linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 1/4] vmbus: don't acquire the mutex in vmbus_hvsock_device

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Date:   Sun, 17 Sep 2017 20:54:16 -0700
From:   kys@...hange.microsoft.com
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        leann.ogasawara@...onical.com, marcelo.cerri@...onical.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
        "K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2 1/4] vmbus: don't acquire the mutex in vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister()

From: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>

Due to commit 54a66265d675 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix rescind handling"),
we need this patch to resolve the below deadlock:

after we get the mutex in vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister() and call
vmbus_device_unregister() -> device_unregister() -> ... -> device_release()
-> vmbus_device_release(), we'll get a deadlock, because
vmbus_device_release() tries to get the same mutex.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Cc: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 968af173c4c1..624d815745e4 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -945,14 +945,10 @@ static void vmbus_onoffer_rescind(struct vmbus_channel_message_header *hdr)
 
 void vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&vmbus_connection.channel_mutex);
-
 	BUG_ON(!is_hvsock_channel(channel));
 
 	channel->rescind = true;
 	vmbus_device_unregister(channel->device_obj);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&vmbus_connection.channel_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmbus_hvsock_device_unregister);
 
-- 
2.14.1