[PATCH] nvme: rdma/tcp: call nvme_mpath_stop() from reconnect workqueue

[mwilck@suse.com]

From: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>

We have observed a few crashes run_timer_softirq(), where a broken
timer_list struct belonging to an anatt_timer was encountered. The broken
structures look like this, and we see actually multiple ones attached to
the same timer base:

crash> struct timer_list 0xffff92471bcfdc90
struct timer_list {
  entry = {
    next = 0xdead000000000122,  // LIST_POISON2
    pprev = 0x0
  },
  expires = 4296022933,
  function = 0xffffffffc06de5e0 <nvme_anatt_timeout>,
  flags = 20
}

If such a timer is encountered in run_timer_softirq(), the kernel
crashes. The test scenario was an I/O load test with lots of NVMe
controllers, some of which were removed and re-added on the storage side.

I think this may happen if the rdma recovery_work starts, in this call
chain:

nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work()
  /* this stops all sorts of activity for the controller, but not
     the multipath-related work queue and timer */
  nvme_rdma_reconnect_or_remove(ctrl)
    => kicks reconnect_work

work queue: reconnect_work

nvme_rdma_reconnect_ctrl_work()
  nvme_rdma_setup_ctrl()
    nvme_rdma_configure_admin_queue()
       nvme_init_identify()
          nvme_mpath_init()
	     # this sets some fields of the timer_list without taking a lock
             timer_setup()
             nvme_read_ana_log()
	         mod_timer() or del_timer_sync()

Similar for TCP. The idea for the patch is based on the observation that
nvme_rdma_reset_ctrl_work() calls nvme_stop_ctrl()->nvme_mpath_stop(),
whereas nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work() stops only the keepalive timer, but
not the anatt timer.

I admit that the root cause analysis isn't rock solid yet. In particular, I
can't explain why we see LIST_POISON2 in the "next" pointer, which would
indicate that the timer has been detached before; yet we find it linked to
the timer base when the crash occurs.

OTOH, the anatt_timer is only touched in nvme_mpath_init() (see above) and
nvme_mpath_stop(), so the hypothesis that modifying active timers may cause
the issue isn't totally out of sight. I suspect that the LIST_POISON2 may
come to pass in multiple steps.

If anyone has better ideas, please advise. The issue occurs very
sporadically; verifying this by testing will be difficult.

Signed-off-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@suse.com>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 1 +
 drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c      | 1 +
 drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c       | 1 +
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
index a1d476e1ac02..c63dd5dfa7ff 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ void nvme_mpath_stop(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	del_timer_sync(&ctrl->anatt_timer);
 	cancel_work_sync(&ctrl->ana_work);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_mpath_stop);
 
 #define SUBSYS_ATTR_RW(_name, _mode, _show, _store)  \
 	struct device_attribute subsys_attr_##_name =	\
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index be905d4fdb47..062f3be0bb4f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ static void nvme_rdma_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct nvme_rdma_ctrl *ctrl = container_of(work,
 			struct nvme_rdma_ctrl, err_work);
 
+	nvme_mpath_stop(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_keep_alive(&ctrl->ctrl);
 	nvme_rdma_teardown_io_queues(ctrl, false);
 	nvme_start_queues(&ctrl->ctrl);
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
index a0f00cb8f9f3..ac9212a2de59 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/tcp.c
@@ -2054,6 +2054,7 @@ static void nvme_tcp_error_recovery_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				struct nvme_tcp_ctrl, err_work);
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = &tcp_ctrl->ctrl;
 
+	nvme_mpath_stop(ctrl);
 	nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
 	nvme_tcp_teardown_io_queues(ctrl, false);
 	/* unquiesce to fail fast pending requests */
-- 
2.31.1


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