On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 10:33:00PM -0700, Selvin Xavier wrote: > bnxt_re_ib_reg acquires and releases the rtnl lock whenever it accesses > the L2 driver. > > The following sequence can trigger a crash > > Acquires the rtnl_lock -> > Registers roce driver callback with L2 driver -> > release the rtnl lock > bnxt_re acquires the rtnl_lock -> > Request for MSIx vectors -> > release the rtnl_lock > > Issue happens when bnxt_re proceeds with remaining part of initialization > and L2 driver invokes bnxt_ulp_irq_stop as a part of bnxt_open_nic. > > The crash is in bnxt_qplib_nq_stop_irq as the NQ structures are > not initialized yet, > > <snip> > [ 3551.726647] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) > [ 3551.726656] IP: [<ffffffffc0840ee9>] bnxt_qplib_nq_stop_irq+0x59/0xb0 [bnxt_re] > [ 3551.726674] PGD 0 > [ 3551.726679] Oops: 0002 1 SMP > ... > [ 3551.726822] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R720/08RW36, BIOS 2.4.3 07/09/2014 > [ 3551.726826] task: ffff97e30eec5ee0 ti: ffff97e3173bc000 task.ti: ffff97e3173bc000 > [ 3551.726829] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc0840ee9>] [<ffffffffc0840ee9>] > bnxt_qplib_nq_stop_irq+0x59/0xb0 [bnxt_re] > ... > [ 3551.726872] Call Trace: > [ 3551.726886] [<ffffffffc082cb9e>] bnxt_re_stop_irq+0x4e/0x70 [bnxt_re] > [ 3551.726899] [<ffffffffc07d6a53>] bnxt_ulp_irq_stop+0x43/0x70 [bnxt_en] > [ 3551.726908] [<ffffffffc07c82f4>] bnxt_reserve_rings+0x174/0x1e0 [bnxt_en] > [ 3551.726917] [<ffffffffc07cafd8>] __bnxt_open_nic+0x368/0x9a0 [bnxt_en] > [ 3551.726925] [<ffffffffc07cb62b>] bnxt_open_nic+0x1b/0x50 [bnxt_en] > [ 3551.726934] [<ffffffffc07cc62f>] bnxt_setup_mq_tc+0x11f/0x260 [bnxt_en] > [ 3551.726943] [<ffffffffc07d5f58>] bnxt_dcbnl_ieee_setets+0xb8/0x1f0 [bnxt_en] > [ 3551.726954] [<ffffffff890f983a>] dcbnl_ieee_set+0x9a/0x250 > [ 3551.726966] [<ffffffff88fd6d21>] ? __alloc_skb+0xa1/0x2d0 > [ 3551.726972] [<ffffffff890f72fa>] dcb_doit+0x13a/0x210 > [ 3551.726981] [<ffffffff89003ff7>] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0xa7/0x260 > [ 3551.726989] [<ffffffff88ffdb00>] ? rtnl_unicast+0x20/0x30 > [ 3551.726996] [<ffffffff88bf9dc8>] ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x58/0x290 > [ 3551.727002] [<ffffffff890f7326>] ? dcb_doit+0x166/0x210 > [ 3551.727007] [<ffffffff88fd6d0d>] ? __alloc_skb+0x8d/0x2d0 > [ 3551.727012] [<ffffffff89003f50>] ? rtnl_newlink+0x880/0x880 > ... > [ 3551.727104] [<ffffffff8911f7d5>] system_call_fastpath+0x1c/0x21 > ... > [ 3551.727164] RIP [<ffffffffc0840ee9>] bnxt_qplib_nq_stop_irq+0x59/0xb0 [bnxt_re] > [ 3551.727175] RSP <ffff97e3173bf788> > [ 3551.727177] CR2: 0000000000000000 > > Avoid this inconsistent state and system crash by acquiring > the rtnl lock for the entire duration of device initialization. > Re-factor the code to remove the rtnl lock from the individual function > and acquire and release it from the caller. > > Fixes: 1ac5a4047975 ("RDMA/bnxt_re: Add bnxt_re RoCE driver") > Fixes: 6e04b1035689 ("RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix broken RoCE driver due to recent L2 driver changes") > Signed-off-by: Selvin Xavier <selvin.xavier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v1 -> v2: > Modified the commit message with oops information > drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c | 93 +++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-) Applied to for-rc Thanks, Jason