netdev - Re: [Patch net] act_ife: load meta modules before tcf_idr_check

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Date:   Mon, 07 Sep 2020 15:12:34 +0300
From:   Vlad Buslov <vlad@...lov.dev>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+80e32b5d1f9923f8ace6@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] act_ife: load meta modules before tcf_idr_check_alloc()

On Fri 04 Sep 2020 at 05:10, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> The following deadlock scenario is triggered by syzbot:
>
> Thread A:				Thread B:
> tcf_idr_check_alloc()
> ...
> populate_metalist()
>   rtnl_unlock()
> 					rtnl_lock()
> 					...
>   request_module()			tcf_idr_check_alloc()
>   rtnl_lock()
>
> At this point, thread A is waiting for thread B to release RTNL
> lock, while thread B is waiting for thread A to commit the IDR
> change with tcf_idr_insert() later.
>
> Break this deadlock situation by preloading ife modules earlier,
> before tcf_idr_check_alloc(), this is fine because we only need
> to load modules we need potentially.
>
> Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+80e32b5d1f9923f8ace6@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: 0190c1d452a9 ("net: sched: atomically check-allocate action")
> Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> Cc: Vlad Buslov <vladbu@...lanox.com>
> Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> ---

Thanks for fixing this, Cong! I've verified that all tdc ife tests pass
with this patch.

Reviewed-by: Vlad Buslov <vlad@...lov.dev>
Tested-by: Vlad Buslov <vlad@...lov.dev>