[PATCH] nvme-rdma: fix ib_device removal race that hangs PCI unbind
Casey Chen <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 15:18:22 -0600
| Newsgroups | org.infradead.lists.linux-nvme,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-rdma |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
nvme_rdma_remove_one() samples nvme_rdma_ctrl_list once, then blocks in
flush_workqueue(nvme_delete_wq). A connect can publish a controller on
the same ib_device during that window: nvme_rdma_find_get_device()
matches on node GUID in nvme_rdma's private device_list and never
consults ib_core unregistration state. Such a controller is never
deleted, so its rdma_cm_ids keep a reference on the cma_device.
ib_clients are removed LIFO, so nvme_rdma_remove_one() runs before
cma_remove_one(), which then waits for that reference forever. Removing
the RDMA interface underneath live NVMe-oF connections:
echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:2a:00.1/remove
wedges the unbind permanently:
INFO: task tee:164872 blocked for more than 200 seconds.
task:tee state:D stack:0 pid:164872 ppid:164870 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__schedule+0x4b4/0xf90
schedule+0x5a/0xc0
schedule_timeout+0x105/0x110
? cma_process_remove+0x1f9/0x240 [rdma_cm]
__wait_for_common+0xc7/0x1f0
? usleep_range_state+0xb0/0xb0
cma_remove_one+0x50/0xb0 [rdma_cm]
remove_client_context+0x88/0xc0 [ib_core]
disable_device+0x8a/0x160 [ib_core]
__ib_unregister_device+0x42/0xa0 [ib_core]
ib_unregister_device+0x22/0x30 [ib_core]
mlx5r_remove+0x39/0x60 [mlx5_ib]
auxiliary_bus_remove+0x18/0x30
device_release_driver_internal+0x18f/0x1f0
bus_remove_device+0xbc/0x120
device_del+0x154/0x3d0
? devl_param_driverinit_value_get+0x29/0x90
mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked.part.0+0x78/0x1c0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_unregister_device+0x34/0x50 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_uninit_one+0x45/0x110 [mlx5_core]
remove_one+0x4e/0xc0 [mlx5_core]
pci_device_remove+0x39/0xa0
device_release_driver_internal+0x18f/0x1f0
pci_stop_bus_device+0x68/0x90
pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device_locked+0x28/0x40
remove_store+0x75/0x90
kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x147/0x1d0
vfs_write+0x2af/0x410
ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0
do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5
</TASK>
Because the unbind stalls mid-teardown the netdev is never unregistered,
so userspace keeps reconnecting over the interface and loses the race
again.
Mark the nvme_rdma_device dying before sampling nvme_rdma_ctrl_list and
test it in two places:
- nvme_rdma_find_get_device() refuses a dying device, so later connects
fail early. A re-probed HCA (same GUID, new ib_device) gets a fresh
nvme_rdma_device.
- nvme_rdma_create_ctrl() re-tests it under nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex before
publishing and deletes the controller instead if set, covering a
connect that obtained the device before the flag was stored.
->dying is stored before nvme_rdma_remove_one() takes
nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex and the publisher tests it under that same mutex,
so a publisher either lands on the list before the walk or observes
->dying. One sweep remains sufficient.
Reproduced on a 6.6 based kernel by removing and rescanning the mlx5
interface carrying the NVMe-oF RDMA connections in a loop, with IO
running and a userspace daemon reconnecting the controllers throughout.
The hang is racy: most removals complete normally, and only one that
lands while a connect is in flight leaves the sysfs write stuck in D
state with the trace above. With this patch the loop ran clean: removals
complete and the controllers reconnect after the following PCI rescan.
Fixes: e87a911fed07 ("nvme-rdma: use ib_client API to detect device removal")
Signed-off-by: Casey Chen <[email protected]>
---
drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 1 +
drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index cb93ada4376a..374968145f56 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ void nvme_delete_ctrl_sync(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
nvme_do_delete_ctrl(ctrl);
nvme_put_ctrl(ctrl);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_delete_ctrl_sync);
static blk_status_t nvme_error_status(u16 status)
{
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
index 01743ae01466..b3ea54280e50 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ struct nvme_rdma_device {
struct list_head entry
__guarded_by(&device_list_mutex);
unsigned int num_inline_segments;
+ /* set under device_list_mutex when removal starts */
+ bool dying;
};
struct nvme_rdma_qe {
@@ -378,6 +380,18 @@ nvme_rdma_find_get_device(struct rdma_cm_id *cm_id)
mutex_lock(&device_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(ndev, &device_list, entry) {
+ if (READ_ONCE(ndev->dying)) {
+ /*
+ * Removal has already sampled nvme_rdma_ctrl_list, so
+ * a controller created here would never be deleted.
+ * A re-probed device with the same node GUID is a
+ * distinct ib_device and gets a fresh
+ * nvme_rdma_device below.
+ */
+ if (ndev->dev == cm_id->device)
+ goto out_err;
+ continue;
+ }
if (ndev->dev->node_guid == cm_id->device->node_guid &&
nvme_rdma_dev_get(ndev))
goto out_unlock;
@@ -2378,6 +2392,24 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_rdma_create_ctrl(struct device *dev,
nvmf_ctrl_subsysnqn(&ctrl->ctrl), &ctrl->addr, opts->host->nqn);
mutex_lock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
+ if (READ_ONCE(ctrl->device->dying)) {
+ mutex_unlock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
+ /*
+ * Removal already walked nvme_rdma_ctrl_list, so publishing
+ * now would leave this controller behind and stall
+ * cma_remove_one() forever. ->list is still empty, so
+ * nvme_rdma_free_ctrl() leaves opts for nvmf_create_ctrl().
+ * nvme_init_ctrl() left two references and
+ * nvme_delete_ctrl_sync() consumes only the one that
+ * nvme_uninit_ctrl() drops, so put the other here.
+ */
+ dev_info(ctrl->ctrl.device,
+ "hca %s is being removed, aborting connect\n",
+ dev_name(ctrl->device->dev->dma_device));
+ nvme_delete_ctrl_sync(&ctrl->ctrl);
+ nvme_put_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ECONNREFUSED);
+ }
list_add_tail(&ctrl->list, &nvme_rdma_ctrl_list);
mutex_unlock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
@@ -2409,9 +2441,16 @@ static void nvme_rdma_remove_one(struct ib_device *ib_device, void *client_data)
struct nvme_rdma_device *ndev;
bool found = false;
+ /*
+ * Stop handing this device out to new queues, and stop new controllers
+ * from being published on it, before sampling nvme_rdma_ctrl_list
+ * below. Pairs with the READ_ONCE() of ->dying in
+ * nvme_rdma_find_get_device() and nvme_rdma_create_ctrl().
+ */
mutex_lock(&device_list_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(ndev, &device_list, entry) {
if (ndev->dev == ib_device) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(ndev->dying, true);
found = true;
break;
}
@@ -2421,7 +2460,15 @@ static void nvme_rdma_remove_one(struct ib_device *ib_device, void *client_data)
if (!found)
return;
- /* Delete all controllers using this device */
+ /*
+ * Delete all controllers using this device. ->dying is stored before
+ * nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex is acquired here, and nvme_rdma_create_ctrl()
+ * checks it while holding that same mutex, so the two orderings are
+ * exhaustive: a publisher that got the mutex first is on the list and
+ * is deleted below, and one that gets it afterwards observes ->dying
+ * and tears its controller down itself. No controller can be added
+ * behind this walk.
+ */
mutex_lock(&nvme_rdma_ctrl_mutex);
list_for_each_entry(ctrl, &nvme_rdma_ctrl_list, list) {
if (ctrl->device->dev != ib_device)
base-commit: bf881dd20062db5e951a0d0703cb476df8c9fdee
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2.34.1