linux/net
Jakub Kicinski 2da4def0f4 netpoll: prevent hanging NAPI when netcons gets enabled
Paolo spotted hangs in NIPA running driver tests against virtio.
The tests hang in virtnet_close() -> virtnet_napi_tx_disable().

The problem is only reproducible if running multiple of our tests
in sequence (I used TEST_PROGS="xdp.py ping.py netcons_basic.sh \
netpoll_basic.py stats.py"). Initial suspicion was that this is
a simple case of double-disable of NAPI, but instrumenting the
code reveals:

 Deadlocked on NAPI ffff888007cd82c0 (virtnet_poll_tx):
   state: 0x37, disabled: false, owner: 0, listed: false, weight: 64

The NAPI was not in fact disabled, owner is 0 (rather than -1),
so the NAPI "thinks" it's scheduled for CPU 0 but it's not listed
(!list_empty(&n->poll_list) => false). It seems odd that normal NAPI
processing would wedge itself like this.

Better suspicion is that netpoll gets enabled while NAPI is polling,
and also grabs the NAPI instance. This confuses napi_complete_done():

  [netpoll]                                   [normal NAPI]
                                        napi_poll()
                                          have = netpoll_poll_lock()
                                            rcu_access_pointer(dev->npinfo)
                                              return NULL # no netpoll
                                          __napi_poll()
					    ->poll(->weight)
  poll_napi()
    cmpxchg(->poll_owner, -1, cpu)
      poll_one_napi()
        set_bit(NAPI_STATE_NPSVC, ->state)
                                              napi_complete_done()
                                                if (NAPIF_STATE_NPSVC)
                                                  return false
                                           # exit without clearing SCHED

This feels very unlikely, but perhaps virtio has some interactions
with the hypervisor in the NAPI ->poll that makes the race window
larger?

Best I could to to prove the theory was to add and trigger this
warning in napi_poll (just before netpoll_poll_unlock()):

      WARN_ONCE(!have && rcu_access_pointer(n->dev->npinfo) &&
                napi_is_scheduled(n) && list_empty(&n->poll_list),
                "NAPI race with netpoll %px", n);

If this warning hits the next virtio_close() will hang.

This patch survived 30 test iterations without a hang (without it
the longest clean run was around 10). Credit for triggering this
goes to Breno's recent netconsole tests.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Reported-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/c5a93ed1-9abe-4880-a3bb-8d1678018b1d@redhat.com
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250726010846.1105875-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
2025-07-30 18:05:52 -07:00
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6lowpan net: replace ND_PRINTK with dynamic debug 2025-07-10 15:27:32 -07:00
9p netfs: Fix the request's work item to not require a ref 2025-05-21 14:35:20 +02:00
802 treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
8021q net: s/dev_close_many/netif_close_many/ 2025-07-18 17:27:47 -07:00
appletalk Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-24 11:10:46 -07:00
atm atm: clip: Fix NULL pointer dereference in vcc_sendmsg() 2025-07-09 19:09:36 -07:00
ax25 treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
batman-adv This cleanup patchset includes the following patches: 2025-07-11 17:50:27 -07:00
bluetooth Networking changes for 6.17. 2025-07-30 08:58:55 -07:00
bpf bpf: Add attach_type field to bpf_link 2025-07-11 10:51:55 -07:00
bridge Networking changes for 6.17. 2025-07-30 08:58:55 -07:00
caif caif: reduce stack size, again 2025-06-23 16:58:43 -07:00
can Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-06-12 10:09:10 -07:00
ceph libceph: Rename hmac_sha256() to ceph_hmac_sha256() 2025-07-04 10:18:52 -07:00
core netpoll: prevent hanging NAPI when netcons gets enabled 2025-07-30 18:05:52 -07:00
dcb
devlink devlink: Fix excessive stack usage in rate TC bandwidth parsing 2025-07-23 17:07:35 -07:00
dns_resolver
dsa net: s/dev_close_many/netif_close_many/ 2025-07-18 17:27:47 -07:00
ethernet
ethtool ethtool: rss: support removing contexts via Netlink 2025-07-21 18:21:19 -07:00
handshake net/handshake: Add new parameter 'HANDSHAKE_A_ACCEPT_KEYRING' 2025-07-08 15:31:44 +02:00
hsr treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
ieee802154 treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
ife
ipv4 netfilter: Exclude LEGACY TABLES on PREEMPT_RT. 2025-07-25 18:38:50 +02:00
ipv6 bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
iucv s390/drivers: Explicitly include <linux/export.h> 2025-06-17 18:18:02 +02:00
kcm kcm: Fix splice support 2025-07-30 18:01:26 -07:00
key Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-24 11:10:46 -07:00
l2tp net: annotate races around sk->sk_uid 2025-06-23 17:04:03 -07:00
l3mdev
lapb treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
llc net: make sk->sk_rcvtimeo lockless 2025-06-23 17:05:12 -07:00
mac80211 wifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices 2025-07-23 12:29:07 +02:00
mac802154
mctp net: mctp: Add bind lookup test 2025-07-15 12:08:39 +02:00
mpls net: s/dev_get_flags/netif_get_flags/ 2025-07-18 17:27:47 -07:00
mptcp mptcp: remove pr_fallback() 2025-07-25 11:29:04 -07:00
ncsi net: ncsi: Fix buffer overflow in fetching version id 2025-06-12 18:21:59 -07:00
netfilter bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
netlabel calipso: unlock rcu before returning -EAFNOSUPPORT 2025-06-05 08:03:38 -07:00
netlink bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
netrom treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of() 2025-06-08 09:07:37 +02:00
nfc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-06-19 13:00:24 -07:00
nsh
openvswitch net: openvswitch: allow providing upcall pid for the 'execute' command 2025-07-07 14:30:39 -07:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-17 11:00:33 -07:00
phonet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-17 11:00:33 -07:00
psample
qrtr
rds don't open-code kernel_accept() in rds_tcp_accept_one() 2025-07-15 16:19:54 -07:00
rfkill
rose net: track pfmemalloc drops via SKB_DROP_REASON_PFMEMALLOC 2025-07-18 16:59:05 -07:00
rxrpc rxrpc: Fix to use conn aborts for conn-wide failures 2025-07-17 07:50:48 -07:00
sched bpf-next-6.17 2025-07-30 09:58:50 -07:00
sctp net: dst: annotate data-races around dst->obsolete 2025-07-02 14:32:29 -07:00
shaper
smc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-17 11:00:33 -07:00
strparser net: make sk->sk_rcvtimeo lockless 2025-06-23 17:05:12 -07:00
sunrpc Massage rpc_pipefs to use saner primitives and clean up the 2025-07-28 09:56:09 -07:00
switchdev
tipc Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-10 10:10:49 -07:00
tls Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-17 11:00:33 -07:00
unix Networking changes for 6.17. 2025-07-30 08:58:55 -07:00
vmw_vsock vsock: remove unnecessary null check in vsock_getname() 2025-07-26 11:26:20 -07:00
wireless Another wireless update: 2025-07-24 17:25:42 -07:00
x25 net/x25: Remove unused x25_terminate_link() 2025-07-14 17:19:13 -07:00
xdp net: xsk: introduce XDP_MAX_TX_SKB_BUDGET setsockopt 2025-07-10 14:48:29 +02:00
xfrm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2025-07-24 11:10:46 -07:00
compat.c
devres.c
Kconfig net: Kconfig: add endif/endmenu comments 2025-07-22 18:17:23 -07:00
Kconfig.debug
Makefile
socket.c net: annotate races around sk->sk_uid 2025-06-23 17:04:03 -07:00
sysctl_net.c