netdev - [PATCH] netvsc: fix deadlock betwen link status and removal

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Message-Id: <20170824234916.11490-1-sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:49:16 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] netvsc: fix deadlock betwen link status and removal

There is a deadlock possible when canceling the link status
delayed work queue. The removal process is run with RTNL held,
and the link status callback is acquring RTNL.

Resolve the issue by using trylock and rescheduling.
If cancel is in process, that block it from happening.

Fixes: 122a5f6410f4 ("staging: hv: use delayed_work for netvsc_send_garp()")
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
---
This should be queued for stable as well. Problem has existed back to 3.10

 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 0d78727f1a14..d91cbc6c3ca4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,12 @@ static void netvsc_link_change(struct work_struct *w)
 	bool notify = false, reschedule = false;
 	unsigned long flags, next_reconfig, delay;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
+	/* if changes are happening, comeback later */
+	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
+		schedule_delayed_work(&ndev_ctx->dwork, LINKCHANGE_INT);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	net_device = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->nvdev);
 	if (!net_device)
 		goto out_unlock;
-- 
2.11.0