Re: [PATCH net 5/5] net/smc: put sk reference if close work was canceled

Wenjia Zhang
2023-10-23T08:20:14Z

On 20.10.23 04:41, D. Wythe wrote:
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> On 10/20/23 1:40 AM, Wenjia Zhang wrote:
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>> On 19.10.23 09:33, D. Wythe wrote:
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>>> On 10/19/23 4:26 AM, Wenjia Zhang wrote:
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>>>> On 17.10.23 04:06, D. Wythe wrote:
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>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/13/23 3:04 AM, Wenjia Zhang wrote:
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>>>>>> On 11.10.23 09:33, D. Wythe wrote:
>>>>>>> From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that we always hold a reference to sock when attempting
>>>>>>> to submit close_work.
>>>>>> yes
>>>>>> Therefore, if we have successfully
>>>>>>> canceled close_work from pending, we MUST release that reference
>>>>>>> to avoid potential leaks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Isn't the corresponding reference already released inside the
>>>>>> smc_close_passive_work()?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Wenjia,
>>>>>
>>>>> If we successfully cancel the close work from the pending state,
>>>>> it means that smc_close_passive_work() has never been executed.
>>>>>
>>>>> You can find more details here.
>>>>>
>>>>> /**
>>>>> * cancel_work_sync - cancel a work and wait for it to finish
>>>>> * @work:the work to cancel
>>>>> *
>>>>> * Cancel @work and wait for its execution to finish. This function
>>>>> * can be used even if the work re-queues itself or migrates to
>>>>> * another workqueue. On return from this function, @work is
>>>>> * guaranteed to be not pending or executing on any CPU.
>>>>> *
>>>>> * cancel_work_sync(&delayed_work->work) must not be used for
>>>>> * delayed_work's. Use cancel_delayed_work_sync() instead.
>>>>> *
>>>>> * The caller must ensure that the workqueue on which @work was last
>>>>> * queued can't be destroyed before this function returns.
>>>>> *
>>>>> * Return:
>>>>> * %true if @work was pending, %false otherwise.
>>>>> */
>>>>> boolcancel_work_sync(structwork_struct *work)
>>>>> {
>>>>> return__cancel_work_timer(work, false);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>> D. Wythe
>>>> As I understand, queue_work() would wake up the work if the work is
>>>> not already on the queue. And the sock_hold() is just prio to the
>>>> queue_work(). That means, cancel_work_sync() would cancel the work
>>>> either before its execution or after. If your fix refers to the
>>>> former case, at this moment, I don't think the reference can be
>>>> hold, thus it is unnecessary to put it.
>>>>>
>>>
>>> I am quite confuse about why you think when we cancel the work before
>>> its execution,
>>> the reference can not be hold ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Perhaps the following diagram can describe the problem in better way :
>>>
>>> smc_close_cancel_work
>>> smc_cdc_msg_recv_action
>>>
>>>
>>> sock_hold
>>> queue_work
>>> if (cancel_work_sync())        // successfully cancel before execution
>>> sock_put()                        //  need to put it since we already
>>> hold a ref before   queue_work()
>>>
>>>
>> ha, I already thought you might ask such question:P
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>> I think here two Problems need to be clarified:
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>> 1) Do you think the bh_lock_sock/bh_unlock_sock in the
>> smc_cdc_msg_recv does not protect the smc_cdc_msg_recv_action() from
>> cancel_work_sync()?
>> Maybe that would go back to the discussion in the other patch on the
>> behaviors of the locks.
>>
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> Yes. bh_lock_sock/bh_unlock_sock can not block code execution protected
> by lock_sock/unlock(). That is to say, they are not exclusive.
>
No, the logic of the inference is very vague to me. My understand is
completely different. That is what I read from the kernel code. They are
not *completely* exclusive, because while the bottom half context holds
the lock i.e. bh_lock_sock, the process context can not get the lock by
lock_sock. (This is actually my main point of my argument for these
fixes, and I didn't see any clarify from you). However, while the
process context holds the lock by lock_sock, the bottom half context can
still get it by bh_lock_sock, this is just like what you showed in the
code in lock_sock. Once it gets the ownership, it release the spinlock.

> We can use a very simple example to infer that since bh_lock_sock is
> type of spin-lock, if bh_lock_sock/bh_unlock_sock can block
> lock_sock/unlock(),
> then lock_sock/unlock() can also block bh_lock_sock/bh_unlock_sock.
>
> If this is true, when the process context already lock_sock(), the
> interrupt context must wait for the process to call
> release_sock(). Obviously, this is very unreasonable.
>
>
>> 2) If the queue_work returns true, as I said in the last main, the
>> work should be (being) executed. How could the cancel_work_sync()
>> cancel the work before execution successgully?
>
> No, that's not true. In fact, if queue_work returns true, it simply
> means that we have added the task to the queue and may schedule a worker
> to execute it,
> but it does not guarantee that the task will be executed or is being
> executed when it returns true,
> the task might still in the list and waiting some worker to execute it.
>
> We can make a simple inference,
>
> 1. A known fact is that if no special flag (WORK_UNBOUND) is given,
> tasks submitted will eventually be executed on the CPU where they were
> submitted.
>
> 2. If the queue_work returns true, the work should be or is being executed
>
> If all of the above are true, when we invoke queue_work in an interrupt
> context, does it mean that the submitted task will be executed in the
> interrupt context?
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>
> Best wishes,
> D. Wythe
>
If you say the thread is not gauranteed to be waken up in then
queue_work to execute the work, please explain what the kick_pool
function does.

However, the spin_lock understanding is still the key problem in the
cases. As I said, if it is not get clarify, we don't really need to go
on to disucss this.

>>
>>>>>>> Fixes: 42bfba9eaa33 ("net/smc: immediate termination for SMCD
>>>>>>> link groups")
>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: D. Wythe <alibuda@linux.alibaba.com>
>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>   net/smc/smc_close.c | 3 ++-
>>>>>>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.c b/net/smc/smc_close.c
>>>>>>> index 449ef45..10219f5 100644
>>>>>>> --- a/net/smc/smc_close.c
>>>>>>> +++ b/net/smc/smc_close.c
>>>>>>> @@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ static void smc_close_cancel_work(struct
>>>>>>> smc_sock *smc)
>>>>>>>       struct sock *sk = &smc->sk;
>>>>>>>         release_sock(sk);
>>>>>>> -    cancel_work_sync(&smc->conn.close_work);
>>>>>>> +    if (cancel_work_sync(&smc->conn.close_work))
>>>>>>> +        sock_put(sk);
>>>>>>> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&smc->conn.tx_work);
>>>>>>>       lock_sock(sk);
>>>>>>>   }
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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