Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: Fix incorrect locking in ice_vc_process_vf_msg()

From: Maciej Fijalkowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:14:29 +0200

On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 12:50:04PM +0200, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> Usage of mutex_trylock() in ice_vc_process_vf_msg() is incorrect
> because message sent from VF is ignored and never processed.
> 
> Use mutex_lock() instead to fix the issue. It is safe because this

We need to know what is *the* issue in the first place.
Could you please provide more context what is being fixed to the readers
that don't have an access to bugzilla?

Specifically, what is the case that ignoring a particular message when
mutex is already held is a broken behavior?

> mutex is used to prevent races between VF related NDOs and
> handlers processing request messages from VF and these handlers
> are running in ice_service_task() context.
> 
> Fixes: e6ba5273d4ed ("ice: Fix race conditions between virtchnl handling and VF ndo ops")
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c | 10 +---------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
> index 3f1a63815bac..9bf5bb008128 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl.c
> @@ -3660,15 +3660,7 @@ void ice_vc_process_vf_msg(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_rq_event_info *event)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* VF is being configured in another context that triggers a VFR, so no
> -	 * need to process this message
> -	 */
> -	if (!mutex_trylock(&vf->cfg_lock)) {
> -		dev_info(dev, "VF %u is being configured in another context that will trigger a VFR, so there is no need to handle this message\n",
> -			 vf->vf_id);
> -		ice_put_vf(vf);
> -		return;
> -	}
> +	mutex_lock(&vf->cfg_lock);
>  
>  	switch (v_opcode) {
>  	case VIRTCHNL_OP_VERSION:
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
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