netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: Fix incorrect locking in ice_vc_process_vf_msg()

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Date:   Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:17:24 +0200
From:   Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
To:     Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "moderated list:INTEL ETHERNET DRIVERS" 
        <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, mschmidt@...hat.com,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, poros@...hat.com,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, brett@...sando.io
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: Fix incorrect locking in
 ice_vc_process_vf_msg()

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 03:14:32PM +0200, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 12:50:04PM +0200, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> > Usage of mutex_trylock() in ice_vc_process_vf_msg() is incorrect
> > because message sent from VF is ignored and never processed.
> > 
> > Use mutex_lock() instead to fix the issue. It is safe because this
> 
> We need to know what is *the* issue in the first place.
> Could you please provide more context what is being fixed to the readers
> that don't have an access to bugzilla?
> 
> Specifically, what is the case that ignoring a particular message when
> mutex is already held is a broken behavior?

Uh oh, let's
CC: Brett Creeley <brett@...sando.io>

> 
> > mutex is used to prevent races between VF related NDOs and
> > handlers processing request messages from VF and these handlers
> > are running in ice_service_task() context.
> > 
> > Fixes: e6ba5273d4ed ("ice: Fix race conditions between virtchnl handling and VF ndo ops")
> > Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c | 10 +---------
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
> > index 3f1a63815bac..9bf5bb008128 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
> > @@ -3660,15 +3660,7 @@ void ice_vc_process_vf_msg(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_rq_event_info *event)
> >  		return;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	/* VF is being configured in another context that triggers a VFR, so no
> > -	 * need to process this message
> > -	 */
> > -	if (!mutex_trylock(&vf->cfg_lock)) {
> > -		dev_info(dev, "VF %u is being configured in another context that will trigger a VFR, so there is no need to handle this message\n",
> > -			 vf->vf_id);
> > -		ice_put_vf(vf);
> > -		return;
> > -	}
> > +	mutex_lock(&vf->cfg_lock);
> >  
> >  	switch (v_opcode) {
> >  	case VIRTCHNL_OP_VERSION:
> > -- 
> > 2.34.1
> > 
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> > Intel-wired-lan@...osl.org
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