Re: [PATCH net 1/1] xdp: fix xdp_return_frame() kernel BUG throw for page_pool memory model

Jesper Dangaard Brouer [off-list ref] writes:

On Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:00:39 +0800
Ong Boon Leong [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

xdp_return_frame() may be called outside of NAPI context to return
xdpf back to page_pool. xdp_return_frame() calls __xdp_return() with
napi_direct = false. For page_pool memory model, __xdp_return() calls
xdp_return_frame_no_direct() unconditionally and below false negative
kernel BUG throw happened under preempt-rt build:

[  430.450355] BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: modprobe/3884
[  430.451678] caller is __xdp_return+0x1ff/0x2e0
[  430.452111] CPU: 0 PID: 3884 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G     U      E     5.12.0-rc2+ #45

So, this patch fixes the issue by adding "if (napi_direct)" condition
to skip calling xdp_return_frame_no_direct() if napi_direct = false.

Fixes: 2539650fadbf ("xdp: Helpers for disabling napi_direct of xdp_return_frame")
Signed-off-by: Ong Boon Leong <redacted>
---

This looks correct to me.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <redacted>

quoted

 net/core/xdp.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/xdp.c b/net/core/xdp.c
index 05354976c1fc..4eaa28972af2 100644
--- a/net/core/xdp.c
+++ b/net/core/xdp.c

@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ static void __xdp_return(void *data, struct xdp_mem_info *mem, bool napi_direct,
 		/* mem->id is valid, checked in xdp_rxq_info_reg_mem_model() */
 		xa = rhashtable_lookup(mem_id_ht, &mem->id, mem_id_rht_params);
 		page = virt_to_head_page(data);
-		napi_direct &= !xdp_return_frame_no_direct();
+		if (napi_direct)
+			napi_direct &= !xdp_return_frame_no_direct();

if (napi_direct && xdp_return_frame_no_direct())
	napi_direct = false;

I wonder if this code would be easier to understand?

Yes, IMO it would! :)

-Toke