From: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 679ab61bf5f5f519377d812afb4fb93634782c74 ] 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 removes the check of timer_pending() in irdma_cleanup_cm_core(), because the del_timer_sync() function will just return directly if there isn't a pending timer. As a result, the lock is redundant, because there is no resource it could protect. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220418153322.42524-1-duoming@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c index 6dea0a49d171..41703c7ebca5 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c @@ -3244,15 +3244,10 @@ enum irdma_status_code irdma_setup_cm_core(struct irdma_device *iwdev, */ void irdma_cleanup_cm_core(struct irdma_cm_core *cm_core) { - unsigned long flags; - if (!cm_core) return; - spin_lock_irqsave(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags); - if (timer_pending(&cm_core->tcp_timer)) - del_timer_sync(&cm_core->tcp_timer); - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags); + del_timer_sync(&cm_core->tcp_timer); destroy_workqueue(cm_core->event_wq); cm_core->dev->ws_reset(&cm_core->iwdev->vsi); -- 2.35.1