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Message-ID: <73b14f8b-03dc-4ed0-ad07-b33460dc70e7@samba.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:28:19 +0100
From: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@...ba.org>
To: Bernard Metzler <bernard.metzler@...ux.dev>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/siw: reclassify sockets in order to avoid false
 positives from lockdep

Hi Bernard,

> On 26.11.2025 11:42, Stefan Metzmacher wrote:
>> While developing IPPROTO_SMBDIRECT support for the code
>> under fs/smb/common/smbdirect [1], I noticed false positives like this:
>>
>> [T79] ======================================================
>> [T79] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
>> [T79] 6.18.0-rc4-metze-kasan-lockdep.01+ #1 Tainted: G           OE
>> [T79] ------------------------------------------------------
>> [T79] kworker/2:0/79 is trying to acquire lock:
>> [T79] ffff88801f968278 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0},
>>                          at: sock_set_reuseaddr+0x14/0x70
>> [T79]
>>          but task is already holding lock:
>> [T79] ffffffffc10f7230 (lock#9){+.+.}-{4:4},
>>                          at: rdma_listen+0x3d2/0x740 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]
>>          which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>
>> [T79]
>>          the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>> [T79]
>>          -> #1 (lock#9){+.+.}-{4:4}:
>> [T79]        __lock_acquire+0x535/0xc30
>> [T79]        lock_acquire.part.0+0xb3/0x240
>> [T79]        lock_acquire+0x60/0x140
>> [T79]        __mutex_lock+0x1af/0x1c10
>> [T79]        mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x30
>> [T79]        cma_get_port+0xba/0x7d0 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        rdma_bind_addr_dst+0x598/0x9a0 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        cma_bind_addr+0x107/0x320 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        rdma_resolve_addr+0xa3/0x830 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        destroy_lease_table+0x12b/0x420 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        ksmbd_NTtimeToUnix+0x3e/0x80 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        ndr_encode_posix_acl+0x6e9/0xab0 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        ndr_encode_v4_ntacl+0x53/0x870 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        __sys_connect_file+0x131/0x1c0
>> [T79]        __sys_connect+0x111/0x140
>> [T79]        __x64_sys_connect+0x72/0xc0
>> [T79]        x64_sys_call+0xe7d/0x26a0
>> [T79]        do_syscall_64+0x93/0xff0
>> [T79]        entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
>> [T79]
>>          -> #0 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}:
>> [T79]        check_prev_add+0xf3/0xcd0
>> [T79]        validate_chain+0x466/0x590
>> [T79]        __lock_acquire+0x535/0xc30
>> [T79]        lock_acquire.part.0+0xb3/0x240
>> [T79]        lock_acquire+0x60/0x140
>> [T79]        lock_sock_nested+0x3b/0xf0
>> [T79]        sock_set_reuseaddr+0x14/0x70
>> [T79]        siw_create_listen+0x145/0x1540 [siw]
>> [T79]        iw_cm_listen+0x313/0x5b0 [iw_cm]
>> [T79]        cma_iw_listen+0x271/0x3c0 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        rdma_listen+0x3b1/0x740 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        cma_listen_on_dev+0x46a/0x750 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        rdma_listen+0x4b0/0x740 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]        ksmbd_rdma_init+0x12b/0x270 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        ksmbd_conn_transport_init+0x26/0x70 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        server_ctrl_handle_work+0x1e5/0x280 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]        process_one_work+0x86c/0x1930
>> [T79]        worker_thread+0x6f0/0x11f0
>> [T79]        kthread+0x3ec/0x8b0
>> [T79]        ret_from_fork+0x314/0x400
>> [T79]        ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
>> [T79]
>>          other info that might help us debug this:
>>
>> [T79]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>>
>> [T79]        CPU0                    CPU1
>> [T79]        ----                    ----
>> [T79]   lock(lock#9);
>> [T79]                                lock(sk_lock-AF_INET);
>> [T79]                                lock(lock#9);
>> [T79]   lock(sk_lock-AF_INET);
>> [T79]
>>           *** DEADLOCK ***
>>
>> [T79] 5 locks held by kworker/2:0/79:
>> [T79] #0: ffff88800120b158 ((wq_completion)events_long){+.+.}-{0:0},
>>                             at: process_one_work+0xfca/0x1930
>> [T79] #1: ffffc9000474fd00 ((work_completion)(&ctrl->ctrl_work))
>>                             {+.+.}-{0:0},
>>                             at: process_one_work+0x804/0x1930
>> [T79] #2: ffffffffc11307d0 (ctrl_lock){+.+.}-{4:4},
>>                             at: server_ctrl_handle_work+0x21/0x280 [ksmbd]
>> [T79] #3: ffffffffc11347b0 (init_lock){+.+.}-{4:4},
>>                             at: ksmbd_conn_transport_init+0x18/0x70 [ksmbd]
>> [T79] #4: ffffffffc10f7230 (lock#9){+.+.}-{4:4},
>>                              at: rdma_listen+0x3d2/0x740 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]
>>          stack backtrace:
>> [T79] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 79 Comm: kworker/2:0 Kdump: loaded
>>        Tainted: G           OE
>>        6.18.0-rc4-metze-kasan-lockdep.01+ #1 PREEMPT(voluntary)
>> [T79] Tainted: [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
>> [T79] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox,
>>        BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
>> [T79] Workqueue: events_long server_ctrl_handle_work [ksmbd]
>> ...
>> [T79]  print_circular_bug+0xfd/0x130
>> [T79]  check_noncircular+0x150/0x170
>> [T79]  check_prev_add+0xf3/0xcd0
>> [T79]  validate_chain+0x466/0x590
>> [T79]  __lock_acquire+0x535/0xc30
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  lock_acquire.part.0+0xb3/0x240
>> [T79]  ? sock_set_reuseaddr+0x14/0x70
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x30
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? apparmor_socket_post_create+0x180/0x700
>> [T79]  lock_acquire+0x60/0x140
>> [T79]  ? sock_set_reuseaddr+0x14/0x70
>> [T79]  lock_sock_nested+0x3b/0xf0
>> [T79]  ? sock_set_reuseaddr+0x14/0x70
>> [T79]  sock_set_reuseaddr+0x14/0x70
>> [T79]  siw_create_listen+0x145/0x1540 [siw]
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? local_clock_noinstr+0xe/0xd0
>> [T79]  ? __pfx_siw_create_listen+0x10/0x10 [siw]
>> [T79]  ? trace_preempt_on+0x4c/0x130
>> [T79]  ? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4a/0x90
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? preempt_count_sub+0x52/0x80
>> [T79]  iw_cm_listen+0x313/0x5b0 [iw_cm]
>> [T79]  cma_iw_listen+0x271/0x3c0 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  rdma_listen+0x3b1/0x740 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x2c/0x60
>> [T79]  ? __pfx_rdma_listen+0x10/0x10 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ? rdma_restrack_add+0x12c/0x630 [ib_core]
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  cma_listen_on_dev+0x46a/0x750 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  rdma_listen+0x4b0/0x740 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ? __pfx_rdma_listen+0x10/0x10 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ? cma_get_port+0x30d/0x7d0 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? rdma_bind_addr_dst+0x598/0x9a0 [rdma_cm]
>> [T79]  ksmbd_rdma_init+0x12b/0x270 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]  ? __pfx_ksmbd_rdma_init+0x10/0x10 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? register_netdevice_notifier+0x1dc/0x240
>> [T79]  ksmbd_conn_transport_init+0x26/0x70 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]  server_ctrl_handle_work+0x1e5/0x280 [ksmbd]
>> [T79]  process_one_work+0x86c/0x1930
>> [T79]  ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10
>> [T79]  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5
>> [T79]  ? assign_work+0x16f/0x280
>> [T79]  worker_thread+0x6f0/0x11f0
>>
>> I was not able to reproduce this as I was testing with various
>> runs switching siw and rxe as well as IPPROTO_SMBDIRECT sockets,
>> while the above stack used siw with the non IPPROTO_SMBDIRECT
>> patches [1].
>>
>> Even if this patch doesn't solve the above I think it's
>> a good idea to reclassify the sockets used by siw,
>> I also send patches for rxe to reclassify, as well
>> as my IPPROTO_SMBDIRECT socket patches [1] will do it,
>> this should minimize potential false positives.
>>
>> [1]
>> https://git.samba.org/?p=metze/linux/wip.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/master-ipproto-smbdirect
>>
>> Cc: Bernard Metzler <bernard.metzler@...ux.dev>
>> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
>> Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
>> Cc: linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
>> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@...ba.org>
>> ---
>>   drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c
>> index 708b13993fdf..b83abf0ea15e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c
>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/siw/siw_cm.c
>> @@ -39,6 +39,22 @@ static void siw_cm_llp_error_report(struct sock *s);
>>   static int siw_cm_upcall(struct siw_cep *cep, enum iw_cm_event_type reason,
>>                int status);
>> +
>> +static struct lock_class_key siw_sk_key;
>> +static struct lock_class_key siw_slock_key;
>> +
>> +static inline void siw_reclassify_socket(struct socket *sock)
>> +{
>> +    struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
>> +
>> +    if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!sock_allow_reclassification(sk)))
>> +        return;
>> +
>> +    sock_lock_init_class_and_name(sk,
>> +                      "slock-RDMA-SIW", &siw_slock_key,
>> +                      "sk_lock-RDMA-SIW", &siw_sk_key);
>> +}
>> +
>>   static void siw_sk_assign_cm_upcalls(struct sock *sk)
>>   {
>>       struct siw_cep *cep = sk_to_cep(sk);
>> @@ -1394,6 +1410,7 @@ int siw_connect(struct iw_cm_id *id, struct iw_cm_conn_param *params)
>>       rv = sock_create(v4 ? AF_INET : AF_INET6, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, &s);
>>       if (rv < 0)
>>           goto error;
>> +    siw_reclassify_socket(s);
>>       /*
>>        * NOTE: For simplification, connect() is called in blocking
>> @@ -1770,6 +1787,7 @@ int siw_create_listen(struct iw_cm_id *id, int backlog)
>>       rv = sock_create(addr_family, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP, &s);
>>       if (rv < 0)
>>           return rv;
>> +    siw_reclassify_socket(s);
>>       /*
>>        * Allow binding local port when still in TIME_WAIT from last close.
> 
> Thanks very much, makes all sense to me. I stumbled across it a while
> ago as well and quietly ignored it. Your solution is better.
> If I look through the other use cases of sock_lock_init_class_and_name(),
> I found it gated by
> #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
> (see for example drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c). I think wee need that
> since only then the related sock_lock_xxx objects and functions are
> defined.
> drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c also has a nice comment on why this is
> needed. I think we shall have such comment as well - just to remind us
> later what we did.

I think it will also compile and work fine without
CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, but I'll add it. And a comment.

I hope you agree that we don't need the AF_INET vs. AF_INET6
thing.

Thanks!
metze

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