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IB/core: Fix zero dmac race in neighbor resolution
dst_fetch_ha() checks nud_state without holding the neighbor lock, then copies ha under the seqlock. A race in __neigh_update() where nud_state is set to NUD_REACHABLE before ha is written allows dst_fetch_ha() to read a zero MAC address while the seqlock reports no concurrent writer. netevent_callback amplifies this by waking ALL pending addr_req workers when ANY neighbor becomes NUD_VALID. At scale (N peers resolving ARP concurrently), the hit probability scales as N^2, making it near-certain for large RDMA workloads. N(A): neigh_update(A) W(A): addr_resolve(A) | [sleep] | write_lock_bh(&A->lock) | | A->nud_state = NUD_REACHABLE | | // A->ha is still 0 | | [woken by netevent_cb() of | another neighbour] | | dst_fetch_ha(A) | | A->nud_state & NUD_VALID | | read_seqbegin(&A->ha_lock) | | snapshot = A->ha /* 0 */ | | read_seqretry(&A->ha_lock) | | return snapshot | seqlock(&A->ha_lock) | A->ha = mac_A /* too late */ | sequnlock(&A->ha_lock) | write_unlock_bh(&A->lock) The incorrect/zero mac is read and programmed in the device QP while it was not yet updated. This causes silent packet loss and eventual RETRY_EXC_ERR. Fix by holding the neighbor read lock across the nud_state check and ha copy in dst_fetch_ha(), ensuring it synchronizes with __neigh_update() which is updating while holding the write lock. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 92ebb6a0 ("IB/cm: Remove now useless rcu_lock in dst_fetch_ha") Link: https://patch.msgid.link/r/20260405-fix-dmac-race-v1-1-cfa1ec2ce54a@nvidia.com Signed-off-by:Chen Zhao <chezhao@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by:
Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by:
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>