ib_ucm_cleanup_events() holds file_mutex while calling ib_destroy_cm_id().
This can deadlock since ib_destroy_cm_id() flushes event handlers, and
ib_ucm_event_handler() needs file_mutex, too. Therefore, drop the
file_mutex during the call to ib_destroy_cm_id().
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Sean Hefty <[email protected]>
---
Hello, -stable team!
This patch backports commit f469b2626f48829c06e40ac799c1edf62b12048e to 2.6.19.
Please consider it for 2.6.19.y - this fixes a deadlock reproduced here at Mellanox.
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
index 1f4f2d2..f15220a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucm.c
@@ -161,12 +161,14 @@ static void ib_ucm_cleanup_events(struct ib_ucm_context *ctx)
struct ib_ucm_event, ctx_list);
list_del(&uevent->file_list);
list_del(&uevent->ctx_list);
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->file->file_mutex);
/* clear incoming connections. */
if (ib_ucm_new_cm_id(uevent->resp.event))
ib_destroy_cm_id(uevent->cm_id);
kfree(uevent);
+ mutex_lock(&ctx->file->file_mutex);
}
mutex_unlock(&ctx->file->file_mutex);
}
--
MST
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