Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] netvsc: fix rtnl deadlock on unregister of vf

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2017 17:17:19 +0200

Vitaly Kuznetsov <[email-masked]> writes:

> Vitaly Kuznetsov <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]> writes:
>>
>>> With new transparent VF support, it is possible to get a deadlock
>>> when some of the deferred work is running and the unregister_vf
>>> is trying to cancel the work element. The solution is to use
>>> trylock and reschedule (similar to bonding and team device).
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <[email-masked]>
>>> Fixes: 0c195567a8f6 ("netvsc: transparent VF management")
>>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
>>> index c71728d82049..e75c0f852a63 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
>>> @@ -1601,7 +1601,11 @@ static void netvsc_vf_setup(struct work_struct *w)
>>>  	struct net_device *ndev = hv_get_drvdata(ndev_ctx->device_ctx);
>>>  	struct net_device *vf_netdev;
>>>
>>> -	rtnl_lock();
>>> +	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
>>> +		schedule_work(w);
>>> +		return;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>>  	vf_netdev = rtnl_dereference(ndev_ctx->vf_netdev);
>>>  	if (vf_netdev)
>>>  		__netvsc_vf_setup(ndev, vf_netdev);
>>> @@ -1655,7 +1659,11 @@ static void netvsc_vf_update(struct work_struct *w)
>>>  	struct net_device *vf_netdev;
>>>  	bool vf_is_up;
>>>
>>> -	rtnl_lock();
>>> +	if (!rtnl_trylock()) {
>>> +		schedule_work(w);
>>> +		return;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>
>> So in the situation when we're currently in netvsc_unregister_vf() and
>> trying to do
>>         cancel_work_sync(&net_device_ctx->vf_takeover);
>> 	cancel_work_sync(&net_device_ctx->vf_notify);
>>
>> we'll end up not executing netvsc_vf_update() at all, right? Wouldn't it
>> create an issue as nobody is switching the datapath back to netvsc?
>>
>
> Actually, looking more at this I think we have additional issues:
>
> netvsc_unregister_vf() may get executed _before_ netvsc_vf_update() gets
> a chance and we just cancel it so the data path is never switched
> back. I actually have a VM where I suppose it happens ...
>
> [    7.235566] hv_netvsc 33b7a6f9-6736-451f-8fce-b382eaa50bee eth1: VF up: enP2p0s2
> [    7.235569] hv_netvsc 33b7a6f9-6736-451f-8fce-b382eaa50bee eth1: Datapath switched to VF: enP2p0s2
>
> On VF removal:
>
> [   17.675885] mlx4_en: enP2p0s2: Close port called
> [   17.727005] hv_netvsc 33b7a6f9-6736-451f-8fce-b382eaa50bee eth1: VF unregistering: enP2p0s2
> <and nothing after - so the data path is not switched>
>
> We need to make sure netvsc_vf_update() is always processed on removal.

So the question I have is: why do we need to call netvsc_vf_update()
from a work? I tried calling it directly from netvsc_netdev_event() (and
with rtnl_lock()/unlock() calls dropped from it as we already have it,
of course) and everything seems to work for me.

Shall I send a patch removing the work?

-- 
  Vitaly