[PATCH] rds: rds_cong_queue_updates needs to defer the congestion update transmission

Subsystems: networking [general], rds - reliable datagram sockets, the rest

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[PATCH] rds: rds_cong_queue_updates needs to defer the congestion update transmission

From: Sowmini Varadhan <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-10 14:22:20

This patch fixes a sock_lock deadlock in the rds_cong_queue_update path.

We cannot inline the call to rds_send_xmit from rds_cong_queue_update
because
(a) we are already holding the sock_lock in the recv path, and
    will deadlock when tcp_setsockopt/tcp_sendmsg try to get the sock
    lock
(b) cong_queue_update does an irqsave on the rds_cong_lock, and this
    will trigger warnings (for a good reason) from functions called
    out of sock_lock.

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <redacted>
---
 net/rds/cong.c |   16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/cong.c b/net/rds/cong.c
index e5b65ac..765d18f 100644
--- a/net/rds/cong.c
+++ b/net/rds/cong.c
@@ -221,7 +221,21 @@ void rds_cong_queue_updates(struct rds_cong_map *map)
 	list_for_each_entry(conn, &map->m_conn_list, c_map_item) {
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &conn->c_map_queued)) {
 			rds_stats_inc(s_cong_update_queued);
-			rds_send_xmit(conn);
+			/* We cannot inline the call to rds_send_xmit() here
+			 * for two reasons:
+			 * 1. When we get here from the receive path, we
+			 *    are already holding the sock_lock (held by
+			 *    tcp_v4_rcv()). So inlining calls to
+			 *    tcp_setsockopt and/or tcp_sendmsg will deadlock
+			 *    when it tries to get the sock_lock())
+			 * 2. Interrupts are masked so that we can mark the
+			 *    the port congested from both send and recv paths.
+			 *    (See comment around declaration of rds_cong_lock).
+			 *    An attempt to get the sock_lock() here will
+			 *    therefore trigger warnings.
+			 * Defer the xmit to rds_send_worker() instead.
+			 */
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &conn->c_send_w, 0);
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.1

Re: [PATCH] rds: rds_cong_queue_updates needs to defer the congestion update transmission

From: Chuck Lever <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-10 16:50:45

On Feb 10, 2015, at 9:22 AM, Sowmini Varadhan [off-list ref] wrote:
This patch fixes a sock_lock deadlock in the rds_cong_queue_update path.
Note that the deadlock appears to exist only with TCP transports.
quoted hunk
We cannot inline the call to rds_send_xmit from rds_cong_queue_update
because
(a) we are already holding the sock_lock in the recv path, and
   will deadlock when tcp_setsockopt/tcp_sendmsg try to get the sock
   lock
(b) cong_queue_update does an irqsave on the rds_cong_lock, and this
   will trigger warnings (for a good reason) from functions called
   out of sock_lock.

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <redacted>
---
net/rds/cong.c |   16 +++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/cong.c b/net/rds/cong.c
index e5b65ac..765d18f 100644
--- a/net/rds/cong.c
+++ b/net/rds/cong.c
@@ -221,7 +221,21 @@ void rds_cong_queue_updates(struct rds_cong_map *map)
	list_for_each_entry(conn, &map->m_conn_list, c_map_item) {
		if (!test_and_set_bit(0, &conn->c_map_queued)) {
			rds_stats_inc(s_cong_update_queued);
-			rds_send_xmit(conn);
+			/* We cannot inline the call to rds_send_xmit() here
+			 * for two reasons:
+			 * 1. When we get here from the receive path, we
+			 *    are already holding the sock_lock (held by
+			 *    tcp_v4_rcv()). So inlining calls to
+			 *    tcp_setsockopt and/or tcp_sendmsg will deadlock
+			 *    when it tries to get the sock_lock())
+			 * 2. Interrupts are masked so that we can mark the
+			 *    the port congested from both send and recv paths.
+			 *    (See comment around declaration of rds_cong_lock).
+			 *    An attempt to get the sock_lock() here will
+			 *    therefore trigger warnings.
+			 * Defer the xmit to rds_send_worker() instead.
+			 */
+			queue_delayed_work(rds_wq, &conn->c_send_w, 0);
		}
	}

-- 
1.7.1
--
Chuck Lever
chuck[dot]lever[at]oracle[dot]com

Re: [PATCH] rds: rds_cong_queue_updates needs to defer the congestion update transmission

From: Sowmini Varadhan <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-10 16:56:43

On (02/10/15 11:50), Chuck Lever wrote:
quoted
This patch fixes a sock_lock deadlock in the rds_cong_queue_update path.
Note that the deadlock appears to exist only with TCP transports.
True, but the patch does no harm to IB: this actually only reverts 
the change from commit 2fa57129d.

I could update the comment to note that this is only true for TCP
transports. Do you think that would help?

--Sowmini
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