Re: [PATCH] libfc: replace 'rp_mutex' with 'rp_lock'

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On 05/11/2016 04:44 PM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
On 05/10/16 23:07, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
On 05/11/2016 07:49 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa00b2adb>]  [<ffffffffa00b2adb>]
fc_rport_lookup+0x4b/0x70 [libfc]
Call Trace:
   [<ffffffffa00b2e17>] fc_rport_create+0x17/0x1b0 [libfc]
   [<ffffffffa00a9f81>] fc_disc_recv_req+0x261/0x480 [libfc]
   [<ffffffffa00b1008>] fc_lport_recv_els_req+0x68/0x130 [libfc]
   [<ffffffffa00afd5a>] fc_lport_recv_req+0x9a/0xf0 [libfc]
   [<ffffffffa00e8333>] fnic_handle_frame+0x63/0xd0 [fnic]
   [<ffffffff8106fd52>] process_one_work+0x172/0x420
   [<ffffffff810709ca>] worker_thread+0x11a/0x3c0
   [<ffffffff81077344>] kthread+0xb4/0xc0
   [<ffffffff81521318>] ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90

Hello Hannes,

Thanks for sharing this information. fc_disc_recv_req() protects the
fc_rport_create() call via a mutex (disc_mutex). Since a mutex_lock()
call may sleep it can trigger the start of an RCU grace period. I think
this may result in freeing of an rport while fc_rport_lookup() is
examining it. Have you already considered to add a
rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pair in fc_rport_lookup()?

No, I haven't so far.
This issue is hard to trigger, and I've only got the customer report to go by.

Also, when using an rcu_read_lock() here one probably needs to revisit the entire locking structure in libfc: rport list is an RCU-proctected list, so in principle one only needs to hold the rport mutex when _assigning_ new rports, and _could_ drop the mutex usage for a simple lookup. But this really needs some more thought and testing, so I haven't attempted it.

Also, with your suggestion I would need to take the mutex_lock _and_ call rcu_read_lock(), which just looks wrong. Hence I prefer to use the spin_lock method (which, incidentally, is also suggested in the RCU documentation).

Cheers,

Hannes
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