From: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
To: <dsahern@kernel.org>, <idosch@nvidia.com>, <davem@davemloft.net>,
<edumazet@google.com>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
<horms@kernel.org>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<yun.zhou@windriver.com>
Subject: [PATCH] net: erspan: set lltx to avoid sch_direct_xmit deadlock
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 14:56:31 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260709065631.3488067-1-yun.zhou@windriver.com> (raw)
erspan_xmit() re-enters the network stack via ip_tunnel_xmit(), causing
nested acquisition of _xmit_lock on the underlay device while already
holding the ERSPAN device's _xmit_lock. Both are ARPHRD_ETHER and share
the same lockdep class, creating an ABBA deadlock:
sch_direct_xmit [lock erspan] -> erspan_xmit -> ip_tunnel_xmit ->
ip_output -> __dev_queue_xmit -> sch_direct_xmit [lock underlay]
Set dev->lltx = true so HARD_TX_LOCK() skips the spinlock for ERSPAN.
This is safe as erspan_xmit() has no shared mutable state: o_seqno is
atomic, stats use atomic_long_inc, and dst_cache is per-CPU. GRETAP,
the sibling device with identical xmit structure, already sets lltx.
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9bda1b9fbb7fbdf9b62b
Reported-by: syzbot+9bda1b9fbb7fbdf9b62b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Fixes: 84e54fe0a5ea ("gre: introduce native tunnel support for ERSPAN")
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
---
net/ipv4/ip_gre.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 3efdfb4ffa21..9fbff16cda1d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ static int erspan_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
dev->features |= GRE_FEATURES;
dev->hw_features |= GRE_FEATURES;
dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
+ /* Skip TX lock: xmit re-enters stack, risking ABBA with underlay */
+ dev->lltx = true;
netif_keep_dst(dev);
return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
--
2.43.0
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2026-07-09 6:56 Yun Zhou [this message]
2026-07-09 8:16 ` [PATCH] net: erspan: set lltx to avoid sch_direct_xmit deadlock Paolo Abeni
2026-07-09 9:18 ` Zhou, Yun
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2026-07-09 6:54 Yun Zhou
2026-07-09 6:57 ` Zhou, Yun
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