netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netfilter: nf_flow_table_offload: Remove WQ_MEM

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Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 19:28:02 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Roi Dayan <roid@...lanox.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, Paul Blakey <paulb@...lanox.com>,
        Oz Shlomo <ozsh@...lanox.com>,
        Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <mleitner@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netfilter: nf_flow_table_offload: Remove
 WQ_MEM_RECLAIM from workqueue

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 01:55:43PM +0300, Roi Dayan wrote:
> This workqueue is in charge of handling offloaded flow tasks like
> add/del/stats we should not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag.
> The flag can result in the following warning.
> 
> [  485.557189] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [  485.562976] workqueue: WQ_MEM_RECLAIM nf_flow_table_offload:flow_offload_worr
> [  485.562985] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 3731 at kernel/workqueue.c:2610 check_flush0
> [  485.590191] Kernel panic - not syncing: panic_on_warn set ...
> [  485.597100] CPU: 7 PID: 3731 Comm: kworker/u112:8 Not tainted 5.7.0-rc1.21802
> [  485.606629] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/072T6D, BIOS 2.4.3 01/177
> [  485.615487] Workqueue: nf_flow_table_offload flow_offload_work_handler [nf_f]
> [  485.624834] Call Trace:
> [  485.628077]  dump_stack+0x50/0x70
> [  485.632280]  panic+0xfb/0x2d7
> [  485.636083]  ? check_flush_dependency+0x110/0x130
> [  485.641830]  __warn.cold.12+0x20/0x2a
> [  485.646405]  ? check_flush_dependency+0x110/0x130
> [  485.652154]  ? check_flush_dependency+0x110/0x130
> [  485.657900]  report_bug+0xb8/0x100
> [  485.662187]  ? sched_clock_cpu+0xc/0xb0
> [  485.666974]  do_error_trap+0x9f/0xc0
> [  485.671464]  do_invalid_op+0x36/0x40
> [  485.675950]  ? check_flush_dependency+0x110/0x130
> [  485.681699]  invalid_op+0x28/0x30

Applied, thanks.