[PATCH] Drivers: hv: Avoid infinite retry loop in init_vp_index()

From: Waiman Long

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 13:39:01 EST


There is a retry loop in init_vp_index() where the CPUs from a certain
node are stripped out if they have already been in the allocated cpumask
or not in HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask. If there is no
CPU left, the allocated cpumask is ignored and the process is retried
again. However, if the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask turns
out not to contain any CPU in that particular node, that will become an
infinite retry loop. This particular problem was reported by sashiko
[1]. This should rarely happen, but we still need to guard against this.

Fix this infinite loop problem by ignoring the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ
housekeeping cpumask if the allocated cpumask has already been
cleared before. Since the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask
is supposed to be used on a best effort basis, it is OK to ignore it
in this particular case. Also add a check_hkcpu boolean flag in struct
vmbus_channel to control the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping CPU check
in target_cpu_store() and init_vp_index().

Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/message/20260422030903.E1BFCC2BCB0%40smtp.kernel.org [1]
Fixes: 6640b5df1a38 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't assign VMbus channel interrupts to isolated CPUs")
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 14 +++++++++++---
drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/hyperv.h | 7 +++++++
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 89d214dda360..30d91668e1c5 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ static void init_vp_index(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
}

for (i = 1; i <= ncpu + 1; i++) {
+ channel->check_hkcpu = true;
while (true) {
numa_node = next_numa_node_id++;
if (numa_node == nr_node_ids) {
@@ -788,14 +789,21 @@ static void init_vp_index(struct vmbus_channel *channel)

retry:
cpumask_xor(available_mask, allocated_mask, cpumask_of_node(numa_node));
- cpumask_and(available_mask, available_mask, hk_mask);
+ if (channel->check_hkcpu)
+ cpumask_and(available_mask, available_mask, hk_mask);

if (cpumask_empty(available_mask)) {
/*
* We have cycled through all the CPUs in the node;
- * reset the allocated map.
+ * reset the allocated map. If the allocated map has
+ * already been cleared, we will have to ignore the
+ * HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask as its use
+ * is on a best effort basis, not a must.
*/
- cpumask_clear(allocated_mask);
+ if (!cpumask_empty(allocated_mask))
+ cpumask_clear(allocated_mask);
+ else
+ channel->check_hkcpu = false;
goto retry;
}

diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 6824bd7cb3c4..bea578cd0aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -1751,7 +1751,8 @@ int vmbus_channel_set_cpu(struct vmbus_channel *channel, u32 target_cpu)
if (target_cpu >= nr_cpumask_bits)
return -EINVAL;

- if (!cpumask_test_cpu(target_cpu, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ)))
+ if (channel->check_hkcpu &&
+ !cpumask_test_cpu(target_cpu, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ)))
return -EINVAL;

if (!cpu_online(target_cpu))
diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
index a2b484679eb4..0d8df79c26ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
+++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
@@ -831,6 +831,13 @@ struct vmbus_channel {
*/
bool out_full_flag;

+ /*
+ * Check target_cpu in target_cpu_store() to make sure that it is in the
+ * HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask and reject it if not when
+ * the flag is set.
+ */
+ bool check_hkcpu;
+
/* Channel callback's invoked in softirq context */
struct tasklet_struct callback_event;
void (*onchannel_callback)(void *context);
--
2.55.0