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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Shay Agroskin <shayagr@amazon.com>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	<dwmw@amazon.com>, <zorik@amazon.com>, <matua@amazon.com>,
	<saeedb@amazon.com>, <msw@amazon.com>, <aliguori@amazon.com>,
	<nafea@amazon.com>, <gtzalik@amazon.com>, <netanel@amazon.com>,
	<alisaidi@amazon.com>, <benh@amazon.com>, <akiyano@amazon.com>,
	<sameehj@amazon.com>, <ndagan@amazon.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1 net 1/3] net: ena: Prevent reset after device destruction
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 13:41:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200813134111.3d22b6ac@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pj41zleeoapv31.fsf@u4b1e9be9d67d5a.ant.amazon.com>

On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:51:46 +0300 Shay Agroskin wrote:
> Long answer:
> The ena_destroy_device() function is called with rtnl_lock() held, 
> so it cannot run in parallel with the reset function. Also the 
> destroy function clears the bit ENA_FLAG_TRIGGER_RESET without 
> which the reset function just exits without doing anything.
> 
> A problem can then only happen when some routine sets the 
> ENA_FLAG_TRIGGER_RESET bit before the reset function is executed, 
> the following describes all functions from which this bit can be 
> set:

ena_fw_reset_device() runs from a workqueue, it can be preempted right
before it tries to take the rtnl_lock. Then after arbitrarily long
delay it will start again, take the lock, and dereference
adapter->flags. But adapter could have been long freed at this point.

Unless you flush a workqueue or cancel_work_sync() you can never be
sure it's not scheduled. And I can only see a flush when module is
unloaded now.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-08-13 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-08-12 10:10 [PATCH V1 net 0/3] Bug fixes for ENA ethernet driver Shay Agroskin
2020-08-12 10:10 ` [PATCH V1 net 1/3] net: ena: Prevent reset after device destruction Shay Agroskin
2020-08-12 17:52   ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-13 12:51     ` Shay Agroskin
2020-08-13 20:41       ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2020-08-16 10:25         ` Shay Agroskin
2020-08-12 10:10 ` [PATCH V1 net 2/3] net: ena: Change WARN_ON expression in ena_del_napi_in_range() Shay Agroskin
2020-08-12 10:10 ` [PATCH V1 net 3/3] net: ena: Make missed_tx stat incremental Shay Agroskin

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