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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: fix race in RX VQ processing
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 12:04:41 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1373274069-4301-3-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1373274069-4301-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>

virtio net called virtqueue_enable_cq on RX path after napi_complete, so
with NAPI_STATE_SCHED clear - outside the implicit napi lock.
This violates the requirement to synchronize virtqueue_enable_cq wrt
virtqueue_add_buf.  In particular, used event can move backwards,
causing us to lose interrupts.
In a debug build, this can trigger panic within START_USE.

Jason Wang reports that he can trigger the races artificially,
by adding udelay() in virtqueue_enable_cb() after virtio_mb().

However, we must call napi_complete to clear NAPI_STATE_SCHED before
polling the virtqueue for used buffers, otherwise napi_schedule_prep in
a callback will fail, causing us to lose RX events.

To fix, call virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare with NAPI_STATE_SCHED
set (under napi lock), later call virtqueue_poll with
NAPI_STATE_SCHED clear (outside the lock).

Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 5305bd1..fbdd79a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -622,8 +622,9 @@ again:
 
 	/* Out of packets? */
 	if (received < budget) {
+		unsigned r = virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(rq->vq);
 		napi_complete(napi);
-		if (unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb(rq->vq)) &&
+		if (unlikely(virtqueue_poll(rq->vq, r)) &&
 		    napi_schedule_prep(napi)) {
 			virtqueue_disable_cb(rq->vq);
 			__napi_schedule(napi);
-- 
MST


  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-07-08  9:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-08  9:05 [PATCH 0/2] virtio_net: fix race in RX VQ processing Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-07-08  9:04 ` [PATCH 1/2] virtio: support unlocked queue poll Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-07-09  3:26   ` Jason Wang
2013-07-10  3:09   ` Rusty Russell
2013-07-10  4:38   ` Asias He
2013-07-08  9:04 ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]
2013-07-08 12:52   ` [PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: fix race in RX VQ processing Sergei Shtylyov
2013-07-08 13:08     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2013-07-09  3:28   ` Jason Wang
2013-07-10  4:39     ` Asias He
2013-07-09  3:17 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Jason Wang
2013-07-09  3:54 ` David Miller

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