netdev - [PATCH net v3 1/3] virtio-net: don't schedule delayed refill worker

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Message-ID: <20260106150438.7425-2-minhquangbui99@gmail.com>
Date: Tue,  6 Jan 2026 22:04:36 +0700
From: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Eugenio Pérez <eperezma@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
	Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bpf@...r.kernel.org,
	Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net v3 1/3] virtio-net: don't schedule delayed refill worker

When we fail to refill the receive buffers, we schedule a delayed worker
to retry later. However, this worker creates some concurrency issues.
For example, when the worker runs concurrently with virtnet_xdp_set,
both need to temporarily disable queue's NAPI before enabling again.
Without proper synchronization, a deadlock can happen when
napi_disable() is called on an already disabled NAPI. That
napi_disable() call will be stuck and so will the subsequent
napi_enable() call.

To simplify the logic and avoid further problems, we will instead retry
refilling in the next NAPI poll.

Fixes: 4bc12818b363 ("virtio-net: disable delayed refill when pausing rx")
Reported-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Closes: https://netdev-ctrl.bots.linux.dev/logs/vmksft/drv-hw-dbg/results/400961/3-xdp-py/stderr
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 1bb3aeca66c6..f986abf0c236 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3046,16 +3046,16 @@ static int virtnet_receive(struct receive_queue *rq, int budget,
 	else
 		packets = virtnet_receive_packets(vi, rq, budget, xdp_xmit, &stats);
 
+	u64_stats_set(&stats.packets, packets);
 	if (rq->vq->num_free > min((unsigned int)budget, virtqueue_get_vring_size(rq->vq)) / 2) {
-		if (!try_fill_recv(vi, rq, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
-			spin_lock(&vi->refill_lock);
-			if (vi->refill_enabled)
-				schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
-			spin_unlock(&vi->refill_lock);
-		}
+		if (!try_fill_recv(vi, rq, GFP_ATOMIC))
+			/* We need to retry refilling in the next NAPI poll so
+			 * we must return budget to make sure the NAPI is
+			 * repolled.
+			 */
+			packets = budget;
 	}
 
-	u64_stats_set(&stats.packets, packets);
 	u64_stats_update_begin(&rq->stats.syncp);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(virtnet_rq_stats_desc); i++) {
 		size_t offset = virtnet_rq_stats_desc[i].offset;
@@ -3230,9 +3230,10 @@ static int virtnet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
 		if (i < vi->curr_queue_pairs)
-			/* Make sure we have some buffers: if oom use wq. */
-			if (!try_fill_recv(vi, &vi->rq[i], GFP_KERNEL))
-				schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
+			/* Pre-fill rq agressively, to make sure we are ready to
+			 * get packets immediately.
+			 */
+			try_fill_recv(vi, &vi->rq[i], GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		err = virtnet_enable_queue_pair(vi, i);
 		if (err < 0)
@@ -3472,16 +3473,15 @@ static void __virtnet_rx_resume(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 				struct receive_queue *rq,
 				bool refill)
 {
-	bool running = netif_running(vi->dev);
-	bool schedule_refill = false;
+	if (netif_running(vi->dev)) {
+		/* Pre-fill rq agressively, to make sure we are ready to get
+		 * packets immediately.
+		 */
+		if (refill)
+			try_fill_recv(vi, rq, GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (refill && !try_fill_recv(vi, rq, GFP_KERNEL))
-		schedule_refill = true;
-	if (running)
 		virtnet_napi_enable(rq);
-
-	if (schedule_refill)
-		schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
+	}
 }
 
 static void virtnet_rx_resume_all(struct virtnet_info *vi)
@@ -3829,11 +3829,13 @@ static int virtnet_set_queues(struct virtnet_info *vi, u16 queue_pairs)
 	}
 succ:
 	vi->curr_queue_pairs = queue_pairs;
-	/* virtnet_open() will refill when device is going to up. */
-	spin_lock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
-	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP && vi->refill_enabled)
-		schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&vi->refill_lock);
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+		local_bh_disable();
+		for (int i = 0; i < vi->curr_queue_pairs; ++i)
+			virtqueue_napi_schedule(&vi->rq[i].napi, vi->rq[i].vq);
+
+		local_bh_enable();
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.43.0