netdev - [patch net] devlink: avoid potential loop in devlink_rel_nested_in_notify

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Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2024 18:11:14 +0100
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com
Subject: [patch net] devlink: avoid potential loop in devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work()

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>

In case devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work() can not take the devlink
lock mutex. Convert the work to delayed work and in case of reschedule
do it jiffie later and avoid potential looping.

Suggested-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Fixes: c137743bce02 ("devlink: introduce object and nested devlink relationship infra")
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
---
 net/devlink/core.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/devlink/core.c b/net/devlink/core.c
index 4275a2bc6d8e..6a58342752b4 100644
--- a/net/devlink/core.c
+++ b/net/devlink/core.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ struct devlink_rel {
 		u32 obj_index;
 		devlink_rel_notify_cb_t *notify_cb;
 		devlink_rel_cleanup_cb_t *cleanup_cb;
-		struct work_struct notify_work;
+		struct delayed_work notify_work;
 	} nested_in;
 };
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static void __devlink_rel_put(struct devlink_rel *rel)
 static void devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct devlink_rel *rel = container_of(work, struct devlink_rel,
-					       nested_in.notify_work);
+					       nested_in.notify_work.work);
 	struct devlink *devlink;
 
 	devlink = devlinks_xa_get(rel->nested_in.devlink_index);
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ static void devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	return;
 
 reschedule_work:
-	schedule_work(&rel->nested_in.notify_work);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&rel->nested_in.notify_work, 1);
 }
 
 static void devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work_schedule(struct devlink_rel *rel)
 {
 	__devlink_rel_get(rel);
-	schedule_work(&rel->nested_in.notify_work);
+	schedule_delayed_work(&rel->nested_in.notify_work, 0);
 }
 
 static struct devlink_rel *devlink_rel_alloc(void)
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ static struct devlink_rel *devlink_rel_alloc(void)
 	}
 
 	refcount_set(&rel->refcount, 1);
-	INIT_WORK(&rel->nested_in.notify_work,
-		  &devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rel->nested_in.notify_work,
+			  &devlink_rel_nested_in_notify_work);
 	return rel;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0