From: Denis V. Lunev Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:43:11 +0000 (+0200) Subject: qede: sync udp_tunnel ports outside qede_lock in the recovery path X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=451c9075d6c53f2438d110addbeeeea6fac18567;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git qede: sync udp_tunnel ports outside qede_lock in the recovery path A TX timeout on a qede NIC that has VXLAN/GENEVE tunnel ports configured wedges the rtnetlink control plane of the whole machine: NETDEV WATCHDOG: ens6f1 (qede): transmit queue 2 timed out 10226 ms [qede_tx_timeout:586(ens6f1)]TX timeout on queue 2! [qede_recovery_handler:2665(ens6f0)]Starting a recovery process The recovery path deadlocks on the driver's own mutex: qede_sp_task rtnl_lock() mutex_lock(&edev->qede_lock) <- taken qede_recovery_handler qede_load udp_tunnel_nic_reset_ntf __udp_tunnel_nic_device_sync info->sync_table == qede_udp_tunnel_sync mutex_lock(&edev->qede_lock) <- same task: deadlock The mutex is not recursive, so the kworker blocks on itself with rtnl_lock held, and neither lock is ever released. Every task that calls rtnl_lock() afterwards (ip, ovs-vswitchd, lldpad, IPv6 addrconf, sshd) blocks forever while the node still answers ping. In a vmcore from an affected production node rtnl_mutex.owner decodes to the very kworker blocked at the innermost mutex_lock() above. Re-sync the tunnel ports from qede_sp_task() after the internal lock is dropped, still under rtnl_lock as the udp_tunnel API requires. This mirrors qede_open(), which calls udp_tunnel_nic_reset_ntf() under rtnl without the internal lock. qede_recovery_handler() now returns whether it has successfully reloaded an open device, and the caller re-syncs the ports only in that case. This keeps the old gating exactly: a device that was down or a failed recovery returns false, as those paths never reached the udp_tunnel_nic_reset_ntf() call before either. This was the only user of the qede_lock()/qede_unlock() helpers, so remove them. Fixes: 8cd160a29415 ("qede: convert to new udp_tunnel_nic infra") Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev CC: Andrew Lunn CC: "David S. Miller" CC: Eric Dumazet CC: Jakub Kicinski CC: Paolo Abeni Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260726104311.1782900-1-den@openvz.org Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c index cb0ae0650905c..7ed17faced542 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static void qede_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev); static void qede_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev); static void qede_link_update(void *dev, struct qed_link_output *link); static void qede_schedule_recovery_handler(void *dev); -static void qede_recovery_handler(struct qede_dev *edev); +static bool qede_recovery_handler(struct qede_dev *edev); static void qede_schedule_hw_err_handler(void *dev, enum qed_hw_err_type err_type); static void qede_get_eth_tlv_data(void *edev, void *data); @@ -1043,21 +1043,6 @@ void __qede_unlock(struct qede_dev *edev) mutex_unlock(&edev->qede_lock); } -/* This version of the lock should be used when acquiring the RTNL lock is also - * needed in addition to the internal qede lock. - */ -static void qede_lock(struct qede_dev *edev) -{ - rtnl_lock(); - __qede_lock(edev); -} - -static void qede_unlock(struct qede_dev *edev) -{ - __qede_unlock(edev); - rtnl_unlock(); -} - static void qede_periodic_task(struct work_struct *work) { struct qede_dev *edev = container_of(work, struct qede_dev, @@ -1094,6 +1079,8 @@ static void qede_sp_task(struct work_struct *work) */ if (test_and_clear_bit(QEDE_SP_RECOVERY, &edev->sp_flags)) { + bool reloaded; + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&edev->periodic_task); #ifdef CONFIG_QED_SRIOV /* SRIOV must be disabled outside the lock to avoid a deadlock. @@ -1102,9 +1089,17 @@ static void qede_sp_task(struct work_struct *work) if (pci_num_vf(edev->pdev)) qede_sriov_configure(edev->pdev, 0); #endif - qede_lock(edev); - qede_recovery_handler(edev); - qede_unlock(edev); + rtnl_lock(); + __qede_lock(edev); + reloaded = qede_recovery_handler(edev); + __qede_unlock(edev); + + /* The udp_tunnel core synchronously calls back into + * qede_udp_tunnel_sync(), which takes the qede lock. + */ + if (reloaded) + udp_tunnel_nic_reset_ntf(edev->ndev); + rtnl_unlock(); } __qede_lock(edev); @@ -2645,9 +2640,13 @@ static void qede_recovery_failed(struct qede_dev *edev) edev->ops->common->set_power_state(edev->cdev, PCI_D3hot); } -static void qede_recovery_handler(struct qede_dev *edev) +/* Returns true if an open device was successfully reloaded and its + * udp_tunnel ports need to be re-synced by the caller. + */ +static bool qede_recovery_handler(struct qede_dev *edev) { u32 curr_state = edev->state; + bool reloaded = false; int rc; DP_NOTICE(edev, "Starting a recovery process\n"); @@ -2677,17 +2676,18 @@ static void qede_recovery_handler(struct qede_dev *edev) goto err; qede_config_rx_mode(edev->ndev); - udp_tunnel_nic_reset_ntf(edev->ndev); + reloaded = true; } edev->state = curr_state; DP_NOTICE(edev, "Recovery handling is done\n"); - return; + return reloaded; err: qede_recovery_failed(edev); + return false; } static void qede_atomic_hw_err_handler(struct qede_dev *edev)