tree 9be2c5ba0d6dbd4513623d4d12377474ee58720e
parent 1c3098cdb05207e740715857df7b0998e372f527
author Feras Daoud <ferasda@mellanox.com> 1482929243 +0200
committer Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com> 1484247663 -0500

IB/ipoib: Fix deadlock between rmmod and set_mode

When calling set_mode from sys/fs, the call flow locks the sys/fs lock
first and then tries to lock rtnl_lock (when calling ipoib_set_mod).
On the other hand, the rmmod call flow takes the rtnl_lock first
(when calling unregister_netdev) and then tries to take the sys/fs
lock. Deadlock a->b, b->a.

The problem starts when ipoib_set_mod frees it's rtnl_lck and tries
to get it after that.

    set_mod:
    [<ffffffff8104f2bd>] ? check_preempt_curr+0x6d/0x90
    [<ffffffff814fee8e>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13e/0x180
    [<ffffffff81448655>] ? __rtnl_unlock+0x15/0x20
    [<ffffffff814fed2b>] mutex_lock+0x2b/0x50
    [<ffffffff81448675>] rtnl_lock+0x15/0x20
    [<ffffffffa02ad807>] ipoib_set_mode+0x97/0x160 [ib_ipoib]
    [<ffffffffa02b5f5b>] set_mode+0x3b/0x80 [ib_ipoib]
    [<ffffffff8134b840>] dev_attr_store+0x20/0x30
    [<ffffffff811f0fe5>] sysfs_write_file+0xe5/0x170
    [<ffffffff8117b068>] vfs_write+0xb8/0x1a0
    [<ffffffff8117ba81>] sys_write+0x51/0x90
    [<ffffffff8100b0f2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

    rmmod:
    [<ffffffff81279ffc>] ? put_dec+0x10c/0x110
    [<ffffffff8127a2ee>] ? number+0x2ee/0x320
    [<ffffffff814fe6a5>] schedule_timeout+0x215/0x2e0
    [<ffffffff8127cc04>] ? vsnprintf+0x484/0x5f0
    [<ffffffff8127b550>] ? string+0x40/0x100
    [<ffffffff814fe323>] wait_for_common+0x123/0x180
    [<ffffffff81060250>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
    [<ffffffff8119661e>] ? ifind_fast+0x5e/0xb0
    [<ffffffff814fe43d>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
    [<ffffffff811f2e68>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x228/0x270
    [<ffffffff811f2fb3>] sysfs_remove_dir+0xa3/0xf0
    [<ffffffff81273f66>] kobject_del+0x16/0x40
    [<ffffffff8134cd14>] device_del+0x184/0x1e0
    [<ffffffff8144e59b>] netdev_unregister_kobject+0xab/0xc0
    [<ffffffff8143c05e>] rollback_registered+0xae/0x130
    [<ffffffff8143c102>] unregister_netdevice+0x22/0x70
    [<ffffffff8143c16e>] unregister_netdev+0x1e/0x30
    [<ffffffffa02a91b0>] ipoib_remove_one+0xe0/0x120 [ib_ipoib]
    [<ffffffffa01ed95f>] ib_unregister_device+0x4f/0x100 [ib_core]
    [<ffffffffa021f5e1>] mlx4_ib_remove+0x41/0x180 [mlx4_ib]
    [<ffffffffa01ab771>] mlx4_remove_device+0x71/0x90 [mlx4_core]

Fixes: 862096a8bbf8 ("IB/ipoib: Add more rtnl_link_ops callbacks")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.6+
Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Feras Daoud <ferasda@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>