Re: [PATCH v3] iommu/vt-d: fix system hang on reboot -f

[Baolu Lu]

On 3/3/25 14:24, Yunhui Cui wrote:
> We found that executing the command ./a.out &;reboot -f (where a.out is a
> program that only executes a while(1) infinite loop) can probabilistically
> cause the system to hang in the intel_iommu_shutdown() function, rendering
> it unresponsive. Through analysis, we identified that the factors
> contributing to this issue are as follows:
>
> 1. The reboot -f command does not prompt the kernel to notify the
> application layer to perform cleanup actions, allowing the application to
> continue running.
>
> 2. When the kernel reaches the intel_iommu_shutdown() function, only the
> BSP (Bootstrap Processor) CPU is operational in the system.
>
> 3. During the execution of intel_iommu_shutdown(), the function down_write
> (&dmar_global_lock) causes the process to sleep and be scheduled out.
>
> 4. At this point, though the processor's interrupt flag is not cleared,
>   allowing interrupts to be accepted. However, only legacy devices and NMI
> (Non-Maskable Interrupt) interrupts could come in, as other interrupts
> routing have already been disabled. If no legacy or NMI interrupts occur
> at this stage, the scheduler will not be able to run.
>
> 5. If the application got scheduled at this time is executing a while(1)-
> type loop, it will be unable to be preempted, leading to an infinite loop
> and causing the system to become unresponsive.
>
> To resolve this issue, the intel_iommu_shutdown() function should not
> execute down_write(), which can potentially cause the process to be
> scheduled out. Furthermore, since only the BSP is running during the later
> stages of the reboot, there is no need for protection against parallel
> access to the DMAR (DMA Remapping) unit. Therefore, the following lines
> could be removed:
>
> down_write(&dmar_global_lock);
> up_write(&dmar_global_lock);
>
> After testing, the issue has been resolved.
>
> Fixes: 6c3a44ed3c55 ("iommu/vt-d: Turn off translations at shutdown")
> Co-developed-by: Ethan Zhao<haifeng.zhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao<haifeng.zhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yunhui Cui<cuiyunhui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Queued this as a quick fix for iommu/vt-d branch. Should follow up to
consider the intel_iommu_shutdown() timing issue later.

Thanks,
baolu