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    net: thunderx: use spin_lock_bh in nicvf_set_rx_mode_task() · bab9693a
    Xin Long authored
    A dead lock was triggered on thunderx driver:
    
            CPU0                    CPU1
            ----                    ----
       [01] lock(&(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock)->rlock);
                               [11] lock(&(&mc->mca_lock)->rlock);
                               [12] lock(&(&nic->rx_mode_wq_lock)->rlock);
       [02] <Interrupt> lock(&(&mc->mca_lock)->rlock);
    
    The path for each is:
    
      [01] worker_thread() -> process_one_work() -> nicvf_set_rx_mode_task()
      [02] mld_ifc_timer_expire()
      [11] ipv6_add_dev() -> ipv6_dev_mc_inc() -> igmp6_group_added() ->
      [12] dev_mc_add() -> __dev_set_rx_mode() -> nicvf_set_rx_mode()
    
    To fix it, it needs to disable bh on [1], so that the timer on [2]
    wouldn't be triggered until rx_mode_wq_lock is released. So change
    to use spin_lock_bh() instead of spin_lock().
    
    Thanks to Paolo for helping with this.
    
    v1->v2:
      - post to netdev.
    Reported-by: default avatarRafael P. <rparrazo@redhat.com>
    Tested-by: default avatarDean Nelson <dnelson@redhat.com>
    Fixes: 469998c8 ("net: thunderx: prevent concurrent data re-writing by nicvf_set_rx_mode")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarXin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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