Re: [syzbot] [net?] possible deadlock in sch_direct_xmit

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Date: Mon Nov 27 2023 - 07:10:05 EST


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Subject: [net?] possible deadlock in sch_direct_xmit
Author: eadavis@xxxxxx

please test deadlock in sch_direct_xmit

#syz test https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index 4195a4bc26ca..9e418f94757d 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -337,13 +337,16 @@ bool sch_direct_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
#endif

if (likely(skb)) {
- HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
- if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq))
- skb = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq, &ret);
- else
- qdisc_maybe_clear_missed(q, txq);
+ int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ if (READ_ONCE(txq->xmit_lock_owner) != cpu) {
+ HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, cpu);
+ if (!netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq))
+ skb = dev_hard_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq, &ret);
+ else
+ qdisc_maybe_clear_missed(q, txq);

- HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
+ HARD_TX_UNLOCK(dev, txq);
+ }
} else {
if (root_lock)
spin_lock(root_lock);