From: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit de33212f768c5d9e2fe791b008cb26f92f0aa31c ] 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. Fixes: 47be24796c13 ("virtio-net: fix the set affinity bug when CPU IDs are not consecutive") Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201223025421.671-1-jdike@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c @@ -2077,14 +2077,16 @@ static int virtnet_set_channels(struct n 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; }