Re: xhci_pci & PCIe hotplug crash

[Lukas Wunner]

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 02:09:17PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 02:01:17PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > [   72.511899] Internal error: synchronous external abort: 96000210 [#1] SMP
[...]
> > [   72.636415] Call trace:
> > [   72.638936]  xhci_irq+0x70/0x17b8
> > [   72.642360]  usb_hcd_irq+0x34/0x50
> > [   72.645876]  usb_hcd_pci_remove+0x78/0x138
> > [   72.650106]  xhci_pci_remove+0x6c/0xa8
> > [   72.653978]  pci_device_remove+0x44/0x108
> > [   72.658122]  device_release_driver_internal+0x110/0x1e0
> > [   72.663521]  device_release_driver+0x1c/0x28
> > [   72.667931]  pci_stop_bus_device+0x84/0xc0
> > [   72.672162]  pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0x1c/0x30
> > [   72.677373]  pciehp_unconfigure_device+0x98/0xf8
> > [   72.682138]  pciehp_disable_slot+0x60/0x118
> > [   72.686457]  pciehp_handle_presence_or_link_change+0xec/0x3b0
> > [   72.692386]  pciehp_ist+0x170/0x1a0
> > [   72.695984]  irq_thread_fn+0x30/0x90
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
[...]
> > I suspect that issue is in usb_hcd_pci_remove() function which calls
> > local_irq_disable()+usb_hcd_irq()+local_irq_enable() functions but do
> > not take into care that whole usb_hcd_pci_remove() function may be
> > called from interrupt context.
> 
> usb_hcd_pci_remove() should NOT be called from interrupt context.
> 
> What is causing that to happen?

Nothing.  It's called from an IRQ *thread*, i.e. task context, see above.


> > Can you look at this issue if it is really safe to call usb_hcd_irq()
> > from interrupt context? Or rather if it is safe to call functions like
> > pciehp_disable_slot() or device_release_driver() from interrupt context
> > like it can be seen in call trace?
> 
> What is removing devices from an irq?  That is wrong, pci hotplug never
> used to do that, what recently changed?

Nothing changed, the allegation that something is called from interrupt
context is wrong.

Thanks,

Lukas