dev_xmit_recursion_inc/dec() use __this_cpu_inc/dec() which requires migration to be disabled. However, some callers like SCTP's UDP encapsulation path invoke iptunnel_xmit() from process context without disabling BH or preemption: sctp_inet_connect -> __sctp_connect -> sctp_do_sm -> sctp_outq_flush -> sctp_packet_transmit -> sctp_v4_xmit -> udp_tunnel_xmit_skb -> iptunnel_xmit -> dev_xmit_recursion_inc This triggers the following warning on PREEMPT(full) kernels: BUG: using __this_cpu_add() in preemptible [00000000] caller is dev_xmit_recursion_inc include/linux/netdevice.h:3595 [inline] caller is iptunnel_xmit+0x1cd/0xb80 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:72 Tainted: [L]=SOFTLOCKUP Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x100/0x190 lib/dump_stack.c:120 check_preemption_disabled+0xd8/0xe0 lib/smp_processor_id.c:47 dev_xmit_recursion_inc include/linux/netdevice.h:3595 [inline] iptunnel_xmit+0x1cd/0xb80 net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c:72 sctp_v4_xmit+0x75f/0x1060 net/sctp/protocol.c:1073 sctp_packet_transmit+0x22ec/0x3060 net/sctp/output.c:653 sctp_packet_singleton+0x19e/0x370 net/sctp/outqueue.c:783 sctp_outq_flush_ctrl net/sctp/outqueue.c:914 [inline] sctp_outq_flush+0x315/0x3350 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1212 sctp_cmd_interpreter net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1824 [inline] sctp_side_effects net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1204 [inline] sctp_do_sm+0xce1/0x5be0 net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1175 sctp_primitive_ASSOCIATE+0x9c/0xd0 net/sctp/primitive.c:73 __sctp_connect+0x9fc/0xc70 net/sctp/socket.c:1235 sctp_connect net/sctp/socket.c:4818 [inline] sctp_inet_connect+0x15f/0x220 net/sctp/socket.c:4833 __sys_connect_file+0x141/0x1a0 net/socket.c:2089 __sys_connect+0x141/0x170 net/socket.c:2108 __do_sys_connect net/socket.c:2114 [inline] __se_sys_connect net/socket.c:2111 [inline] __x64_sys_connect+0x72/0xb0 net/socket.c:2111 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x106/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Fix this by adding migrate_disable/enable() around the __this_cpu operations in dev_xmit_recursion_inc/dec() to ensure the per-cpu variable is accessed on the same CPU throughout the inc/dec pair. Fixes: 6f1a9140ecda ("net: add xmit recursion limit to tunnel xmit functions") Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 7ca01eb3f7d2..6b1cd5380d70 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -3591,14 +3591,19 @@ static inline bool dev_xmit_recursion(void) XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT); } +/* Non PREEMPT_RT version: inc and dec must run on the same CPU, + * migrate_disable is sufficient. + */ static inline void dev_xmit_recursion_inc(void) { + migrate_disable(); __this_cpu_inc(softnet_data.xmit.recursion); } static inline void dev_xmit_recursion_dec(void) { __this_cpu_dec(softnet_data.xmit.recursion); + migrate_enable(); } #else static inline int dev_recursion_level(void) -- 2.43.0