The following BUG has been reported (slightly edited): BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: handler106/3082 caller is flow_lookup.isra.15+0x2c/0xf0 [openvswitch] CPU: 46 PID: 3082 Comm: handler106 Not tainted ... #1 Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R640/06DKY5, BIOS 2.5.4 01/13/2020 Call Trace: dump_stack+0x5c/0x80 check_preemption_disabled+0xc4/0xd0 flow_lookup.isra.15+0x2c/0xf0 [openvswitch] ovs_flow_tbl_lookup+0x3b/0x60 [openvswitch] ovs_flow_cmd_new+0x2d8/0x430 [openvswitch] ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70 ? __switch_to_asm+0x41/0x70 ? __switch_to_asm+0x35/0x70 genl_family_rcv_msg+0x1d7/0x410 ? migrate_enable+0x123/0x3a0 genl_rcv_msg+0x47/0x8c ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0xff/0x2e0 ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x410/0x410 netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120 genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 netlink_unicast+0x197/0x230 netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0 sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50 ___sys_sendmsg+0x29f/0x300 ? migrate_enable+0x123/0x3a0 ? ep_send_events_proc+0x8a/0x1f0 ? ep_scan_ready_list.constprop.23+0x237/0x260 ? rt_spin_unlock+0x23/0x40 ? ep_poll+0x1b3/0x390 ? __fget+0x72/0xa0 __sys_sendmsg+0x57/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x87/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca RIP: 0033:0x7f1ed72ccb07 Code: ... RSP: 002b:00007f1ecbd9ba80 EFLAGS: 00003293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000000000000007b RCX: 00007f1ed72ccb07 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007f1ecbd9bb10 RDI: 000000000000007b RBP: 00007f1ecbd9bb10 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00007f1ecbd9d390 R10: 0000000019616156 R11: 0000000000003293 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007f1ecbd9d338 R14: 00007f1ecbd9bfb0 R15: 00007f1ecbd9bb10 This happens because openvswitch/flow_table::flow_lookup() accesses per-cpu data while being preemptible (and migratable). Fix it by adding get/put_cpu_light(), so that, even if preempted, the task executing this code is not migrated (operation is also guarded by ovs_mutex mutex). Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/openvswitch/flow_table.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c index e2235849a57e..7df27ef7da09 100644 --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_table.c @@ -732,11 +732,14 @@ static struct sw_flow *flow_lookup(struct flow_table *tbl, u32 *n_cache_hit, u32 *index) { - u64 *usage_counters = this_cpu_ptr(ma->masks_usage_cntr); + u64 *usage_counters; struct sw_flow *flow; struct sw_flow_mask *mask; int i; + get_cpu_light(); + usage_counters = this_cpu_ptr(ma->masks_usage_cntr); + if (likely(*index < ma->max)) { mask = rcu_dereference_ovsl(ma->masks[*index]); if (mask) { @@ -746,6 +749,7 @@ static struct sw_flow *flow_lookup(struct flow_table *tbl, usage_counters[*index]++; u64_stats_update_end(&ma->syncp); (*n_cache_hit)++; + put_cpu_light(); return flow; } } @@ -766,10 +770,12 @@ static struct sw_flow *flow_lookup(struct flow_table *tbl, u64_stats_update_begin(&ma->syncp); usage_counters[*index]++; u64_stats_update_end(&ma->syncp); + put_cpu_light(); return flow; } } + put_cpu_light(); return NULL; } -- 2.26.2