes before CPU0's unlocked check at the top =
of
j1939_tp_rxtimer(), CPU0 sees J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT on the old timer's
expiration and immediately deactivates the session while the new abort timer
remains queued.

> @@ -1729,16 +1765,10 @@ static int j1939_xtp_rx_rts_session_active(struct=
 j1939_session *session,
> =20
>  		j1939_session_timers_cancel(session);
>  		j1939_session_cancel(session, J1939_XTP_ABORT_BUSY);
> -		if (session->transmission) {
> -			j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next(session);
> -		} else if (session->state =3D=3D J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABORT) {
> -			/* Force deactivation for the receiver.
> -			 * If we rely on the timer starting in j1939_session_cancel,
> -			 * a second RTS call here will cancel that timer and fail
> -			 * to restart it because the state is already WAITING_ABORT.
> -			 */
> -			j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next(session);
> -		}
> +		/* Both roles: the peer is restarting the transfer, so free the
> +		 * slot now rather than wait out the abort timeout.
> +		 */
> +		j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next(session);
> =20
>  		return -EBUSY;
>  	}

[Severity: Medium]
Does deactivating the session in j1939_xtp_rx_rts_session_active() and
j1939_session_cancel() leave session->rxtimer armed after the session is
removed from priv->active_session_list?

When session->last_cmd !=3D 0 on an active transmitter session,
j1939_session_cancel() transitions the session to J1939_SESSION_WAITING_ABO=
RT
and arms session->rxtimer for J1939_XTP_ABORT_TIMEOUT_MS, and
j1939_session_deactivate_activate_next() then immediately sets session->sta=
te
to J1939_SESSION_DONE and removes it from priv->active_session_list without
cancelling that timer.  The same happens when j1939_session_cancel() sees
waiting =3D=3D true via callers such as j1939_tp_txtimer() that do not canc=
el
session->rxtimer beforehand, or when another CPU arms session->rxtimer betw=
een
j1939_session_timers_cancel() and j1939_session_list_lock().  Because the
deactivated session is no longer on priv->active_session_list,
j1939_cancel_active_session() cannot cancel the timer during socket close or
netdev teardown, and when the timer expires on an RX session (!session->sk)=
 in
J1939_SESSION_DONE it falls into the else branch of j1939_tp_rxtimer() and
emits a duplicate J1939_ERRQUEUE_RX_ABORT notification.

Also, the commit message does not mention these state-machine changes in
j1939_session_cancel() and j1939_xtp_rx_rts_session_active(), and says
j1939_session_cancel() previously hand-rolled get + hrtimer_start() when it
actually called j1939_tp_set_rxtimeout().

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