Hello, On Thu, 7 Apr 2022 14:24:56 +0300 Dan Carpenter wrote: > > There is a deadlock in irdma_cleanup_cm_core(), which is shown > > below: > > > > (Thread 1) | (Thread 2) > > | irdma_schedule_cm_timer() > > irdma_cleanup_cm_core() | add_timer() > > spin_lock_irqsave() //(1) | (wait a time) > > ... | irdma_cm_timer_tick() > > del_timer_sync() | spin_lock_irqsave() //(2) > > (wait timer to stop) | ... > > > > We hold cm_core->ht_lock in position (1) of thread 1 and > > use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler > > also need cm_core->ht_lock in position (2) of thread 2. > > As a result, irdma_cleanup_cm_core() will block forever. > > > > This patch extracts del_timer_sync() from the protection of > > spin_lock_irqsave(), which could let timer handler to obtain > > the needed lock. > > > > Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c | 5 ++++- > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c > > index dedb3b7edd8..019dd8bfe08 100644 > > --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c > > @@ -3252,8 +3252,11 @@ void irdma_cleanup_cm_core(struct irdma_cm_core *cm_core) > > return; > > > > spin_lock_irqsave(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags); > > - if (timer_pending(&cm_core->tcp_timer)) > > + if (timer_pending(&cm_core->tcp_timer)) { > > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags); > > del_timer_sync(&cm_core->tcp_timer); > > + spin_lock_irqsave(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags); > > + } > > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags); > > This lock doesn't seem to be protecting anything. Also do we need to > check timer_pending()? I think the del_timer_sync() function will just > return directly if there isn't a pending lock? Thanks a lot for your advice, I will remove the timer_pending() and the redundant lock. Best regards, Duoming Zhou