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    team: protect features update by RCU to avoid deadlock · f0947d0d
    Ivan Vecera authored
    Function __team_compute_features() is protected by team->lock
    mutex when it is called from team_compute_features() used when
    features of an underlying device is changed. This causes
    a deadlock when NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE notifier for underlying device
    is fired due to change propagated from team driver (e.g. MTU
    change). It's because callbacks like team_change_mtu() or
    team_vlan_rx_{add,del}_vid() protect their port list traversal
    by team->lock mutex.
    
    Example (r8169 case where this driver disables TSO for certain MTU
    values):
    ...
    [ 6391.348202]  __mutex_lock.isra.6+0x2d0/0x4a0
    [ 6391.358602]  team_device_event+0x9d/0x160 [team]
    [ 6391.363756]  notifier_call_chain+0x47/0x70
    [ 6391.368329]  netdev_update_features+0x56/0x60
    [ 6391.373207]  rtl8169_change_mtu+0x14/0x50 [r8169]
    [ 6391.378457]  dev_set_mtu_ext+0xe1/0x1d0
    [ 6391.387022]  dev_set_mtu+0x52/0x90
    [ 6391.390820]  team_change_mtu+0x64/0xf0 [team]
    [ 6391.395683]  dev_set_mtu_ext+0xe1/0x1d0
    [ 6391.399963]  do_setlink+0x231/0xf50
    ...
    
    In fact team_compute_features() called from team_device_event()
    does not need to be protected by team->lock mutex and rcu_read_lock()
    is sufficient there for port list traversal.
    
    Fixes: 3d249d4c ("net: introduce ethernet teaming device")
    Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIvan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210125074416.4056484-1-ivecera@redhat.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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