Re: [PATCH iwl-net v4 2/6] ice: protect XDP configuration with a mutex

Maciej Fijalkowski
2024-08-23T11:21:30Z

On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 11:59:27AM +0200, Larysa Zaremba wrote:
> The main threat to data consistency in ice_xdp() is a possible asynchronous
> PF reset. It can be triggered by a user or by TX timeout handler.
>
> XDP setup and PF reset code access the same resources in the following
> sections:
> * ice_vsi_close() in ice_prepare_for_reset() - already rtnl-locked
> * ice_vsi_rebuild() for the PF VSI - not protected
> * ice_vsi_open() - already rtnl-locked
>
> With an unfortunate timing, such accesses can result in a crash such as the
> one below:
>
> [ +1.999878] ice 0000:b1:00.0: Registered XDP mem model MEM_TYPE_XSK_BUFF_POOL on Rx ring 14
> [ +2.002992] ice 0000:b1:00.0: Registered XDP mem model MEM_TYPE_XSK_BUFF_POOL on Rx ring 18
> [Mar15 18:17] ice 0000:b1:00.0 ens801f0np0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 38: transmit queue 14 timed out 80692736 ms
> [ +0.000093] ice 0000:b1:00.0 ens801f0np0: tx_timeout: VSI_num: 6, Q 14, NTC: 0x0, HW_HEAD: 0x0, NTU: 0x0, INT: 0x4000001
> [ +0.000012] ice 0000:b1:00.0 ens801f0np0: tx_timeout recovery level 1, txqueue 14
> [ +0.394718] ice 0000:b1:00.0: PTP reset successful
> [ +0.006184] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098
> [ +0.000045] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> [ +0.000023] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> [ +0.000023] PGD 0 P4D 0
> [ +0.000018] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
> [ +0.000023] CPU: 38 PID: 7540 Comm: kworker/38:1 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc7 #1
> [ +0.000031] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.02.01.0014.082620210524 08/26/2021
> [ +0.000036] Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice]
> [ +0.000183] RIP: 0010:ice_clean_tx_ring+0xa/0xd0 [ice]
> [...]
> [ +0.000013] Call Trace:
> [ +0.000016] <TASK>
> [ +0.000014] ? __die+0x1f/0x70
> [ +0.000029] ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4f0
> [ +0.000029] ? schedule+0x3b/0xd0
> [ +0.000027] ? exc_page_fault+0x7b/0x180
> [ +0.000022] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
> [ +0.000031] ? ice_clean_tx_ring+0xa/0xd0 [ice]
> [ +0.000194] ice_free_tx_ring+0xe/0x60 [ice]
> [ +0.000186] ice_destroy_xdp_rings+0x157/0x310 [ice]
> [ +0.000151] ice_vsi_decfg+0x53/0xe0 [ice]
> [ +0.000180] ice_vsi_rebuild+0x239/0x540 [ice]
> [ +0.000186] ice_vsi_rebuild_by_type+0x76/0x180 [ice]
> [ +0.000145] ice_rebuild+0x18c/0x840 [ice]
> [ +0.000145] ? delay_tsc+0x4a/0xc0
> [ +0.000022] ? delay_tsc+0x92/0xc0
> [ +0.000020] ice_do_reset+0x140/0x180 [ice]
> [ +0.000886] ice_service_task+0x404/0x1030 [ice]
> [ +0.000824] process_one_work+0x171/0x340
> [ +0.000685] worker_thread+0x277/0x3a0
> [ +0.000675] ? preempt_count_add+0x6a/0xa0
> [ +0.000677] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x23/0x50
> [ +0.000679] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
> [ +0.000653] kthread+0xf0/0x120
> [ +0.000635] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> [ +0.000616] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
> [ +0.000612] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
> [ +0.000604] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
> [ +0.000604] </TASK>
>
> The previous way of handling this through returning -EBUSY is not viable,
> particularly when destroying AF_XDP socket, because the kernel proceeds
> with removal anyway.
>
> There is plenty of code between those calls and there is no need to create
> a large critical section that covers all of them, same as there is no need
> to protect ice_vsi_rebuild() with rtnl_lock().
>
> Add xdp_state_lock mutex to protect ice_vsi_rebuild() and ice_xdp().
>
> Leaving unprotected sections in between would result in two states that
> have to be considered:
> 1. when the VSI is closed, but not yet rebuild
> 2. when VSI is already rebuild, but not yet open
>
> The latter case is actually already handled through !netif_running() case,
> we just need to adjust flag checking a little. The former one is not as
> trivial, because between ice_vsi_close() and ice_vsi_rebuild(), a lot of
> hardware interaction happens, this can make adding/deleting rings exit
> with an error. Luckily, VSI rebuild is pending and can apply new
> configuration for us in a managed fashion.
>
> Therefore, add an additional VSI state flag ICE_VSI_REBUILD_PENDING to
> indicate that ice_xdp() can just hot-swap the program.
>
> Also, as ice_vsi_rebuild() flow is touched in this patch, make it more
> consistent by deconfiguring VSI when coalesce allocation fails.
>
> Fixes: 2d4238f55697 ("ice: Add support for AF_XDP")
> Fixes: efc2214b6047 ("ice: Add support for XDP")
> Reviewed-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
> Tested-by: Chandan Kumar Rout <chandanx.rout@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@intel.com>

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