On 10/21/22 20:09, Li Zhijian wrote: > > > On 21/10/2022 22:39, Zhu Yanjun wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 3:53 PM Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Before the testing, we already passed it to rxe_mr_copy() where mr could >>> be dereferenced. so this checking is not exactly correct. >>> >>> I tried to figure out the details how/when mr could be NULL, but failed >>> at last. Add a WARN_ON(!mr) to that path to tell us more when it >>> happends. >> If I get you correctly, you confronted a problem, > Not exactly, I removed the mr checking since i think this checking is not correct. > the newly added WARN_ON(!mr) is the only once place where the mr can be NULL but not handled correctly. > At least with/without this patch, once WARN_ON(!mr) is triggered, kernel will go something wrong. > > so i want to place this WARN_ON(!mr) to point to the problem. > > Thanks > Zhijian > >> but you can not figure it out. >> So you send it upstream as a patch? >> >> I am not sure if it is a good idea. >> >> Zhu Yanjun >> >>> Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c | 4 ++-- >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c >>> index ed5a09e86417..218c14fb07c6 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c >>> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_resp.c >>> @@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ static enum resp_states read_reply(struct rxe_qp *qp, >>> if (res->state == rdatm_res_state_new) { >>> if (!res->replay) { >>> mr = qp->resp.mr; >>> + WARN_ON(!mr); >>> qp->resp.mr = NULL; >>> } else { >>> mr = rxe_recheck_mr(qp, res->read.rkey); >>> @@ -811,8 +812,7 @@ static enum resp_states read_reply(struct rxe_qp *qp, >>> >>> rxe_mr_copy(mr, res->read.va, payload_addr(&ack_pkt), >>> payload, RXE_FROM_MR_OBJ); >>> - if (mr) >>> - rxe_put(mr); >>> + rxe_put(mr); >>> >>> if (bth_pad(&ack_pkt)) { >>> u8 *pad = payload_addr(&ack_pkt) + payload >>> -- >>> 2.31.1 >>> > Li is correct that the only way mr could be NULL is if qp->resp.mr == NULL. So the 'if (mr)' is not needed if that is the case. The read_reply subroutine is reached from a new rdma read operation after going through check_rkey or from a previous rdma read operations from get_req if qp->resp.res != NULL or from a duplicate request where the previous responder resource is found. In all these cases the mr is set. Initially in check_rkey where if it can't find the mr it causes an RKEY_VIOLATION. Thereafter the rkey is stored in the responder resources and looked up for each packet to get an mr or cause an RKEY_VIOLATION. So the mr can't be NULL. I think you can leave out the WARN and just drop the if (mr). Bob