Re: [PATCH net 1/6] ice: avoid bonding causing auxiliary plug/unplug under RTNL lock

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On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 01:36:58PM -0800, Tony Nguyen wrote:
> From: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> RDMA is not supported in ice on a PF that has been added to a bonded
> interface. To enforce this, when an interface enters a bond, we unplug
> the auxiliary device that supports RDMA functionality.  This unplug
> currently happens in the context of handling the netdev bonding event.
> This event is sent to the ice driver under RTNL context.  This is causing
> a deadlock where the RDMA driver is waiting for the RTNL lock to complete
> the removal.
> 
> Defer the unplugging/re-plugging of the auxiliary device to the service
> task so that it is not performed under the RTNL lock context.
> 
> Reported-by: Jaroslav Pulchart <jaroslav.pulchart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/68b14b11-d0c7-65c9-4eeb-0487c95e395d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 5cb1ebdbc434 ("ice: Fix race condition during interface enslave")
> Fixes: 4eace75e0853 ("RDMA/irdma: Report the correct link speed")
> Signed-off-by: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g@xxxxxxxxx> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h      | 14 +++++---------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 17 +++++++----------
>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

<...>

> index 5f86e4111fa9..055494dbcce0 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
> @@ -2290,18 +2290,15 @@ static void ice_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (test_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags)) {
> -		/* Plug aux device per request */
> +	/* Plug aux device per request */
> +	if (test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags))

Very interesting pattern. You are not holding any locks while running
ice_service_task() and clear bits before you actually performed requested
operation.

How do you protect from races while testing bits in other places of ice
driver?

Thanks

>  		ice_plug_aux_dev(pf);
>  
> -		/* Mark plugging as done but check whether unplug was
> -		 * requested during ice_plug_aux_dev() call
> -		 * (e.g. from ice_clear_rdma_cap()) and if so then
> -		 * plug aux device.
> -		 */
> -		if (!test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags))
> -			ice_unplug_aux_dev(pf);
> -	}
> +	/* unplug aux dev per request, if an unplug request came in
> +	 * while processing a plug request, this will handle it
> +	 */
> +	if (test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_UNPLUG_AUX_DEV, pf->flags))
> +		ice_unplug_aux_dev(pf);
>  
>  	if (test_and_clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_MTU_CHANGED, pf->flags)) {
>  		struct iidc_event *event;
> -- 
> 2.38.1
> 



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