From: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
To: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>, Jon Mason <jdmason@kudzu.us>,
Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>,
Allen Hubbe <allenbh@gmail.com>
Cc: Frank Li <Frank.Li@kernel.org>, fuyuanli <fuyuanli0722@gmail.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Nicholas Bellinger <nab@linux-iscsi.org>,
Joey Zhang <joey.zhang@microchip.com>,
ntb@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Remove clients before freeing transport resources
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:19:52 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4e6c29d0-8fa8-4ea0-9672-ac78760374d8@deltatee.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910040836.3792333-15-den@valinux.co.jp>
On 2026-09-09 22:08, Koichiro Den wrote:
> Unbinding ntb_transport can call ntb_transport_free() while ntb_netdev
> is still bound. The transport frees MWs and QP resources before
> unregistering the clients, so the netdev's transmit path and timer can
> access freed memory. Its remove callback also calls
> ntb_transport_free_queue() on a QP whose resources have already been
> released. This teardown order is unsafe and somewhat unintuitive.
>
> The crash can be reproduced with an intensive TX load, during which you
> unbind the NTB device. The following is a KASAN report from my
> VHOST/HOST setup using vNTB.
>
> VHOST# sudo iperf3 -ub0 -c $HOST -l 100 -P 100 &
> VHOST# echo $VHOST_NTB_DEV > /sys/bus/ntb/drivers/ntb_transport/unbind
>
> ==================================================================
> BUG: KASAN: vmalloc-out-of-bounds in ntb_transport_tx_free_entry+0xf0
> ...
> Call trace:
> ...
> __asan_report_load4_noabort+0x1c/0x30
> ntb_transport_tx_free_entry+0xf0/0x130 [ntb_transport]
> ntb_netdev_tx_timer+0x78/0x260 [ntb_netdev]
> ...
>
> Disable and drain transport link work first, then unregister the clients
> so they stop using and release their QPs. After that, free any QPs left
> over before running transport link cleanup. Disabling the work keeps
> link events from restarting setup or cleanup during client removal.
>
> Fixes: fce8a7bb5b4b ("PCI-Express Non-Transparent Bridge Support")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@valinux.co.jp>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 18:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-10 4:08 [PATCH v2 00/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Miscellaneous fixes Koichiro Den
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 01/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Remove the device debugfs directory Koichiro Den
2026-09-10 18:41 ` Frank Li
2026-09-15 17:52 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 02/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Start TX offload thread after queue setup Koichiro Den
2026-09-11 16:13 ` Frank Li
2026-09-15 18:08 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 03/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Avoid deadlock when cancelling link work Koichiro Den
2026-09-11 16:21 ` Frank Li
2026-09-11 17:41 ` Koichiro Den
2026-09-15 18:19 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 04/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Publish link state after QP setup Koichiro Den
2026-09-11 16:39 ` Frank Li
2026-09-15 18:32 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 05/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Avoid losing QP link-up requests Koichiro Den
2026-09-11 16:53 ` Frank Li
2026-09-11 18:04 ` Koichiro Den
2026-09-11 18:21 ` Koichiro Den
2026-09-12 3:20 ` Frank Li
2026-09-12 14:52 ` Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 14:43 ` Dave Jiang
2026-09-19 13:08 ` Koichiro Den
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 06/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Clear link state before QP cleanup Koichiro Den
2026-09-15 18:55 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 07/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Stop QP work before freeing a queue Koichiro Den
2026-09-15 19:59 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 08/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Stop RX tasklet scheduling " Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 15:28 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 09/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Drain RX tasklets during link cleanup Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 15:41 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 10/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Wait for RX completions before resetting a QP Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 17:21 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 11/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Prepare remote RX info accesses for MW teardown Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 18:04 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 12/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Clear QP pointers when freeing an MW Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 18:16 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 13/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Abort link setup on QP MW allocation failure Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 18:17 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2026-09-10 4:08 ` [PATCH v2 14/14] NTB: ntb_transport: Remove clients before freeing transport resources Koichiro Den
2026-09-18 18:19 ` Logan Gunthorpe [this message]
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