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From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Elad Nachman <eladv6@gmail.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov@nfware.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: fix rtnl deadlocks and race conditions
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:58:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <334c7e47-cee5-0523-6858-a9074a12b7e0@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACXF7qmStRSTAu7nugtaFf2DEwO+a-pQ12H2J4GKenmnBNQfrw@mail.gmail.com>

On 2/21/2021 8:03 AM, Elad Nachman wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Regarding the asynchronous call - thought about it, but then the
> request will always return OK to user-space and I will have no way to
> return failure error codes back to user-space.
> 

Right, let's continue with this patch. Can you please send a new version with 
updates mentioned below?

> If the above explanation is acceptable, per your other comments - I
> can send a new patch without the parameter change , without the empty
> line, and with the comment moved to the proper place in the code.
> 
> Waiting for your decision,
> 
> Elad.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 8:42 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/26/2020 2:46 PM, Elad Nachman wrote:
>>> This patch leverages on Stephen Hemminger's 64106 patch from Dec 2019,
>>> and fixes the issues reported by Ferruh and Igor:
>>>
>>> A. KNI sync lock is being locked while rtnl is held.
>>> If two threads are calling kni_net_process_request() ,
>>> then the first one wil take the sync lock, release rtnl lock then sleep.
>>> The second thread will try to lock sync lock while holding rtnl.
>>> The first thread will wake, and try to lock rtnl, resulting in a deadlock.
>>> The remedy is to release rtnl before locking the KNI sync lock.
>>> Since in between nothing is accessing Linux network-wise,
>>> no rtnl locking is needed.
>>
>> Hi Elad,
>>
>> Thanks for explanation, that clarifies the issue.
>> Also I confirm I don't see the hang, at least as much as I test.
>>
>>>
>>> B. There is a race condition in __dev_close_many() processing the
>>> close_list while the application terminates.
>>> It looks like if two vEth devices are terminating,
>>> and one releases the rtnl lock, the other takes it,
>>> updating the close_list in an unstable state,
>>> causing the close_list to become a circular linked list,
>>> hence list_for_each_entry() will endlessly loop inside
>>> __dev_close_many() .
>>> Since the description for the original patch indicate the
>>> original motivation was bringing the device up,
>>> I have changed kni_net_process_request() to hold the rtnl mutex
>>> in case of bringing the device down since this is the path called
>>> from __dev_close_many() , causing the corruption of the close_list.
>>>
>>
>> I can't reproduce this case, I see the protection in the code, but better to get
>> confirmation from Igor.
>>
>>
>>
>> Overall the issue seems calling a function pointed by 'rte_kni_ops' which
>> requires to acquire the rtnl lock.
>> So I wonder if this can't be handled in the ops function, by processing the
>> request asynchronously,
>> like recording the request, return from 'rte_kni_ops', and process the request
>> afterwards?
>>
>> I assume the application we mention is not kni sample application.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Elad Nachman <eladv6@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>    kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>>>    1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
>>> index 4b752083d..cf5b0845d 100644
>>> --- a/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
>>> +++ b/kernel/linux/kni/kni_net.c
>>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>>>    #include <linux/skbuff.h>
>>>    #include <linux/kthread.h>
>>>    #include <linux/delay.h>
>>> +#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
>>>
>>>    #include <rte_kni_common.h>
>>>    #include <kni_fifo.h>
>>> @@ -102,18 +103,26 @@ get_data_kva(struct kni_dev *kni, void *pkt_kva)
>>>     * It can be called to process the request.
>>>     */
>>>    static int
>>> -kni_net_process_request(struct kni_dev *kni, struct rte_kni_request *req)
>>> +kni_net_process_request(struct net_device *dev, struct rte_kni_request *req)
>>>    {
>>> +     struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(dev);
>>>        int ret = -1;
>>>        void *resp_va;
>>>        uint32_t num;
>>>        int ret_val;
>>> +     int req_is_dev_stop = 0;
>>>
>>> -     if (!kni || !req) {
>>> -             pr_err("No kni instance or request\n");
>>> -             return -EINVAL;
>>> -     }
>>> +     if (req->req_id == RTE_KNI_REQ_CFG_NETWORK_IF &&
>>> +                     req->if_up == 0)
>>> +             req_is_dev_stop = 1;
>>>
>>> +     ASSERT_RTNL();
>>> +
>>> +     if (!req_is_dev_stop) {
>>> +             dev_hold(dev);
>>> +             rtnl_unlock();
>>> +     }
>>> +
>>>        mutex_lock(&kni->sync_lock);
>>>
>>>        /* Construct data */
>>> @@ -125,8 +134,13 @@ kni_net_process_request(struct kni_dev *kni, struct rte_kni_request *req)
>>>                goto fail;
>>>        }
>>>
>>> +     /* Since we need to wait and RTNL mutex is held
>>> +      * drop the mutex and hold refernce to keep device
>>> +      */
>>> +
>>
>> Comment seems left here, need to go up. s/refernce/reference
>>
>>>        ret_val = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(kni->wq,
>>>                        kni_fifo_count(kni->resp_q), 3 * HZ);
>>> +
>>>        if (signal_pending(current) || ret_val <= 0) {
>>>                ret = -ETIME;
>>>                goto fail;
>>> @@ -144,6 +158,13 @@ kni_net_process_request(struct kni_dev *kni, struct rte_kni_request *req)
>>>
>>>    fail:
>>>        mutex_unlock(&kni->sync_lock);
>>> +
>>> +
>>
>> extra empty line
>>
>>> +     if (!req_is_dev_stop) {
>>> +             rtnl_lock();
>>> +             dev_put(dev);
>>> +     }
>>> +
>>>        return ret;
>>>    }
>>>
>>> @@ -155,7 +176,6 @@ kni_net_open(struct net_device *dev)
>>>    {
>>>        int ret;
>>>        struct rte_kni_request req;
>>> -     struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(dev);
>>>
>>>        netif_start_queue(dev);
>>>        if (kni_dflt_carrier == 1)
>>> @@ -168,7 +188,7 @@ kni_net_open(struct net_device *dev)
>>>
>>>        /* Setting if_up to non-zero means up */
>>>        req.if_up = 1;
>>> -     ret = kni_net_process_request(kni, &req);
>>> +     ret = kni_net_process_request(dev, &req);
>>>
>>
>> Althoug it is not soo confusing, these lines and following ones are noise for
>> this patch, they are just for 'kni_net_process_request' paramter change.
>>
>> What do you think do the 'kni_net_process_request' parameter change in first
>> patch, and fix the issue in second, this way second patch can contain only the
>> actual changes required for fix.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-22 15:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-26 14:46 Elad Nachman
2021-02-19 18:41 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-02-21  8:03   ` Elad Nachman
2021-02-22 15:58     ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2021-02-23 12:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH V2] kni: fix rtnl deadlocks and race conditions v2 Elad Nachman
2021-02-23 12:53   ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-02-23 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] kni: fix rtnl deadlocks and race conditions v3 Elad Nachman
2021-02-23 13:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] " Elad Nachman
2021-02-24 12:49   ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-02-24 13:33     ` Elad Nachman
2021-02-24 14:04       ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-02-24 14:06         ` Elad Nachman
2021-02-24 14:41           ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-02-24 14:56             ` Elad Nachman
2021-02-24 15:18               ` Igor Ryzhov
     [not found]                 ` <CACXF7qkhkzFc-=v=iiBzh2V7rLjk1U34VUfPbNrnYJND_0TKHQ@mail.gmail.com>
2021-02-24 16:31                   ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-02-24 15:54     ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-02-25 14:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] kni: fix kernel deadlock when using mlx devices Elad Nachman
2021-02-25 14:32   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] kni: fix rtnl deadlocks and race conditions v4 Elad Nachman
2021-02-25 21:01     ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-02-26 15:48       ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-02-26 17:43         ` Elad Nachman
2021-03-01  8:10           ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-03-01 16:38             ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-03-15 16:58               ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-01 20:27             ` Dan Gora
2021-03-01 21:26               ` Dan Gora
2021-03-02 16:44                 ` Elad Nachman
2021-03-15 17:17     ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-16 18:35       ` Elad Nachman
2021-03-16 18:42         ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-15 17:17   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] kni: fix kernel deadlock when using mlx devices Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-29 14:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] kni: refactor user request processing Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-29 14:36   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] kni: support async user request Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-29 14:36   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] kni: fix kernel deadlock when using mlx devices Ferruh Yigit
2021-04-09 14:56     ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk-stable] " Ferruh Yigit
2021-04-12 14:35       ` Elad Nachman
2021-04-20 23:07         ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-04-23  8:41           ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-04-23  8:59             ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-04-23 12:43               ` Igor Ryzhov
2021-04-23 12:58                 ` Igor Ryzhov

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