virtnet_set_channels can recursively call cpus_read_lock if CONFIG_XPS and CONFIG_HOTPLUG are enabled. The path is: virtnet_set_channels - calls get_online_cpus(), which is a trivial wrapper around cpus_read_lock() netif_set_real_num_tx_queues netif_reset_xps_queues_gt netif_reset_xps_queues - calls cpus_read_lock() This call chain and potential deadlock happens when the number of TX queues is reduced. This commit the removes netif_set_real_num_[tr]x_queues calls from inside the get/put_online_cpus section, as they don't require that it be held. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c index 052975ea0af4..e02c7e0f1cf9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -2093,14 +2093,16 @@ static int virtnet_set_channels(struct net_device *dev, get_online_cpus(); err = _virtnet_set_queues(vi, queue_pairs); - if (!err) { - netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(dev, queue_pairs); - netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, queue_pairs); - - virtnet_set_affinity(vi); + if (err){ + put_online_cpus(); + goto err; } + virtnet_set_affinity(vi); put_online_cpus(); + netif_set_real_num_tx_queues(dev, queue_pairs); + netif_set_real_num_rx_queues(dev, queue_pairs); + err: return err; } -- 2.17.1