netdev - [PATCH RFC v2 1/1] net: mac80211: fortify the spinlock against deadlock by interrupt

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Message-Id: <20230424064359.45219-1-mirsad.todorovac@alu.unizg.hr>
Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:44:01 +0200
From:   Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>,
        Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@...el.com>,
        Alexander Wetzel <alexander@...zel-home.de>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v2 1/1] net: mac80211: fortify the spinlock against deadlock by interrupt

In the function ieee80211_tx_dequeue() there is a particular locking
sequence:

begin:
	spin_lock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
	q_stopped = local->queue_stop_reasons[q];
	spin_unlock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);

However small the chance (increased by ftracetest), an asynchronous
interrupt can occur in between of spin_lock() and spin_unlock(),
and the interrupt routine will attempt to lock the same
&local->queue_stop_reason_lock again.

This will cause a costly reset of the CPU and the wifi device or an
altogether hang in the single CPU and single core scenario.

This is the probable trace of the deadlock:

Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:        CPU0
Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:        ----
Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:   lock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:   <Interrupt>
Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:     lock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
Apr 10 00:58:33 marvin-IdeaPad-3-15ITL6 kernel:
                                                 *** DEADLOCK ***

Fixes: 4444bc2116ae
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/1f58a0d1-d2b9-d851-73c3-93fcc607501c@alu.unizg.hr/
Reported-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
Cc: Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@...el.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Alexander Wetzel <alexander@...zel-home.de>
Signed-off-by: Mirsad Goran Todorovac <mirsad.todorovac@....unizg.hr>
---
v2:
Minor rewording and clarification.
Cc:-ed people that replied to the original bug report (forgot in v1 by omission).

 net/mac80211/tx.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/tx.c b/net/mac80211/tx.c
index 7699fb410670..45cb8e7bcc61 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/tx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/tx.c
@@ -3781,6 +3781,7 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 	ieee80211_tx_result r;
 	struct ieee80211_vif *vif = txq->vif;
 	int q = vif->hw_queue[txq->ac];
+	unsigned long flags;
 	bool q_stopped;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(softirq_count() == 0);
@@ -3789,9 +3790,9 @@ struct sk_buff *ieee80211_tx_dequeue(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
 		return NULL;
 
 begin:
-	spin_lock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 	q_stopped = local->queue_stop_reasons[q];
-	spin_unlock(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&local->queue_stop_reason_lock, flags);
 
 	if (unlikely(q_stopped)) {
 		/* mark for waking later */
-- 
2.30.2