[NET_SCHED]: Revert "avoid transmit softirq on watchdog wakeup" optimization

As noticed by Ranko Zivojnovic <ranko@spidernet.net>, calling qdisc_run
from the timer handler can result in deadlock:

> CPU#0
>
> qdisc_watchdog() fires and gets dev->queue_lock
> qdisc_run()...qdisc_restart()...
> -> releases dev->queue_lock and enters dev_hard_start_xmit()
>
> CPU#1
>
> tc del qdisc dev ...
> qdisc_graft()...dev_graft_qdisc()...dev_deactivate()...
> -> grabs dev->queue_lock ...
>
> qdisc_reset()...{cbq,hfsc,htb,netem,tbf}_reset()...qdisc_watchdog_cancel()...
> -> hrtimer_cancel() - waiting for the qdisc_watchdog() to exit, while still
>		        holding dev->queue_lock
>
> CPU#0
>
> dev_hard_start_xmit() returns ...
> -> wants to get dev->queue_lock(!)
>
> DEADLOCK!

The entire optimization is a bit questionable IMO, it moves potentially
large parts of NET_TX_SOFTIRQ work to TIMER_SOFTIRQ/HRTIMER_SOFTIRQ,
which kind of defeats the separation of them.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Acked-by: Ranko Zivojnovic <ranko@spidernet.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index d92ea26982c56c88adf73d56728854d406681fde..4fd0beca9450c892192a20d58dc49c0b122b260f 100644 (file)
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -278,11 +278,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart qdisc_watchdog(struct hrtimer *timer)
 
        wd->qdisc->flags &= ~TCQ_F_THROTTLED;
        smp_wmb();
-       if (spin_trylock(&dev->queue_lock)) {
-               qdisc_run(dev);
-               spin_unlock(&dev->queue_lock);
-       } else
-               netif_schedule(dev);
+       netif_schedule(dev);
 
        return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
 }