Re: [PATCH iwl-net] e1000: Move cancel_work_sync to avoid deadlock

[Joe Damato]

On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 06:31:40PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2025 12:45:13 -0700 Joe Damato wrote:
> > > nit: as Jakub mentioned in another thread, it seems more about the
> > > flush_work waiting for the reset_task to complete rather than
> > > wq mutexes (which are fake)?  
> > 
> > Hm, I probably misunderstood something. Also, not sure what you
> > meant by the wq mutexes being fake?
> > 
> > My understanding (which is prob wrong) from the syzbot and user
> > report was that the order of wq mutex and rtnl are inverted in the
> > two paths, which can cause a deadlock if both paths run.
> 
> Take a look at touch_work_lockdep_map(), theres nosaj thing as wq mutex.
> It's just a lockdep "annotation" that helps lockdep connect the dots
> between waiting thread and the work item, not a real mutex. So the
> commit msg may be better phrased like this (modulo the lines in front):
> 
>    CPU 0:
>   , - RTNL is held
>  /  - e1000_close
>  |  - e1000_down
>  +- - cancel_work_sync (cancel / wait for e1000_reset_task())
>  |
>  | CPU 1:
>  |  - process_one_work
>   \ - e1000_reset_task
>    `- take RTNL 

OK, I'll resubmit shortly with the following commit message:

    e1000: Move cancel_work_sync to avoid deadlock

    Previously, e1000_down called cancel_work_sync for the e1000 reset task
    (via e1000_down_and_stop), which takes RTNL.

    As reported by users and syzbot, a deadlock is possible in the following
    scenario:

    CPU 0:
      - RTNL is held
      - e1000_close
      - e1000_down
      - cancel_work_sync (cancel / wait for e1000_reset_task())

    CPU 1:
      - process_one_work
      - e1000_reset_task
      - take RTNL

    To remedy this, avoid calling cancel_work_sync from e1000_down
    (e1000_reset_task does nothing if the device is down anyway). Instead,
    call cancel_work_sync for e1000_reset_task when the device is being
    removed.