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Message-ID: <1a2b63a4-edc7-c04d-3f80-0087a8415bc3@candelatech.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:19:53 -0700
From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Revert "vrf: Remove unnecessary RCU-bh critical
 section"

On 9/26/24 02:03, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> greearb@ wrote:
>> From: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
>>
>> This reverts commit 504fc6f4f7f681d2a03aa5f68aad549d90eab853.
>>
>> dev_queue_xmit_nit needs to run with bh locking, otherwise
>> it conflicts with packets coming in from a nic in softirq
>> context and packets being transmitted from user context.
>>
>> ================================
>> WARNING: inconsistent lock state
>> 6.11.0 #1 Tainted: G        W
>> --------------------------------
>> inconsistent {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} -> {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} usage.
>> btserver/134819 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE1:SE1] takes:
>> ffff8882da30c118 (rlock-AF_PACKET){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: tpacket_rcv+0x863/0x3b30
>> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} state was registered at:
>>    lock_acquire+0x19a/0x4f0
>>    _raw_spin_lock+0x27/0x40
>>    packet_rcv+0xa33/0x1320
>>    __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0xcb0/0x3a90
>>    __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x2c9/0x890
>>    netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x610/0xcc0
>>    napi_complete_done+0x1c0/0x7c0
>>    igb_poll+0x1dbb/0x57e0 [igb]
>>    __napi_poll.constprop.0+0x99/0x430
>>    net_rx_action+0x8e7/0xe10
>>    handle_softirqs+0x1b7/0x800
>>    __irq_exit_rcu+0x91/0xc0
>>    irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x10
>>    [snip]
>>
>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>   Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>>
>>         CPU0
>>         ----
>>    lock(rlock-AF_PACKET);
>>    <Interrupt>
>>      lock(rlock-AF_PACKET);
>>
>>   *** DEADLOCK ***
>>
>> Call Trace:
>>   <TASK>
>>   dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0xa0
>>   mark_lock+0x102e/0x16b0
>>   __lock_acquire+0x9ae/0x6170
>>   lock_acquire+0x19a/0x4f0
>>   _raw_spin_lock+0x27/0x40
>>   tpacket_rcv+0x863/0x3b30
>>   dev_queue_xmit_nit+0x709/0xa40
>>   vrf_finish_direct+0x26e/0x340 [vrf]
>>   vrf_l3_out+0x5f4/0xe80 [vrf]
>>   __ip_local_out+0x51e/0x7a0
>> [snip]
>>
>> Fixes: 504fc6f4f7f6 ("vrf: Remove unnecessary RCU-bh critical section")
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/05765015-f727-2f30-58da-2ad6fa7ea99f@candelatech.com/T/
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
> 
> Please Cc: all previous reviewers and folks who participated in the
> discussion. I entirely missed this. No need to add as Cc tags, just
> --cc in git send-email will do.
> 
>> ---
>>
>> v2:  Edit patch description.
>>
>>   drivers/net/vrf.c | 2 ++
>>   net/core/dev.c    | 1 +
>>   2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
>> index 4d8ccaf9a2b4..4087f72f0d2b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
>> @@ -608,7 +608,9 @@ static void vrf_finish_direct(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>   		eth_zero_addr(eth->h_dest);
>>   		eth->h_proto = skb->protocol;
>>   
>> +		rcu_read_lock_bh();
>>   		dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, vrf_dev);
>> +		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
>>   
>>   		skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
>>   	}
>> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
>> index cd479f5f22f6..566e69a38eed 100644
>> --- a/net/core/dev.c
>> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
>> @@ -2285,6 +2285,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_nit_active);
>>   /*
>>    *	Support routine. Sends outgoing frames to any network
>>    *	taps currently in use.
>> + *	BH must be disabled before calling this.
> 
> Unnecessary. Especially patches for stable should be minimal to
> reduce the chance of conflicts.

I was asked to add this, and also asked to CC stable.

Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com