The tx queues are not stopped during the live migration. As a result, the
ndo_start_xmit() may access netfront_info->queues which is freed by
talk_to_netback()->xennet_destroy_queues().
This patch is to netif_device_detach() at the beginning of xen-netfront
resuming, and netif_device_attach() at the end of resuming.
CPU A CPU B
talk_to_netback()
-> if (info->queues)
xennet_destroy_queues(info);
to free netfront_info->queues
xennet_start_xmit()
to access netfront_info->queues
-> err = xennet_create_queues(info, &num_queues);
The idea is borrowed from virtio-net.
Cc: Joe Jin <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Dongli Zhang <[email protected]>
---
Since I am not able to reproduce the corner case on purpose, I create a
patch to reproduce.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/finallyjustice/patchset/master/xen-netfront-send-GARP-during-live-migration.patch
drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index e31b98403f31..fc41ba95f81d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1730,6 +1730,10 @@ static int netfront_resume(struct xenbus_device *dev)
dev_dbg(&dev->dev, "%s\n", dev->nodename);
+ netif_tx_lock_bh(info->netdev);
+ netif_device_detach(info->netdev);
+ netif_tx_unlock_bh(info->netdev);
+
xennet_disconnect_backend(info);
return 0;
}
@@ -2349,6 +2353,10 @@ static int xennet_connect(struct net_device *dev)
* domain a kick because we've probably just requeued some
* packets.
*/
+ netif_tx_lock_bh(np->netdev);
+ netif_device_attach(np->netdev);
+ netif_tx_unlock_bh(np->netdev);
+
netif_carrier_on(np->netdev);
for (j = 0; j < num_queues; ++j) {
queue = &np->queues[j];
--
2.17.1
