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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 08:14:38 -0800
From:   Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:     Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
Cc:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] e1000e: Fix link check race condition.

On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 6:31 PM, Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com> wrote:
> Alex reported the following race condition:
>
> /* link goes up... interrupt... schedule watchdog */
> \ e1000_watchdog_task
>         \ e1000e_has_link
>                 \ hw->mac.ops.check_for_link() === e1000e_check_for_copper_link
>                         \ e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(..., &link)
>                                 link = true
>
>                                          /* link goes down... interrupt */
>                                          \ e1000_msix_other
>                                                  hw->mac.get_link_status = true
>
>                         /* link is up */
>                         mac->get_link_status = false
>
>                 link_active = true
>                 /* link_active is true, wrongly, and stays so because
>                  * get_link_status is false */
>
> Avoid this problem by making sure that we don't set get_link_status = false
> after having checked the link.
>
> It seems this problem has been present since the introduction of e1000e.
>
> Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/29/338
> Reported-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++-------------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c     | 14 +++++++---
>  2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
> index ff308b05d68c..3c2c4f87e075 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c
> @@ -1386,6 +1386,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>          */
>         if (!mac->get_link_status)
>                 return 1;
> +       mac->get_link_status = false;
>
>         /* First we want to see if the MII Status Register reports
>          * link.  If so, then we want to get the current speed/duplex
> @@ -1393,12 +1394,12 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>          */
>         ret_val = e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(hw, 1, 0, &link);
>         if (ret_val)
> -               return ret_val;
> +               goto out;
>
>         if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pchlan) {
>                 ret_val = e1000_k1_gig_workaround_hv(hw, link);
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>         }
>
>         /* When connected at 10Mbps half-duplex, some parts are excessively
> @@ -1431,7 +1432,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>
>                 ret_val = hw->phy.ops.acquire(hw);
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>
>                 if (hw->mac.type == e1000_pch2lan)
>                         emi_addr = I82579_RX_CONFIG;
> @@ -1453,7 +1454,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>                 hw->phy.ops.release(hw);
>
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>
>                 if (hw->mac.type >= e1000_pch_spt) {
>                         u16 data;
> @@ -1462,14 +1463,14 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>                         if (speed == SPEED_1000) {
>                                 ret_val = hw->phy.ops.acquire(hw);
>                                 if (ret_val)
> -                                       return ret_val;
> +                                       goto out;
>
>                                 ret_val = e1e_rphy_locked(hw,
>                                                           PHY_REG(776, 20),
>                                                           &data);
>                                 if (ret_val) {
>                                         hw->phy.ops.release(hw);
> -                                       return ret_val;
> +                                       goto out;
>                                 }
>
>                                 ptr_gap = (data & (0x3FF << 2)) >> 2;
> @@ -1483,18 +1484,18 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>                                 }
>                                 hw->phy.ops.release(hw);
>                                 if (ret_val)
> -                                       return ret_val;
> +                                       goto out;
>                         } else {
>                                 ret_val = hw->phy.ops.acquire(hw);
>                                 if (ret_val)
> -                                       return ret_val;
> +                                       goto out;
>
>                                 ret_val = e1e_wphy_locked(hw,
>                                                           PHY_REG(776, 20),
>                                                           0xC023);
>                                 hw->phy.ops.release(hw);
>                                 if (ret_val)
> -                                       return ret_val;
> +                                       goto out;
>
>                         }
>                 }
> @@ -1521,7 +1522,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>             (hw->adapter->pdev->device == E1000_DEV_ID_PCH_I218_V3)) {
>                 ret_val = e1000_k1_workaround_lpt_lp(hw, link);
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>         }
>         if (hw->mac.type >= e1000_pch_lpt) {
>                 /* Set platform power management values for
> @@ -1529,7 +1530,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>                  */
>                 ret_val = e1000_platform_pm_pch_lpt(hw, link);
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>         }
>
>         /* Clear link partner's EEE ability */
> @@ -1551,22 +1552,22 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>                 ew32(FEXTNVM6, fextnvm6);
>         }
>
> -       if (!link)
> +       if (!link) {
> +               mac->get_link_status = true;
>                 return 0;       /* No link detected */
> -
> -       mac->get_link_status = false;
> +       }

If I am not mistaken this could be just another jump to the "out"
label. We should have initialized "ret_val" to 0 near the start of
this function when we made the call to phy_has_link_generic.

>
>         switch (hw->mac.type) {
>         case e1000_pch2lan:
>                 ret_val = e1000_k1_workaround_lv(hw);
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>                 /* fall-thru */
>         case e1000_pchlan:
>                 if (hw->phy.type == e1000_phy_82578) {
>                         ret_val = e1000_link_stall_workaround_hv(hw);
>                         if (ret_val)
> -                               return ret_val;
> +                               goto out;
>                 }
>
>                 /* Workaround for PCHx parts in half-duplex:
> @@ -1595,7 +1596,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>         if (hw->phy.type > e1000_phy_82579) {
>                 ret_val = e1000_set_eee_pchlan(hw);
>                 if (ret_val)
> -                       return ret_val;
> +                       goto out;
>         }
>
>         /* If we are forcing speed/duplex, then we simply return since
> @@ -1618,10 +1619,14 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>         ret_val = e1000e_config_fc_after_link_up(hw);
>         if (ret_val) {
>                 e_dbg("Error configuring flow control\n");
> -               return ret_val;
> +               goto out;
>         }

Technically these changes would be a change in behavior. For these we
may just want to leave them as-is since I am not certain they would
have any actual impact on the link state other than delaying the
link-up. For example do we really care if we fail to negotiate flow
control? We may not so we might report link up and just a debug
message indicating we didn't negotiate that part of the link.

>         return 1;
> +
> +out:
> +       mac->get_link_status = true;
> +       return ret_val;
>  }
>
>  static s32 e1000_get_variants_ich8lan(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
> index db735644b312..60c8beaf5cb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c
> @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ s32 e1000e_check_for_copper_link(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>          */
>         if (!mac->get_link_status)
>                 return 1;
> +       mac->get_link_status = false;
>
>         /* First we want to see if the MII Status Register reports
>          * link.  If so, then we want to get the current speed/duplex
> @@ -434,12 +435,13 @@ s32 e1000e_check_for_copper_link(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>          */
>         ret_val = e1000e_phy_has_link_generic(hw, 1, 0, &link);
>         if (ret_val)
> -               return ret_val;
> +               goto out;
>
> -       if (!link)
> +       if (!link) {
> +               mac->get_link_status = true;
>                 return 0;       /* No link detected */
> +       }

Same here. We just initialized it to 0 via the call to
e1000e_phy_has_link_generic so we could just jump to "out" if the link
is not set. You could probably even combine the two conditions into
one even with a check for "ret_val || !link".

> -       mac->get_link_status = false;
>
>         /* Check if there was DownShift, must be checked
>          * immediately after link-up
> @@ -466,10 +468,14 @@ s32 e1000e_check_for_copper_link(struct e1000_hw *hw)
>         ret_val = e1000e_config_fc_after_link_up(hw);
>         if (ret_val) {
>                 e_dbg("Error configuring flow control\n");
> -               return ret_val;
> +               goto out;
>         }
>
>         return 1;
> +
> +out:
> +       mac->get_link_status = true;
> +       return ret_val;
>  }
>
>  /**
> --
> 2.16.1
>

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