From: Maksym Planeta <mplaneta@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Moni Shoua <monis@mellanox.com>,
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>,
linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/10] Replace tasklets with workqueues
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:41:50 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <995754de-5ec4-0a62-991e-2ea77a6bc622@os.inf.tu-dresden.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <385139f2-0d31-1148-95c0-a6e6768ab413@os.inf.tu-dresden.de>
Hi,
this is a kind reminder regarding the patchset. I added description of
races in the original email.
On 30/07/2019 21:20, Maksym Planeta wrote:
>
>
> On 25/07/2019 20:50, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 04:36:20PM +0200, Maksym Planeta wrote:
>>> Is this one better?
>>>
>>> Replace tasklets with workqueues in rxe driver. The reason for this
>>> replacement is that tasklets are supposed to run atomically, although
>>> the
>>> actual code may block.
>>>
>>> Modify the SKB destructor for outgoing SKB's to schedule QP tasks
>>> only if
>>> the QP is not destroyed itself.
>>>
>>> Add a variable "pending_skb_down" to ensure that reference counting
>>> for a QP
>>> is decremented only when QP access related to this skb is over.
>>>
>>> Separate part of pool element cleanup code to allow this code to be
>>> called
>>> in the very end of cleanup, even if some of cleanup is scheduled for
>>> asynchronous execution. Example, when it was happening is destructor
>>> for a
>>> QP.
>>>
>>> Disallow calling of task functions "directly". This allows to
>>> simplify logic
>>> inside rxe_task.c
>>>
>>> Schedule rxe_qp_do_cleanup onto high-priority system workqueue,
>>> because this
>>> function can be scheduled from normal system workqueue.
>>>
>>> Before destroying a QP, wait until all references to this QP are gone.
>>> Previously the problem was that outgoing SKBs could be freed after
>>> the QP
>>> these SKBs refer to is destroyed.
>>>
>>> Add blocking rxe_run_task to replace __rxe_do_task that was calling task
>>> function directly.
>>
>> Mostly but it would also be good to describe the use after free and
>> races more specifically
>>
>
> These situations are described in the cover letter (PATCH 00/10). Do you
> need a more detailed description than that?
>
>> Jason
>>
>
--
Regards,
Maksym Planeta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-11 11:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-22 15:14 [PATCH 00/10] Refactor rxe driver to remove multiple race conditions Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 01/10] Simplify rxe_run_task interface Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 02/10] Remove counter that does not have a meaning anymore Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 03/10] Make pool interface more type safe Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 04/10] Protect kref_put with the lock Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:25 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-07-22 15:28 ` Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 05/10] Fix reference counting for rxe tasklets Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:27 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 06/10] Remove pd form rxe_ah Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 07/10] Pass the return value of kref_put further Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:29 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-07-22 15:31 ` Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 08/10] Move responsibility of cleaning up pool elements Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 09/10] Consolidate resetting of QP's tasks into one place Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:14 ` [PATCH 10/10] Replace tasklets with workqueues Maksym Planeta
2019-07-22 15:32 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-07-25 14:36 ` Maksym Planeta
2019-07-25 18:50 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2019-07-30 19:20 ` Maksym Planeta
2019-10-11 10:41 ` Maksym Planeta [this message]
2019-10-22 19:04 ` Jason Gunthorpe
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