netdev - ipv6_addrconf: WARNING about suspicious RCU usage

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Date:   Sat, 20 Jan 2018 12:57:01 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: ipv6_addrconf: WARNING about suspicious RCU usage

Since some time (didn't bisect it yet) I get the following warning.
Is it a known issue?

[86220.125562] =============================
[86220.125586] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
[86220.125612] 4.15.0-rc7-next-20180110+ #7 Not tainted
[86220.125641] -----------------------------
[86220.125666] kernel/sched/core.c:6026 Illegal context switch in RCU-bh read-side critical section!
[86220.125711]
               other info that might help us debug this:

[86220.125755]
               rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
[86220.125792] 4 locks held by kworker/0:2/1003:
[86220.125817]  #0:  ((wq_completion)"%s"("ipv6_addrconf")){+.+.}, at: [<00000000da8e9b73>] process_one_work+0x1de/0x680
[86220.125895]  #1:  ((addr_chk_work).work){+.+.}, at: [<00000000da8e9b73>] process_one_work+0x1de/0x680
[86220.125959]  #2:  (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<00000000b06d9510>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20
[86220.126017]  #3:  (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}, at: [<00000000aef52299>] addrconf_verify_rtnl+0x1e/0x510 [ipv6]
[86220.126111]
               stack backtrace:
[86220.126142] CPU: 0 PID: 1003 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 4.15.0-rc7-next-20180110+ #7
[86220.126185] Hardware name: ZOTAC ZBOX-CI321NANO/ZBOX-CI321NANO, BIOS B246P105 06/01/2015
[86220.126250] Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_verify_work [ipv6]
[86220.126288] Call Trace:
[86220.126312]  dump_stack+0x70/0x9e
[86220.126337]  lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xce/0xf0
[86220.126365]  ___might_sleep+0x1d3/0x240
[86220.126390]  __might_sleep+0x45/0x80
[86220.126416]  kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x53/0x250
[86220.126458]  ? ipv6_add_addr+0xfe/0x6e0 [ipv6]
[86220.126498]  ipv6_add_addr+0xfe/0x6e0 [ipv6]
[86220.126538]  ipv6_create_tempaddr+0x24d/0x430 [ipv6]
[86220.126580]  ? ipv6_create_tempaddr+0x24d/0x430 [ipv6]
[86220.126623]  addrconf_verify_rtnl+0x339/0x510 [ipv6]
[86220.126664]  ? addrconf_verify_rtnl+0x339/0x510 [ipv6]
[86220.126708]  addrconf_verify_work+0xe/0x20 [ipv6]
[86220.126738]  process_one_work+0x258/0x680
[86220.126765]  worker_thread+0x35/0x3f0
[86220.126790]  kthread+0x124/0x140
[86220.126813]  ? process_one_work+0x680/0x680
[86220.126839]  ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x40/0x40
[86220.126869]  ? umh_complete+0x40/0x40
[86220.126893]  ? call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x12a/0x160
[86220.126926]  ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x60
[86220.126999] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.h:420
[86220.127041] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 1003, name: kworker/0:2
[86220.127082] 4 locks held by kworker/0:2/1003:
[86220.127107]  #0:  ((wq_completion)"%s"("ipv6_addrconf")){+.+.}, at: [<00000000da8e9b73>] process_one_work+0x1de/0x680
[86220.127179]  #1:  ((addr_chk_work).work){+.+.}, at: [<00000000da8e9b73>] process_one_work+0x1de/0x680
[86220.127242]  #2:  (rtnl_mutex){+.+.}, at: [<00000000b06d9510>] rtnl_lock+0x12/0x20
[86220.127300]  #3:  (rcu_read_lock_bh){....}, at: [<00000000aef52299>] addrconf_verify_rtnl+0x1e/0x510 [ipv6]
[86220.127414] CPU: 0 PID: 1003 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 4.15.0-rc7-next-20180110+ #7
[86220.127463] Hardware name: ZOTAC ZBOX-CI321NANO/ZBOX-CI321NANO, BIOS B246P105 06/01/2015
[86220.127528] Workqueue: ipv6_addrconf addrconf_verify_work [ipv6]
[86220.127568] Call Trace:
[86220.127591]  dump_stack+0x70/0x9e
[86220.127616]  ___might_sleep+0x14d/0x240
[86220.127644]  __might_sleep+0x45/0x80
[86220.127672]  kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x53/0x250
[86220.127717]  ? ipv6_add_addr+0xfe/0x6e0 [ipv6]
[86220.127762]  ipv6_add_addr+0xfe/0x6e0 [ipv6]
[86220.127807]  ipv6_create_tempaddr+0x24d/0x430 [ipv6]
[86220.127854]  ? ipv6_create_tempaddr+0x24d/0x430 [ipv6]
[86220.127903]  addrconf_verify_rtnl+0x339/0x510 [ipv6]
[86220.127950]  ? addrconf_verify_rtnl+0x339/0x510 [ipv6]
[86220.127998]  addrconf_verify_work+0xe/0x20 [ipv6]
[86220.128032]  process_one_work+0x258/0x680
[86220.128063]  worker_thread+0x35/0x3f0
[86220.128091]  kthread+0x124/0x140
[86220.128117]  ? process_one_work+0x680/0x680
[86220.128146]  ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x40/0x40
[86220.128180]  ? umh_complete+0x40/0x40
[86220.128207]  ? call_usermodehelper_exec_async+0x12a/0x160
[86220.128243]  ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x60