[PATCH v2 1/3] virtio-net: disable delayed refill when pausing rx

From: Bui Quang Minh
Date: Mon Apr 14 2025 - 01:09:39 EST


When pausing rx (e.g. set up xdp, xsk pool, rx resize), we call
napi_disable() on the receive queue's napi. In delayed refill_work, it
also calls napi_disable() on the receive queue's napi. When
napi_disable() is called on an already disabled napi, it will sleep in
napi_disable_locked while still holding the netdev_lock. As a result,
later napi_enable gets stuck too as it cannot acquire the netdev_lock.
This leads to refill_work and the pause-then-resume tx are stuck
altogether.

This scenario can be reproducible by binding a XDP socket to virtio-net
interface without setting up the fill ring. As a result, try_fill_recv
will fail until the fill ring is set up and refill_work is scheduled.

This commit adds virtnet_rx_(pause/resume)_all helpers and fixes up the
virtnet_rx_resume to disable future and cancel all inflights delayed
refill_work before calling napi_disable() to pause the rx.

Fixes: 413f0271f396 ("net: protect NAPI enablement with netdev_lock()")
Signed-off-by: Bui Quang Minh <minhquangbui99@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 7e4617216a4b..4361b91ccc64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -3342,10 +3342,53 @@ static netdev_tx_t start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}

+static void virtnet_rx_pause_all(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+ bool running = netif_running(vi->dev);
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure refill_work does not run concurrently to
+ * avoid napi_disable race which leads to deadlock.
+ */
+ disable_delayed_refill(vi);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
+ if (running) {
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
+ virtnet_napi_disable(&vi->rq[i]);
+ virtnet_cancel_dim(vi, &vi->rq[i].dim);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+static void virtnet_rx_resume_all(struct virtnet_info *vi)
+{
+ bool running = netif_running(vi->dev);
+ int i;
+
+ enable_delayed_refill(vi);
+ for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
+ if (i < vi->curr_queue_pairs) {
+ if (!try_fill_recv(vi, &vi->rq[i], GFP_KERNEL))
+ schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);
+ }
+
+ if (running)
+ virtnet_napi_enable(&vi->rq[i]);
+ }
+}
+
static void virtnet_rx_pause(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq)
{
bool running = netif_running(vi->dev);

+ /*
+ * Make sure refill_work does not run concurrently to
+ * avoid napi_disable race which leads to deadlock.
+ */
+ disable_delayed_refill(vi);
+ cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
if (running) {
virtnet_napi_disable(rq);
virtnet_cancel_dim(vi, &rq->dim);
@@ -3356,6 +3399,7 @@ static void virtnet_rx_resume(struct virtnet_info *vi, struct receive_queue *rq)
{
bool running = netif_running(vi->dev);

+ enable_delayed_refill(vi);
if (!try_fill_recv(vi, rq, GFP_KERNEL))
schedule_delayed_work(&vi->refill, 0);

@@ -5959,12 +6003,12 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
if (prog)
bpf_prog_add(prog, vi->max_queue_pairs - 1);

+ virtnet_rx_pause_all(vi);
+
/* Make sure NAPI is not using any XDP TX queues for RX. */
if (netif_running(dev)) {
- for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
- virtnet_napi_disable(&vi->rq[i]);
+ for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++)
virtnet_napi_tx_disable(&vi->sq[i]);
- }
}

if (!prog) {
@@ -5996,13 +6040,12 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
vi->xdp_enabled = false;
}

+ virtnet_rx_resume_all(vi);
for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
if (old_prog)
bpf_prog_put(old_prog);
- if (netif_running(dev)) {
- virtnet_napi_enable(&vi->rq[i]);
+ if (netif_running(dev))
virtnet_napi_tx_enable(&vi->sq[i]);
- }
}

return 0;
@@ -6014,11 +6057,10 @@ static int virtnet_xdp_set(struct net_device *dev, struct bpf_prog *prog,
rcu_assign_pointer(vi->rq[i].xdp_prog, old_prog);
}

+ virtnet_rx_resume_all(vi);
if (netif_running(dev)) {
- for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++) {
- virtnet_napi_enable(&vi->rq[i]);
+ for (i = 0; i < vi->max_queue_pairs; i++)
virtnet_napi_tx_enable(&vi->sq[i]);
- }
}
if (prog)
bpf_prog_sub(prog, vi->max_queue_pairs - 1);
--
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