From 0d08fceb2e21c30ca3e1e462e678723f806acf18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Vrabel Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 12:26:04 +0100 Subject: xen-netback: fix race between napi_complete() and interrupt handler When the NAPI budget was not all used, xenvif_poll() would call napi_complete() /after/ enabling the interrupt. This resulted in a race between the napi_complete() and the napi_schedule() in the interrupt handler. The use of local_irq_save/restore() avoided by race iff the handler is running on the same CPU but not if it was running on a different CPU. Fix this properly by calling napi_complete() before reenabling interrupts (in the xenvif_napi_schedule_or_enable_irq() call). Signed-off-by: David Vrabel Acked-by: Wei Liu Acked-by: Ian Campbell Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 30 +++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c index ef05c5c49d41..20e9defa1060 100644 --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c @@ -75,32 +75,8 @@ static int xenvif_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) work_done = xenvif_tx_action(vif, budget); if (work_done < budget) { - int more_to_do = 0; - unsigned long flags; - - /* It is necessary to disable IRQ before calling - * RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS. Otherwise we might - * lose event from the frontend. - * - * Consider: - * RING_HAS_UNCONSUMED_REQUESTS - * - * __napi_complete - * - * This handler is still in scheduled state so the - * event has no effect at all. After __napi_complete - * this handler is descheduled and cannot get - * scheduled again. We lose event in this case and the ring - * will be completely stalled. - */ - - local_irq_save(flags); - - RING_FINAL_CHECK_FOR_REQUESTS(&vif->tx, more_to_do); - if (!more_to_do) - __napi_complete(napi); - - local_irq_restore(flags); + napi_complete(napi); + xenvif_napi_schedule_or_enable_events(vif); } return work_done; @@ -194,7 +170,7 @@ static void xenvif_up(struct xenvif *vif) enable_irq(vif->tx_irq); if (vif->tx_irq != vif->rx_irq) enable_irq(vif->rx_irq); - xenvif_check_rx_xenvif(vif); + xenvif_napi_schedule_or_enable_events(vif); } static void xenvif_down(struct xenvif *vif) -- cgit v1.2.3