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Message-ID: <d28b51be-4efb-4479-bb26-7f58c8251182@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 14:28:14 -0700
From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To: Manoj Vishwanathan <manojvishy@...gle.com>, Tony Nguyen
	<anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Decotigny <decot@...gle.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <google-lan-reviews@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [[PATCH v2 iwl-next] v2 1/4] idpf: address an
 rtnl lock splat in tx timeout recovery path



On 8/26/2024 11:10 AM, Manoj Vishwanathan wrote:
> From: David Decotigny <decot@...gle.com>
> 
> Adopt the same pattern as in other places in the code to take the rtnl
> lock during hard resets.
> Tested the patch by injecting tx timeout in IDPF , observe that idpf
> recovers and IDPF comes back reachable
> 
> Without this patch causes there is a splat:
> [  270.145214] WARNING: CPU:  PID:  at net/sched/sch_generic.c:534 dev_watchdog
> 
> Fixes: d4d5587182664 (idpf: initialize interrupts and enable vport)
> Signed-off-by: Manoj Vishwanathan <manojvishy@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> index af2879f03b8d..806a8b6ea5c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c
> @@ -4326,6 +4326,7 @@ int idpf_vport_intr_alloc(struct idpf_vport *vport)
>   */
>  int idpf_vport_intr_init(struct idpf_vport *vport)
>  {
> +	bool hr_reset_in_prog;
>  	char *int_name;
>  	int err;
>  
> @@ -4334,8 +4335,19 @@ int idpf_vport_intr_init(struct idpf_vport *vport)
>  		return err;
>  
>  	idpf_vport_intr_map_vector_to_qs(vport);
> +	/** 
> +	 * If we're in normal up path, the stack already takes the
> +	 * rtnl_lock for us, however, if we're doing up as a part of a
> +	 * hard reset, we'll need to take the lock ourself before
> +	 * touching the netdev.
> +	 */
> +	hr_reset_in_prog = test_bit(IDPF_HR_RESET_IN_PROG,
> +					vport->adapter->flags);
> +	if (hr_reset_in_prog)
> +		rtnl_lock();
>  	idpf_vport_intr_napi_add_all(vport);
> -
> +	if (hr_reset_in_prog)
> +		rtnl_unlock();

This feels a little fragile. Why not pass the reset in progress as a
flag from the caller? Surely the caller knows whether this is happening
due to an interface up or due to a reset?

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