linux-kernel - RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2] igb: reinit_locked() should be called with rtnl

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:37:36 +0000
From:   "Brown, Aaron F" <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
To:     Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2] igb: reinit_locked() should be
 called with rtnl_lock

> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org> On Behalf Of
> Francesco Ruggeri
> Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 3:39 PM
> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; intel-wired-
> lan@...ts.osuosl.org; kuba@...nel.org; davem@...emloft.net; Kirsher, Jeffrey
> T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>; fruggeri@...sta.com
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2] igb: reinit_locked() should be called with
> rtnl_lock
> 
> We observed two panics involving races with igb_reset_task.
> The first panic is caused by this race condition:
> 
> 	kworker			reboot -f
> 
> 	igb_reset_task
> 	igb_reinit_locked
> 	igb_down
> 	napi_synchronize
> 				__igb_shutdown
> 				igb_clear_interrupt_scheme
> 				igb_free_q_vectors
> 				igb_free_q_vector
> 				adapter->q_vector[v_idx] = NULL;
> 	napi_disable
> 	Panics trying to access
> 	adapter->q_vector[v_idx].napi_state
> 
> The second panic (a divide error) is caused by this race:
> 
> kworker		reboot -f	tx packet
> 
> igb_reset_task
> 		__igb_shutdown
> 		rtnl_lock()
> 		...
> 		igb_clear_interrupt_scheme
> 		igb_free_q_vectors
> 		adapter->num_tx_queues = 0
> 		...
> 		rtnl_unlock()
> rtnl_lock()
> igb_reinit_locked
> igb_down
> igb_up
> netif_tx_start_all_queues
> 				dev_hard_start_xmit
> 				igb_xmit_frame
> 				igb_tx_queue_mapping
> 				Panics on
> 				r_idx % adapter->num_tx_queues
> 
> This commit applies to igb_reset_task the same changes that
> were applied to ixgbe in commit 2f90b8657ec9 ("ixgbe: this patch
> adds support for DCB to the kernel and ixgbe driver"),
> commit 8f4c5c9fb87a ("ixgbe: reinit_locked() should be called with
> rtnl_lock") and commit 88adce4ea8f9 ("ixgbe: fix possible race in
> reset subtask").
> 
> v2: add fix for second race condition above.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francesco Ruggeri <fruggeri@...sta.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>