Re: [PATCH net] hv_netvsc: fix potential deadlock in netvsc_vf_setxdp()

[ALOK TIWARI <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>]

On 18-05-2025 09:17, Saurabh Sengar wrote:
> The MANA driver's probe registers netdevice via the following call chain:
> 
> mana_probe()
>    register_netdev()
>      register_netdevice()
> 
> register_netdevice() calls notifier callback for netvsc driver,
> holding the netdev mutex via netdev_lock_ops().
> 
> Further this netvsc notifier callback end up attempting to acquire the
> same lock again in dev_xdp_propagate() leading to deadlock.
> 
> netvsc_netdev_event()
>    netvsc_vf_setxdp()
>      dev_xdp_propagate()
> 
> This deadlock was not observed so far because net_shaper_ops was never
> set and this lock in noop in this case. Fix this by using
> netif_xdp_propagate instead of dev_xdp_propagate to avoid recursive
> locking in this path.
> 
> This issue has not observed so far because net_shaper_ops was unset,
> making the lock path effectively a no-op. To prevent recursive locking
> and avoid this deadlock, replace dev_xdp_propagate() with
> netif_xdp_propagate(), which does not acquire the lock again.

avoid noop and repetition (because the paragraph about net_shaper_ops is 
repeated):

"This deadlock was not observed so far because net_shaper_ops was never 
set, and thus the lock was effectively a no-op in this case. Fix this by 
using netif_xdp_propagate() instead of dev_xdp_propagate() to avoid 
recursive locking in this path.

Also, clean up the unregistration path by removing the unnecessary call 
to netvsc_vf_setxdp(), since unregister_netdevice_many_notify() already 
performs this cleanup via dev_xdp_uninstall()."

> 
> Also, clean up the unregistration path by removing unnecessary call to
> netvsc_vf_setxdp(), since unregister_netdevice_many_notify() already
> performs this cleanup via dev_xdp_uninstall.
> 
> Fixes: 97246d6d21c2 ("net: hold netdev instance lock during ndo_bpf")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_bpf.c | 2 +-
>   drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 --
>   net/core/dev.c                  | 1 +
>   3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_bpf.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_bpf.c
> index e01c5997a551..1dd3755d9e6d 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_bpf.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_bpf.c
> @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ int netvsc_vf_setxdp(struct net_device *vf_netdev, struct bpf_prog *prog)


Thanks,
Alok