netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/usbnet: avoid recursive locking in usbnet

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Message-Id: <201202201721.38136.oliver@neukum.org>
Date:	Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:21:38 +0100
From:	Oliver Neukum <oliver@...kum.org>
To:	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/usbnet: avoid recursive locking in usbnet_stop()

Am Montag, 20. Februar 2012, 17:01:48 schrieb Sebastian Andrzej Siewior:
> |kernel BUG at kernel/rtmutex.c:724!
> |[<c029599c>] (rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x108/0x2bc) from [<c01c2330>] (defer_bh+0x1c/0xb4)
> |[<c01c2330>] (defer_bh+0x1c/0xb4) from [<c01c3afc>] (rx_complete+0x14c/0x194)
> |[<c01c3afc>] (rx_complete+0x14c/0x194) from [<c01cac88>] (usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0xa0/0xf0)
> |[<c01cac88>] (usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0xa0/0xf0) from [<c01e1ff4>] (musb_giveback+0x34/0x40)
> |[<c01e1ff4>] (musb_giveback+0x34/0x40) from [<c01e2b1c>] (musb_advance_schedule+0xb4/0x1c0)
> |[<c01e2b1c>] (musb_advance_schedule+0xb4/0x1c0) from [<c01e2ca8>] (musb_cleanup_urb.isra.9+0x80/0x8c)
> |[<c01e2ca8>] (musb_cleanup_urb.isra.9+0x80/0x8c) from [<c01e2ed0>] (musb_urb_dequeue+0xec/0x108)
> |[<c01e2ed0>] (musb_urb_dequeue+0xec/0x108) from [<c01cbb90>] (unlink1+0xbc/0xcc)
> |[<c01cbb90>] (unlink1+0xbc/0xcc) from [<c01cc2ec>] (usb_hcd_unlink_urb+0x54/0xa8)
> |[<c01cc2ec>] (usb_hcd_unlink_urb+0x54/0xa8) from [<c01c2a84>] (unlink_urbs.isra.17+0x2c/0x58)
> |[<c01c2a84>] (unlink_urbs.isra.17+0x2c/0x58) from [<c01c2b44>] (usbnet_terminate_urbs+0x94/0x10c)
> |[<c01c2b44>] (usbnet_terminate_urbs+0x94/0x10c) from [<c01c2d68>] (usbnet_stop+0x100/0x15c)
> |[<c01c2d68>] (usbnet_stop+0x100/0x15c) from [<c020f718>] (__dev_close_many+0x94/0xc8)
> 
> defer_bh() takes the lok which is hold during unlink_urbs(). The safe
> walk suggest that the skb will be removed from the list and this is done
> by defer_bh() so it seems to be okay to drop the lock here.

I am afraid there's something wrong in the hcd driver. Async unlink must
be possible with a lock held. I cannot approve this patch.

	Regards
		Oliver
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