Patch "IB/ipoib: fix for rare multicast join race condition" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

IB/ipoib: fix for rare multicast join race condition

to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
ib-ipoib-fix-for-rare-multicast-join-race-condition.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Alex Estrin <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:30:51 -0500
Subject: IB/ipoib: fix for rare multicast join race condition

From: Alex Estrin <[email protected]>

commit 08bc327629cbd63bb2f66677e4b33b643695097c upstream.

A narrow window for race condition still exist between multicast join thread and *dev_flush workers.
A kernel crash caused by prolong erratic link state changes was observed (most likely a faulty cabling):

[167275.656270] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
0000000000000020
[167275.665973] IP: [<ffffffffa05f8f2e>] ipoib_mcast_join+0xae/0x1d0 [ib_ipoib]
[167275.674443] PGD 0
[167275.677373] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
...
[167275.977530] Call Trace:
[167275.982225]  [<ffffffffa05f92f0>] ? ipoib_mcast_free+0x200/0x200 [ib_ipoib]
[167275.992024]  [<ffffffffa05fa1b7>] ipoib_mcast_join_task+0x2a7/0x490
[ib_ipoib]
[167276.002149]  [<ffffffff8109d5fb>] process_one_work+0x17b/0x470
[167276.010754]  [<ffffffff8109e3cb>] worker_thread+0x11b/0x400
[167276.019088]  [<ffffffff8109e2b0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x400/0x400
[167276.027737]  [<ffffffff810a5aef>] kthread+0xcf/0xe0
Here was a hit spot:
ipoib_mcast_join() {
..............
      rec.qkey      = priv->broadcast->mcmember.qkey;
                                       ^^^^^^^

.....
}
Proposed patch should prevent multicast join task to continue if link state change is detected.

Changes from v4:
- as suggested by Doug Ledford, optimized spinlock usage, i.e. ipoib_mcast_join() is called with lock held. Changes from v3:
- sync with priv->lock before flag check.
Chages from v2:
- Move check for OPER_UP flag state to mcast_join() to ensure no event worker is in progress.
- minor style fixes.
Changes from v1:
- No need to lock again if error detected.

---
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c |   24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

@@ -456,7 +456,10 @@ out_locked:
 	return status;
 }
 
-static void ipoib_mcast_join(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
+/*
+ * Caller must hold 'priv->lock'
+ */
+static int ipoib_mcast_join(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct ib_sa_multicast *multicast;

@@ -466,6 +469,10 @@ static void ipoib_mcast_join(struct net_
 	ib_sa_comp_mask comp_mask;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (!priv->broadcast ||
+	    !test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP, &priv->flags))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ipoib_dbg_mcast(priv, "joining MGID %pI6\n", mcast->mcmember.mgid.raw);
 
 	rec.mgid     = mcast->mcmember.mgid;

@@ -525,20 +532,23 @@ static void ipoib_mcast_join(struct net_
 			rec.join_state = 4;
 #endif
 	}
+	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
 
 	multicast = ib_sa_join_multicast(&ipoib_sa_client, priv->ca, priv->port,
 					 &rec, comp_mask, GFP_KERNEL,
 					 ipoib_mcast_join_complete, mcast);
+	spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
 	if (IS_ERR(multicast)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(multicast);
 		ipoib_warn(priv, "ib_sa_join_multicast failed, status %d\n", ret);
-		spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
 		/* Requeue this join task with a backoff delay */
 		__ipoib_mcast_schedule_join_thread(priv, mcast, 1);
 		clear_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_BUSY, &mcast->flags);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
 		complete(&mcast->done);
+		spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void ipoib_mcast_join_task(struct work_struct *work)

@@ -620,9 +630,10 @@ void ipoib_mcast_join_task(struct work_s
 				/* Found the next unjoined group */
 				init_completion(&mcast->done);
 				set_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_BUSY, &mcast->flags);
-				spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
-				ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast);
-				spin_lock_irq(&priv->lock);
+				if (ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast)) {
+					spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
+					return;
+				}
 			} else if (!delay_until ||
 				 time_before(mcast->delay_until, delay_until))
 				delay_until = mcast->delay_until;

@@ -641,10 +652,9 @@ out:
 	if (mcast) {
 		init_completion(&mcast->done);
 		set_bit(IPOIB_MCAST_FLAG_BUSY, &mcast->flags);
+		ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
-	if (mcast)
-		ipoib_mcast_join(dev, mcast);
 }
 
 int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev)

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.4/ib-srpt-simplify-srpt_handle_tsk_mgmt.patch queue-4.4/ib-ipoib-fix-for-rare-multicast-join-race-condition.patch