netdev - Re: crypto: BUG: spinlock recursion when doing iperf over ipsec with crypto hardware device

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:23:26 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Corentin Labbe <clabbe.montjoie@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: crypto: BUG: spinlock recursion when doing iperf over ipsec with
 crypto hardware device

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:14:38PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 10:47:12AM +0100, Corentin Labbe wrote:
> >
> > [   44.646050] [<c0100afc>] (__irq_svc) from [<c080b9d4>] (xfrm_replay_advance+0x11c/0x3dc)
> > [   44.654143] [<c080b9d4>] (xfrm_replay_advance) from [<c0809388>] (xfrm_input+0x4d0/0x1304)
> > [   44.662408] [<c0809388>] (xfrm_input) from [<c03a3d88>] (crypto_finalize_request+0x5c/0xc4)
> > [   44.670766] [<c03a3d88>] (crypto_finalize_request) from [<c06a0888>] (sun8i_ce_cipher_run+0x34/0x3c)
> > [   44.679900] [<c06a0888>] (sun8i_ce_cipher_run) from [<c03a4264>] (crypto_pump_work+0x1a8/0x330)
> 
> So did sun8i_ce_cipher_run ensure that BH is disabled before
> invoking xfrm_input? If not then this explains the dead-lock.

The issue appears to be with crypto_engine.  It needs to ensure
that completion functions are called with BH disabled, not IRQ
disabled and definitely not BH enabled.

Cheers,
-- 
Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
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