Re: [BUG] scsi: lpfc: possible ABBA deadlock

[James Smart]

On 7/15/2021 3:37 AM, Jia-Ju Bai wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I find there is a possible ABBA deadlock in the lpfc driver in Linux 5.10:
>
> In lpfc_nvmet_unsol_fcp_issue_abort():
> 3502:     spin_lock_irqsave(&ctxp->ctxlock, flags);
> 3504: spin_lock(&phba->sli4_hba.abts_nvmet_buf_list_lock);
>
> In lpfc_sli4_nvmet_xri_aborted():
> 1787: spin_lock(&phba->sli4_hba.abts_nvmet_buf_list_lock);
> 1794:     spin_lock(&ctxp->ctxlock);
>
> When lpfc_nvmet_unsol_fcp_issue_abort() and 
> lpfc_sli4_nvmet_xri_aborted() are concurrently executed, the deadlock 
> can occur.
>
> I am not quite sure whether this possible deadlock is real and how to 
> fix it if it is real.
> Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks :)
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Jia-Ju Bai

Jia-Ju,

It's a valid issue, but rather difficult to actually occur. We've put 
together a fix and am testing it. Will post when ready.

-- james