xfrm_policy_lookup_bytype loops on seqcount mutex xfrm_policy_hash_generation
within an RCU read side critical section. Although ill advised, this is fine if
the loop is bounded.
xfrm_policy_hash_generation wraps mutex hash_resize_mutex, which is used to
serialize writers (xfrm_hash_resize, xfrm_hash_rebuild). This is fine too.
On PREEMPT_RT=y, the read_seqcount_begin call within xfrm_policy_lookup_bytype
emits a mutex lock/unlock for hash_resize_mutex. Mutex locking is fine, since
RCU read side critical sections are allowed to sleep with PREEMPT_RT.
xfrm_hash_resize can, however, block on synchronize_rcu while holding
hash_resize_mutex.
This leads to the following situation on PREEMPT_RT, where the writer is
blocked on RCU grace period expiry, while the reader is blocked on a lock held
by the writer:
Thead 1 (xfrm_hash_resize) Thread 2 (xfrm_policy_lookup_bytype)
rcu_read_lock();
mutex_lock(&hash_resize_mutex);
read_seqcount_begin(&xfrm_policy_hash_generation);
mutex_lock(&hash_resize_mutex); // block
xfrm_bydst_resize();
synchronize_rcu(); // block
<RCU stalls in xfrm_policy_lookup_bytype>
Move the read_seqcount_begin call outside of the RCU read side critical section,
and do an rcu_read_unlock/retry if we got stale data within the critical section.
On non-PREEMPT_RT, this shortens the time spent within RCU read side critical
section in case the seqcount needs a retry, and avoids unbounded looping.
Fixes: 77cc278f7b ("xfrm: policy: Use sequence counters with associated lock")
Signed-off-by: Varad Gautam <varad.gautam@suse.com>
Cc: linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.9
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Cc: "Ahmed S. Darwish" <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@secunet.com>
Acked-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <a.darwish@linutronix.de>
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