linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH V3 1/6] x86/Hyper-V: Unload vmbus channel in hv panic callback

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Date:   Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:28:48 +0000
From:   Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
To:     "ltykernel@...il.com" <ltykernel@...il.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Wei Liu <liuwe@...rosoft.com>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>, "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        vkuznets <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V3 1/6] x86/Hyper-V: Unload vmbus channel in hv panic
 callback

From: Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 12:57 AM
> 
> When kdump is not configured, a Hyper-V VM might still respond to
> network traffic after a kernel panic when kernel parameter panic=0.
> The panic CPU goes into an infinite loop with interrupts enabled,
> and the VMbus driver interrupt handler still works because the
> VMbus connection is unloaded only in the kdump path.  The network
> responses make the other end of the connection think the VM is
> still functional even though it has panic'ed, which could affect any
> failover actions that should be taken.
> 
> Fix this by unloading the VMbus connection during the panic process.
> vmbus_initiate_unload() could then be called twice (e.g., by
> hyperv_panic_event() and hv_crash_handler(), so reset the connection
> state in vmbus_initiate_unload() to ensure the unload is done only
> once.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>
> ---
> Change since v1:
> 	- Update change log
> 	- Use xchg() to change vmbus connection status
> Change since v2:
> 	- Update comment of registering panic callback.
> ---
>  drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c |  3 +++
>  drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c    | 21 +++++++++++++--------
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>