[PATCH 3.16 205/366] net/mlx5: Fix command interface race in polling mode

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Nov 11 2018 - 15:04:42 EST


3.16.61-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Alex Vesker <valex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit d412c31dae053bf30a1bc15582a9990df297a660 upstream.

The command interface can work in two modes: Events and Polling.
In the general case, each time we invoke a command, a work is
queued to handle it.

When working in events, the interrupt handler completes the
command execution. On the other hand, when working in polling
mode, the work itself completes it.

Due to a bug in the work handler, a command could have been
completed by the interrupt handler, while the work handler
hasn't finished yet, causing the it to complete once again
if the command interface mode was changed from Events to
polling after the interrupt handler was called.

mlx5_unload_one()
mlx5_stop_eqs()
// Destroy the EQ before cmd EQ
...cmd_work_handler()
write_doorbell()
--> EVENT_TYPE_CMD
mlx5_cmd_comp_handler() // First free
free_ent(cmd, ent->idx)
complete(&ent->done)

<-- mlx5_stop_eqs //cmd was complete
// move to polling before destroying the last cmd EQ
mlx5_cmd_use_polling()
cmd->mode = POLL;

--> cmd_work_handler (continues)
if (cmd->mode == POLL)
mlx5_cmd_comp_handler() // Double free

The solution is to store the cmd->mode before writing the doorbell.

Fixes: e126ba97dba9 ("mlx5: Add driver for Mellanox Connect-IB adapters")
Signed-off-by: Alex Vesker <valex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/cmd.c
@@ -560,6 +560,7 @@ static void cmd_work_handler(struct work
struct mlx5_cmd_layout *lay;
struct semaphore *sem;
int alloc_ret;
+ int cmd_mode;

sem = ent->page_queue ? &cmd->pages_sem : &cmd->sem;
down(sem);
@@ -602,6 +603,7 @@ static void cmd_work_handler(struct work
set_signature(ent, !cmd->checksum_disabled);
dump_command(dev, ent, 1);
ktime_get_ts(&ent->ts1);
+ cmd_mode = cmd->mode;

if (ent->callback)
schedule_delayed_work(&ent->cb_timeout_work, cb_timeout);
@@ -611,7 +613,7 @@ static void cmd_work_handler(struct work
iowrite32be(1 << ent->idx, &dev->iseg->cmd_dbell);
mlx5_core_dbg(dev, "write 0x%x to command doorbell\n", 1 << ent->idx);
mmiowb();
- if (cmd->mode == CMD_MODE_POLLING) {
+ if (cmd_mode == CMD_MODE_POLLING) {
poll_timeout(ent);
/* make sure we read the descriptor after ownership is SW */
rmb();