From: "Ionut Nechita (Wind River)" <ionut.nechita@windriver.com>
To: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, bhelgaas@google.com
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"Ionut Nechita (Wind River)" <ionut.nechita@windriver.com>
Subject: [PATCH v11 2/2] PCI: Fix AB-BA deadlock between device_lock and pci_rescan_remove_lock in remove_store
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:35:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326083534.23602-3-ionut.nechita@windriver.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326083534.23602-1-ionut.nechita@windriver.com>
remove_store() calls pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked() which
takes pci_rescan_remove_lock first, then device_lock during driver
release. Meanwhile, unbind_store() takes device_lock first (via
device_driver_detach), and the driver's .remove() callback may call
pci_disable_sriov() -> sriov_del_vfs() -> pci_lock_rescan_remove().
This creates an AB-BA deadlock:
CPU0 (remove_store) CPU1 (unbind_store)
-------------------- --------------------
pci_lock_rescan_remove()
device_lock()
driver .remove()
sriov_del_vfs()
pci_lock_rescan_remove() <-- WAITS
pci_stop_bus_device()
device_release_driver()
device_lock() <-- WAITS
Fix this by first marking the device as dead using kill_device() to
prevent any new driver from binding, then calling device_release_driver()
before pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked().
Marking the device dead closes the race window between unbinding and
removal where a new driver could theoretically bind: once the dead flag
is set, the device core will refuse any new driver probe.
After device_release_driver() returns, the driver is already unbound,
so the subsequent device_release_driver() call inside
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked() becomes a no-op.
Fixes: a5338e365c45 ("PCI/IOV: Fix race between SR-IOV enable/disable and hotplug")
Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/0ca9e675-478c-411d-be32-e2d81439288f@roeck-us.net/
Reported-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-pci/20260317090149.GA3835708@chlorum.ategam.org/
Suggested-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ionut Nechita <ionut.nechita@windriver.com>
---
drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index a2f8a5d6190fd..e87aa96c02bde 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -518,8 +518,36 @@ static ssize_t remove_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
if (kstrtoul(buf, 0, &val) < 0)
return -EINVAL;
- if (val && device_remove_file_self(dev, attr))
+ if (val && device_remove_file_self(dev, attr)) {
+ /*
+ * Mark the device as dead so that no new driver can bind
+ * between the unbind and the removal below. Once the
+ * dead flag is set, the device core will refuse any new
+ * driver probe.
+ */
+ device_lock(dev);
+ kill_device(dev);
+ device_unlock(dev);
+
+ /*
+ * Unbind the driver before removing the device to avoid
+ * an AB-BA deadlock between device_lock and
+ * pci_rescan_remove_lock. Without this, remove_store
+ * takes pci_rescan_remove_lock first (via
+ * pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked) and then
+ * device_lock during driver release, while a concurrent
+ * unbind_store (or sriov_numvfs_store) takes device_lock
+ * first and then pci_rescan_remove_lock (via
+ * sriov_del_vfs), creating a circular dependency.
+ *
+ * By unbinding first, the driver's .remove() callback
+ * (including any SR-IOV VF cleanup) completes before
+ * pci_rescan_remove_lock is acquired, ensuring both
+ * paths take locks in the same order.
+ */
+ device_release_driver(dev);
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked(to_pci_dev(dev));
+ }
return count;
}
static DEVICE_ATTR_IGNORE_LOCKDEP(remove, 0220, NULL,
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 8:35 [PATCH v11 0/2] PCI/IOV: Fix SR-IOV locking races and AB-BA deadlock Ionut Nechita (Wind River)
2026-03-26 8:35 ` [PATCH v11 1/2] PCI/IOV: Make pci_lock_rescan_remove() reentrant and protect sriov_add_vfs/sriov_del_vfs Ionut Nechita (Wind River)
2026-03-26 8:35 ` Ionut Nechita (Wind River) [this message]
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