hv_netvsc: fix deadlock on hotplug

When a virtual device is added dynamically (via host console), then
the vmbus sends an offer message for the primary channel. The processing
of this message for networking causes the network device to then
initialize the sub channels.

The problem is that setting up the sub channels needs to wait until
the subsequent subchannel offers have been processed. These offers
come in on the same ring buffer and work queue as where the primary
offer is being processed; leading to a deadlock.

This did not happen in older kernels, because the sub channel waiting
logic was broken (it wasn't really waiting).

The solution is to do the sub channel setup in its own work queue
context that is scheduled by the primary channel setup; and then
happens later.

Fixes: 732e49850c5e ("netvsc: fix race on sub channel creation")
Reported-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
index ec546da86683..d98cdfb1536b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ int netvsc_recv_callback(struct net_device *net,
 			 const struct ndis_pkt_8021q_info *vlan);
 void netvsc_channel_cb(void *context);
 int netvsc_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget);
+
+void rndis_set_subchannel(struct work_struct *w);
 bool rndis_filter_opened(const struct netvsc_device *nvdev);
 int rndis_filter_open(struct netvsc_device *nvdev);
 int rndis_filter_close(struct netvsc_device *nvdev);
@@ -782,6 +784,7 @@ struct netvsc_device {
 	u32 num_chn;
 
 	atomic_t open_chn;
+	struct work_struct subchan_work;
 	wait_queue_head_t subchan_open;
 
 	struct rndis_device *extension;