From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
To: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>,
Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>, Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
Long Li <longli@microsoft.com>,
Saurabh Sengar <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>,
Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>
Cc: linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Drivers: hv: Avoid infinite retry loop in init_vp_index()
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:28:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bf0490ef-157f-42a2-858c-0d8b33e75cf8@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826173710.511604-1-longman@redhat.com>
On 8/26/26 1:37 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> There is a retry loop in init_vp_index() where the CPUs from a certain
> node are stripped out if they have already been in the allocated cpumask
> or not in HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask. If there is no
> CPU left, the allocated cpumask is ignored and the process is retried
> again. However, if the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask turns
> out not to contain any CPU in that particular node, that will become an
> infinite retry loop. This particular problem was reported by sashiko
> [1]. This should rarely happen, but we still need to guard against this.
>
> Fix this infinite loop problem by ignoring the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ
> housekeeping cpumask if the allocated cpumask has already been
> cleared before. Since the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask
> is supposed to be used on a best effort basis, it is OK to ignore it
> in this particular case. Also add a check_hkcpu boolean flag in struct
> vmbus_channel to control the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping CPU check
> in target_cpu_store() and init_vp_index().
>
> Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/message/20260422030903.E1BFCC2BCB0%40smtp.kernel.org [1]
> Fixes: 6640b5df1a38 ("Drivers: hv: vmbus: Don't assign VMbus channel interrupts to isolated CPUs")
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Please ignore this patch. I have sent out a v2 after reviewing feedback
from sashiko.
Cheers,
Longman
> ---
> drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c | 14 +++++++++++---
> drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 3 ++-
> include/linux/hyperv.h | 7 +++++++
> 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> index 89d214dda360..30d91668e1c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
> @@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ static void init_vp_index(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
> }
>
> for (i = 1; i <= ncpu + 1; i++) {
> + channel->check_hkcpu = true;
> while (true) {
> numa_node = next_numa_node_id++;
> if (numa_node == nr_node_ids) {
> @@ -788,14 +789,21 @@ static void init_vp_index(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
>
> retry:
> cpumask_xor(available_mask, allocated_mask, cpumask_of_node(numa_node));
> - cpumask_and(available_mask, available_mask, hk_mask);
> + if (channel->check_hkcpu)
> + cpumask_and(available_mask, available_mask, hk_mask);
>
> if (cpumask_empty(available_mask)) {
> /*
> * We have cycled through all the CPUs in the node;
> - * reset the allocated map.
> + * reset the allocated map. If the allocated map has
> + * already been cleared, we will have to ignore the
> + * HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask as its use
> + * is on a best effort basis, not a must.
> */
> - cpumask_clear(allocated_mask);
> + if (!cpumask_empty(allocated_mask))
> + cpumask_clear(allocated_mask);
> + else
> + channel->check_hkcpu = false;
> goto retry;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> index 6824bd7cb3c4..bea578cd0aa7 100644
> --- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
> @@ -1751,7 +1751,8 @@ int vmbus_channel_set_cpu(struct vmbus_channel *channel, u32 target_cpu)
> if (target_cpu >= nr_cpumask_bits)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - if (!cpumask_test_cpu(target_cpu, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ)))
> + if (channel->check_hkcpu &&
> + !cpumask_test_cpu(target_cpu, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ)))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> if (!cpu_online(target_cpu))
> diff --git a/include/linux/hyperv.h b/include/linux/hyperv.h
> index a2b484679eb4..0d8df79c26ca 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hyperv.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hyperv.h
> @@ -831,6 +831,13 @@ struct vmbus_channel {
> */
> bool out_full_flag;
>
> + /*
> + * Check target_cpu in target_cpu_store() to make sure that it is in the
> + * HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask and reject it if not when
> + * the flag is set.
> + */
> + bool check_hkcpu;
> +
> /* Channel callback's invoked in softirq context */
> struct tasklet_struct callback_event;
> void (*onchannel_callback)(void *context);
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