IB/ipoib: fix for rare multicast join race condition
A narrow window for race condition still exist between multicast join thread and *dev_flush workers. A kernel crash caused by prolong erratic link state changes was observed (most likely a faulty cabling): [167275.656270] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020 [167275.665973] IP: [<ffffffffa05f8f2e>] ipoib_mcast_join+0xae/0x1d0 [ib_ipoib] [167275.674443] PGD 0 [167275.677373] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP ... [167275.977530] Call Trace: [167275.982225] [<ffffffffa05f92f0>] ? ipoib_mcast_free+0x200/0x200 [ib_ipoib] [167275.992024] [<ffffffffa05fa1b7>] ipoib_mcast_join_task+0x2a7/0x490 [ib_ipoib] [167276.002149] [<ffffffff8109d5fb>] process_one_work+0x17b/0x470 [167276.010754] [<ffffffff8109e3cb>] worker_thread+0x11b/0x400 [167276.019088] [<ffffffff8109e2b0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x400/0x400 [167276.027737] [<ffffffff810a5aef>] kthread+0xcf/0xe0 Here was a hit spot: ipoib_mcast_join() { .............. rec.qkey = priv->broadcast->mcmember.qkey; ^^^^^^^ ..... } Proposed patch should prevent multicast join task to continue if link state change is detected. Signed-off-by:Alex Estrin <alex.estrin@intel.com> Changes from v4: - as suggested by Doug Ledford, optimized spinlock usage, i.e. ipoib_mcast_join() is called with lock held. Changes from v3: - sync with priv->lock before flag check. Chages from v2: - Move check for OPER_UP flag state to mcast_join() to ensure no event worker is in progress. - minor style fixes. Changes from v1: - No need to lock again if error detected. Signed-off-by:
Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
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