Patch "[PATCH 040/135] Drivers: hv: vmbus: serialize process_chn_event() and" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/hyperv.h>
 #include <linux/uio.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
 #include "hyperv_vmbus.h"
 

@@ -496,8 +497,21 @@ static void reset_channel_cb(void *arg)
 static int vmbus_close_internal(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 {
 	struct vmbus_channel_close_channel *msg;
+	struct tasklet_struct *tasklet;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * process_chn_event(), running in the tasklet, can race
+	 * with vmbus_close_internal() in the case of SMP guest, e.g., when
+	 * the former is accessing channel->inbound.ring_buffer, the latter
+	 * could be freeing the ring_buffer pages.
+	 *
+	 * To resolve the race, we can serialize them by disabling the
+	 * tasklet when the latter is running here.
+	 */
+	tasklet = hv_context.event_dpc[channel->target_cpu];
+	tasklet_disable(tasklet);
+
 	channel->state = CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE;
 	channel->sc_creation_callback = NULL;
 	/* Stop callback and cancel the timer asap */

@@ -525,7 +539,7 @@ static int vmbus_close_internal(struct v
 		 * If we failed to post the close msg,
 		 * it is perhaps better to leak memory.
 		 */
-		return ret;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/* Tear down the gpadl for the channel's ring buffer */

@@ -538,7 +552,7 @@ static int vmbus_close_internal(struct v
 			 * If we failed to teardown gpadl,
 			 * it is perhaps better to leak memory.
 			 */
-			return ret;
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 

@@ -555,6 +569,9 @@ static int vmbus_close_internal(struct v
 	if (channel->rescind)
 		hv_process_channel_removal(channel,
 					   channel->offermsg.child_relid);
+out:
+	tasklet_enable(tasklet);
+
 	return ret;
 }