From: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 1c30fbc76b8f0c07c92a8ca4cd7c456612e17eb5 ]
When team mode is changed or set, the team_mode_get() is called to check
whether the mode module is inserted or not. If the mode module is not
inserted, it calls the request_module().
In the request_module(), it creates a child process, which is
the "modprobe" process and waits for the done of the child process.
At this point, the following locks were used.
down_read(&cb_lock()); by genl_rcv()
genl_lock(); by genl_rcv_msc()
rtnl_lock(); by team_nl_cmd_options_set()
mutex_lock(&team->lock); by team_nl_team_get()
Concurrently, the team module could be removed by rmmod or "modprobe -r"
The __exit function of team module is team_module_exit(), which calls
team_nl_fini() and it tries to acquire following locks.
down_write(&cb_lock);
genl_lock();
Because of the genl_lock() and cb_lock, this process can't be finished
earlier than request_module() routine.
The problem secenario.
CPU0 CPU1
team_mode_get
request_module()
modprobe -r team_mode_roundrobin
team <--(B)
modprobe team <--(A)
team_mode_roundrobin
By request_module(), the "modprobe team_mode_roundrobin" command
will be executed. At this point, the modprobe process will decide
that the team module should be inserted before team_mode_roundrobin.
Because the team module is being removed.
By the module infrastructure, the same module insert/remove operations
can't be executed concurrently.
So, (A) waits for (B) but (B) also waits for (A) because of locks.
So that the hang occurs at this point.
Test commands:
while :
do
teamd -d &
killall teamd &
modprobe -rv team_mode_roundrobin &
done
The approach of this patch is to hold the reference count of the team
module if the team module is compiled as a module. If the reference count
of the team module is not zero while request_module() is being called,
the team module will not be removed at that moment.
So that the above scenario could not occur.
Fixes: 3d249d4ca7d0 ("net: introduce ethernet teaming device")
Signed-off-by: Taehee Yoo <ap420073@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/team/team.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -480,6 +480,9 @@ static const struct team_mode *team_mode
struct team_mode_item *mitem;
const struct team_mode *mode = NULL;
+ if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
+ return NULL;
+
spin_lock(&mode_list_lock);
mitem = __find_mode(kind);
if (!mitem) {
@@ -495,6 +498,7 @@ static const struct team_mode *team_mode
}
spin_unlock(&mode_list_lock);
+ module_put(THIS_MODULE);
return mode;
}
