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From:   Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
To:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     mustafa.ismail@intel.com, shiraz.saleem@intel.com, jgg@ziepe.ca,
        leon@kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
        Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
Subject: [PATCH V5] drivers: infiniband: hw: Fix deadlock in irdma_cleanup_cm_core()
Date:   Sun, 17 Apr 2022 21:14:14 +0800
Message-Id: <20220417131414.98144-1-duoming@zju.edu.cn>
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There is a deadlock in irdma_cleanup_cm_core(), which is shown
below:

   (Thread 1)              |      (Thread 2)
                           | irdma_schedule_cm_timer()
irdma_cleanup_cm_core()    |  add_timer()
 spin_lock_irqsave() //(1) |  (wait a time)
 ...                       | irdma_cm_timer_tick()
 del_timer_sync()          |  spin_lock_irqsave() //(2)
 (wait timer to stop)      |  ...

We hold cm_core->ht_lock in position (1) of thread 1 and
use del_timer_sync() to wait timer to stop, but timer handler
also need cm_core->ht_lock in position (2) of thread 2.
As a result, irdma_cleanup_cm_core() will block forever.

This patch removes the check of timer_pending() in
irdma_cleanup_cm_core(), because the del_timer_sync()
function will just return directly if there isn't a
pending timer. As a result, the lock is redundant,
because there is no resource it could protect.

Signed-off-by: Duoming Zhou <duoming@zju.edu.cn>
---
Changes in V5:
  - Remove mod_timer() in irdma_schedule_cm_timer and irdma_cm_timer_tick.

 drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c
index dedb3b7edd8..4b6b1065f85 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.c
@@ -3251,10 +3251,7 @@ void irdma_cleanup_cm_core(struct irdma_cm_core *cm_core)
 	if (!cm_core)
 		return;
 
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags);
-	if (timer_pending(&cm_core->tcp_timer))
-		del_timer_sync(&cm_core->tcp_timer);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cm_core->ht_lock, flags);
+	del_timer_sync(&cm_core->tcp_timer);
 
 	destroy_workqueue(cm_core->event_wq);
 	cm_core->dev->ws_reset(&cm_core->iwdev->vsi);
-- 
2.17.1