From: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
To: Benjamin Block <bebl@ategam.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v15 1/5] PCI/IOV: Make pci_lock_rescan_remove() reentrant and protect sriov_add_vfs/sriov_del_vfs
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:29:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e3bfc04a89459de57c4783734ff56e4ec979db0.1790267348.git.bblock@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1790267348.git.bblock@linux.ibm.com>
From: Ionut Nechita <ionut.nechita@windriver.com>
After reverting commit 05703271c3cd ("PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove
locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV") and moving the lock to
sriov_numvfs_store(), the path through driver .remove() (e.g. rmmod,
or manual unbind) that calls pci_disable_sriov() directly remains
unprotected against concurrent hotplug events. This affects any SR-IOV
capable driver that calls pci_disable_sriov() from its .remove()
callback (i40e, ice, mlx5, bnxt, etc.).
On s390, platform-generated hot-unplug events for VFs can race with
sriov_del_vfs() when a PF driver is being unloaded. The platform event
handler takes pci_rescan_remove_lock, but sriov_del_vfs() does not,
leading to double removal and list corruption.
We cannot use a plain mutex_lock() here because sriov_del_vfs() may also
be called from paths that already hold pci_rescan_remove_lock (e.g.
remove_store -> pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked, or
sriov_numvfs_store with the lock taken by the previous patch). Using
mutex_lock() in those cases would deadlock.
Make pci_lock_rescan_remove() itself reentrant by tracking the current
owner task and a recursion depth counter, as suggested by Lukas Wunner
and Benjamin Block, since these recursive locking scenarios exist
elsewhere in the PCI subsystem:
- If the lock is already held by the current task (owner == current):
increments the depth counter and returns without re-acquiring,
avoiding deadlock.
- If the lock is held by another task: blocks until the lock is
released, then records the owner and sets depth to 1.
- If the lock is not held: acquires the mutex normally.
pci_unlock_rescan_remove() decrements the depth counter and releases
the mutex (clearing the owner) only when the depth reaches zero.
A WARN_ON catches mismatched unlock calls from tasks that do not own
the lock.
This avoids relying on mutex_get_owner(), which is not exported to
modules and caused link failures for builds that inline this code
outside of the core kernel image.
This approach keeps the API unchanged: callers simply pair lock/unlock
calls without needing to track any return value or use separate
reentrant variants.
Add pci_lock_rescan_remove()/pci_unlock_rescan_remove() calls to
sriov_add_vfs() and sriov_del_vfs() to protect VF addition and
removal against concurrent hotplug events.
Remove the rescan/remove locking from sriov_numvfs_store() that was
introduced by commit a5338e365c45 ("PCI/IOV: Fix race between SR-IOV
enable/disable and hotplug"), since the locking is now handled directly
in sriov_add_vfs() and sriov_del_vfs() where it is actually needed,
reducing the lock scope.
Fixes: 18f9e9d150fc ("PCI/IOV: Factor out sriov_add_vfs()")
Fixes: 05703271c3cd ("PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV")
Fixes: a5338e365c45 ("PCI/IOV: Fix race between SR-IOV enable/disable and hotplug")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>
Suggested-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ionut Nechita <ionut.nechita@windriver.com>
[bblock@linux.ibm.com: rebase on v7.3, READ_/WRITE_ONCE changes, comments]
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/pci/iov.c | 9 +++++----
drivers/pci/probe.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/iov.c b/drivers/pci/iov.c
index 9d408fb8ac25..885855650dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/iov.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/iov.c
@@ -495,9 +495,7 @@ static ssize_t sriov_numvfs_store(struct device *dev,
if (num_vfs == 0) {
/* disable VFs */
- pci_lock_rescan_remove();
ret = pdev->driver->sriov_configure(pdev, 0);
- pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
goto exit;
}
@@ -509,9 +507,7 @@ static ssize_t sriov_numvfs_store(struct device *dev,
goto exit;
}
- pci_lock_rescan_remove();
ret = pdev->driver->sriov_configure(pdev, num_vfs);
- pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
if (ret < 0)
goto exit;
@@ -633,15 +629,18 @@ static int sriov_add_vfs(struct pci_dev *dev, u16 num_vfs)
if (dev->no_vf_scan)
return 0;
+ pci_lock_rescan_remove();
for (i = 0; i < num_vfs; i++) {
rc = pci_iov_add_virtfn(dev, i);
if (rc)
goto failed;
}
+ pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
return 0;
failed:
while (i--)
pci_iov_remove_virtfn(dev, i);
+ pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
return rc;
}
@@ -766,8 +765,10 @@ static void sriov_del_vfs(struct pci_dev *dev)
struct pci_sriov *iov = dev->sriov;
int i;
+ pci_lock_rescan_remove();
for (i = 0; i < iov->num_VFs; i++)
pci_iov_remove_virtfn(dev, i);
+ pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
}
static void sriov_disable(struct pci_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/pci/probe.c b/drivers/pci/probe.c
index 27008e2ea5af..cff9f0bf4c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/probe.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/probe.c
@@ -3510,16 +3510,39 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_rescan_bus);
* routines should always be executed under this mutex.
*/
DEFINE_MUTEX(pci_rescan_remove_lock);
+static const struct task_struct *pci_rescan_remove_owner;
+static size_t pci_rescan_remove_depth;
void pci_lock_rescan_remove(void)
{
- mutex_lock(&pci_rescan_remove_lock);
+ if (READ_ONCE(pci_rescan_remove_owner) == current) {
+ /*
+ * read and modify while &pci_rescan_remove_lock is held by
+ * current thread
+ */
+ pci_rescan_remove_depth++;
+ } else {
+ mutex_lock(&pci_rescan_remove_lock);
+ WRITE_ONCE(pci_rescan_remove_owner, current);
+ pci_rescan_remove_depth = 1;
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_lock_rescan_remove);
void pci_unlock_rescan_remove(void)
{
- mutex_unlock(&pci_rescan_remove_lock);
+ if (WARN_ON(READ_ONCE(pci_rescan_remove_owner) != current))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * read and modify while &pci_rescan_remove_lock is held by current
+ * thread
+ */
+ pci_rescan_remove_depth--;
+ if (pci_rescan_remove_depth == 0) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(pci_rescan_remove_owner, NULL);
+ mutex_unlock(&pci_rescan_remove_lock);
+ }
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pci_unlock_rescan_remove);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-24 16:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 16:29 [PATCH v15 0/5] PCI/IOV: Fix SR-IOV locking races and AB-BA deadlocks Benjamin Block
2026-09-24 16:29 ` Benjamin Block [this message]
2026-09-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v15 2/5] PCI: Fix AB-BA deadlock between device_lock and pci_rescan_remove_lock in remove_store Benjamin Block
2026-09-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v15 3/5] PCI: Move declaration of pci_rescan_remove_lock into public pci.h Benjamin Block
2026-09-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v15 4/5] PCI: Provide lock guard for pci_rescan_remove_lock Benjamin Block
2026-09-24 16:29 ` [PATCH v15 5/5] s390/pci: Fix circular/recursive deadlocks in PCI-bus and -device release Benjamin Block
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