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Subject[PATCH 2/2] virtio_net: fix race in RX VQ processing
virtio net called virtqueue_enable_cq on RX path after napi_complete, so
with NAPI_STATE_SCHED clear - outside the implicit napi lock.
This violates the requirement to synchronize virtqueue_enable_cq wrt
virtqueue_add_buf. In particular, used event can move backwards,
causing us to lose interrupts.
In a debug build, this can trigger panic within START_USE.

Jason Wang reports that he can trigger the races artificially,
by adding udelay() in virtqueue_enable_cb() after virtio_mb().

However, we must call napi_complete to clear NAPI_STATE_SCHED before
polling the virtqueue for used buffers, otherwise napi_schedule_prep in
a callback will fail, causing us to lose RX events.

To fix, call virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare with NAPI_STATE_SCHED
set (under napi lock), later call virtqueue_poll with
NAPI_STATE_SCHED clear (outside the lock).

Reported-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
drivers/net/virtio_net.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 5305bd1..fbdd79a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -622,8 +622,9 @@ again:

/* Out of packets? */
if (received < budget) {
+ unsigned r = virtqueue_enable_cb_prepare(rq->vq);
napi_complete(napi);
- if (unlikely(!virtqueue_enable_cb(rq->vq)) &&
+ if (unlikely(virtqueue_poll(rq->vq, r)) &&
napi_schedule_prep(napi)) {
virtqueue_disable_cb(rq->vq);
__napi_schedule(napi);
--
MST


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