When ipoib interface is going down it takes all of its children with
it, under mutex.
For each child, dev_change_flags() is called.  That function calls
ipoib_stop() via the ndo, and causes flush of the workqueue.
Sometimes in the workqueue an __ipoib_dev_flush work() is waiting and
when invoked tries to get the same mutex, which leads to a deadlock,
as seen below.
The solution is to switch to rw-sem instead of mutex.
The deadlock:
[11028.165303]  [<
ffffffff812b0977>] ? vgacon_scroll+0x107/0x2e0
[11028.171844]  [<
ffffffff814eaac5>] schedule_timeout+0x215/0x2e0
[11028.178465]  [<
ffffffff8105a5c3>] ? perf_event_task_sched_out+0x33/0x80
[11028.185962]  [<
ffffffff814ea743>] wait_for_common+0x123/0x180
[11028.192491]  [<
ffffffff8105fa40>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x20
[11028.199504]  [<
ffffffff814ea85d>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
[11028.206224]  [<
ffffffff8108b4f1>] flush_cpu_workqueue+0x61/0x90
[11028.212948]  [<
ffffffff8108b5a0>] ? wq_barrier_func+0x0/0x20
[11028.219375]  [<
ffffffff8108bfc4>] flush_workqueue+0x54/0x80
[11028.225712]  [<
ffffffffa05a0576>] ipoib_mcast_stop_thread+0x66/0x90 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.233988]  [<
ffffffffa059ccea>] ipoib_ib_dev_down+0x6a/0x100 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.241678]  [<
ffffffffa059849a>] ipoib_stop+0x8a/0x140 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.248692]  [<
ffffffff8142adf1>] dev_close+0x71/0xc0
[11028.254447]  [<
ffffffff8142a631>] dev_change_flags+0xa1/0x1d0
[11028.261062]  [<
ffffffffa059851b>] ipoib_stop+0x10b/0x140 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.268172]  [<
ffffffff8142adf1>] dev_close+0x71/0xc0
[11028.273922]  [<
ffffffff8142a631>] dev_change_flags+0xa1/0x1d0
[11028.280452]  [<
ffffffff8148f20b>] devinet_ioctl+0x5eb/0x6a0
[11028.286786]  [<
ffffffff814903b8>] inet_ioctl+0x88/0xa0
[11028.292633]  [<
ffffffff8141591a>] sock_ioctl+0x7a/0x280
[11028.298576]  [<
ffffffff81189012>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0xa0
[11028.304326]  [<
ffffffff81140540>] ? unmap_region+0x110/0x130
[11028.310756]  [<
ffffffff811891b4>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x84/0x580
[11028.316897]  [<
ffffffff81189731>] sys_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
and
11028.017533]  [<
ffffffff8105a5c3>] ? perf_event_task_sched_out+0x33/0x80
[11028.025030]  [<
ffffffff8100bb8e>] ? apic_timer_interrupt+0xe/0x20
[11028.031945]  [<
ffffffff814eb2ae>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13e/0x180
[11028.039053]  [<
ffffffff814eb14b>] mutex_lock+0x2b/0x50
[11028.044910]  [<
ffffffffa059f7e7>] __ipoib_ib_dev_flush+0x37/0x210 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.052894]  [<
ffffffffa059fa00>] ? ipoib_ib_dev_flush_light+0x0/0x20 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.061363]  [<
ffffffffa059fa17>] ipoib_ib_dev_flush_light+0x17/0x20 [ib_ipoib]
[11028.069738]  [<
ffffffff8108b120>] worker_thread+0x170/0x2a0
[11028.076068]  [<
ffffffff81090990>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
[11028.083374]  [<
ffffffff8108afb0>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x2a0
[11028.089709]  [<
ffffffff81090626>] kthread+0x96/0xa0
[11028.095266]  [<
ffffffff8100c0ca>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
[11028.100921]  [<
ffffffff81090590>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0
[11028.106573]  [<
ffffffff8100c0c0>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
[11028.112423] INFO: task ifconfig:23640 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Signed-off-by: Erez Shitrit <erezsh@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@purestorage.com>
 
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       struct mutex vlan_mutex;
+       struct rw_semaphore vlan_rwsem;
 
        struct rb_root  path_tree;
        struct list_head path_list;
 
        u16 new_index;
        int result;
 
-       mutex_lock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+       down_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 
        /*
         * Flush any child interfaces too -- they might be up even if
        list_for_each_entry(cpriv, &priv->child_intfs, list)
                __ipoib_ib_dev_flush(cpriv, level);
 
-       mutex_unlock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+       up_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 
        if (!test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_INITIALIZED, &priv->flags)) {
                /* for non-child devices must check/update the pkey value here */
 
                struct ipoib_dev_priv *cpriv;
 
                /* Bring up any child interfaces too */
-               mutex_lock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+               down_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
                list_for_each_entry(cpriv, &priv->child_intfs, list) {
                        int flags;
 
 
                        dev_change_flags(cpriv->dev, flags | IFF_UP);
                }
-               mutex_unlock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+               up_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
        }
 
        netif_start_queue(dev);
                struct ipoib_dev_priv *cpriv;
 
                /* Bring down any child interfaces too */
-               mutex_lock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+               down_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
                list_for_each_entry(cpriv, &priv->child_intfs, list) {
                        int flags;
 
 
                        dev_change_flags(cpriv->dev, flags & ~IFF_UP);
                }
-               mutex_unlock(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+               up_read(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
        }
 
        return 0;
 
        spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
 
-       mutex_init(&priv->vlan_mutex);
+       init_rwsem(&priv->vlan_rwsem);
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->path_list);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&priv->child_intfs);
 
        priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        ppriv = netdev_priv(priv->parent);
 
-       mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+       down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
        unregister_netdevice_queue(dev, head);
        list_del(&priv->list);
-       mutex_unlock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+       up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 }
 
 static size_t ipoib_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 
        if (!rtnl_trylock())
                return restart_syscall();
 
-       mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+       down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 
        /*
         * First ensure this isn't a duplicate. We check the parent device and
        result = __ipoib_vlan_add(ppriv, priv, pkey, IPOIB_LEGACY_CHILD);
 
 out:
-       mutex_unlock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+       up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
 
        if (result)
                free_netdev(priv->dev);
 
        if (!rtnl_trylock())
                return restart_syscall();
-       mutex_lock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+
+       down_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, tpriv, &ppriv->child_intfs, list) {
                if (priv->pkey == pkey &&
                    priv->child_type == IPOIB_LEGACY_CHILD) {
                        break;
                }
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&ppriv->vlan_mutex);
+       up_write(&ppriv->vlan_rwsem);
+
        rtnl_unlock();
 
        if (dev) {