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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
index 495337ec68f1..1f3e69d18d35 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c
@@ -1101,8 +1101,9 @@ void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data)
/*
* The host can generate a rescind message while we
* may still be handling the original offer. We deal with
- * this condition by ensuring the processing is done on the
- * same CPU.
+ * this condition by relying on the synchronization provided
+ * by offer_in_progress and by channel_mutex. See also the
+ * inline comments in vmbus_onoffer_rescind().
*/
switch (hdr->msgtype) {
case CHANNELMSG_RESCIND_CHANNELOFFER:
@@ -1124,16 +1125,34 @@ void vmbus_on_msg_dpc(unsigned long data)
* work queue: the RESCIND handler can not start to
* run before the OFFER handler finishes.
*/
- schedule_work_on(VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU,
- &ctx->work);
+ schedule_work(&ctx->work);
break;
case CHANNELMSG_OFFERCHANNEL:
+ /*
+ * The host sends the offer message of a given channel
+ * before sending the rescind message of the same
+ * channel. These messages are sent to the guest's
+ * connect CPU; the guest then starts processing them
+ * in the tasklet handler on this CPU:
+ *
+ * VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU
+ *
+ * [vmbus_on_msg_dpc()]
+ * atomic_inc() // CHANNELMSG_OFFERCHANNEL
+ * queue_work()
+ * ...
+ * [vmbus_on_msg_dpc()]
+ * schedule_work() // CHANNELMSG_RESCIND_CHANNELOFFER
+ *
+ * We rely on the memory-ordering properties of the
+ * queue_work() and schedule_work() primitives, which
+ * guarantee that the atomic increment will be visible
+ * to the CPUs which will execute the offer & rescind
+ * works by the time these works will start execution.
+ */
atomic_inc(&vmbus_connection.offer_in_progress);
- queue_work_on(VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU,
- vmbus_connection.work_queue,
- &ctx->work);
- break;
+ fallthrough;
default:
queue_work(vmbus_connection.work_queue, &ctx->work);
@@ -1178,9 +1197,7 @@ static void vmbus_force_channel_rescinded(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
INIT_WORK(&ctx->work, vmbus_onmessage_work);
- queue_work_on(VMBUS_CONNECT_CPU,
- vmbus_connection.work_queue,
- &ctx->work);
+ queue_work(vmbus_connection.work_queue, &ctx->work);
}
#endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */