Re: Question about console_lock lockdep after involving console_lock_dep_map

[Jane Li <jiel@marvell.com>]

On 02/09/2014 11:45 PM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
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>
> On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 6:24 AM, Jane Li <jiel@marvell.com> wrote:
>> Hi Danial Vetter,
>>
>> I found you had added console_lock_dep_map in commit daee7797 (console:
>> implement lockdep support for console_lock). I encounter another circular
>> lock warning related to it.
>>
>> Sequence:
>>
>>          enter suspend ->  resume ->  plug-out CPUx (echo 0 > cpux/online)
>>
>> Then, lockdep will show warning as following:
>>
>> ======================================================
>> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>> 3.10.0 #2 Tainted: G           O
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> sh/1271 is trying to acquire lock:
>>   (console_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c06ebf7c>] console_cpu_notify+0x20/0x2c
>> but task is already holding lock:
>> (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c012b4e8>] cpu_hotplug_begin+0x2c/0x58
>> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>
>> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>> -> #2 (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}:
>> [<c017bb7c>] lock_acquire+0x98/0x12c
>> [<c06f5014>] mutex_lock_nested+0x50/0x3d8
>> [<c012b4e8>] cpu_hotplug_begin+0x2c/0x58
>> [<c06ebfac>] _cpu_up+0x24/0x154
>> [<c06ec140>] cpu_up+0x64/0x84
>> [<c0981834>] smp_init+0x9c/0xd4
>> [<c0973880>] kernel_init_freeable+0x78/0x1c8
>> [<c06e7f40>] kernel_init+0x8/0xe4
>> [<c010eec8>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c
>>
>> -> #1 (cpu_add_remove_lock){+.+.+.}:
>> [<c017bb7c>] lock_acquire+0x98/0x12c
>> [<c06f5014>] mutex_lock_nested+0x50/0x3d8
>> [<c012b758>] disable_nonboot_cpus+0x8/0xe8
>> [<c016b83c>] suspend_devices_and_enter+0x214/0x448
>> [<c016bc54>] pm_suspend+0x1e4/0x284
>> [<c016bdcc>] try_to_suspend+0xa4/0xbc
>> [<c0143848>] process_one_work+0x1c4/0x4fc
>> [<c0143f80>] worker_thread+0x138/0x37c
>> [<c014aaf8>] kthread+0xa4/0xb0
>> [<c010eec8>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x2c
>>
>> -> #0 (console_lock){+.+.+.}:
>> [<c017b5d0>] __lock_acquire+0x1b38/0x1b80
>> [<c017bb7c>] lock_acquire+0x98/0x12c
>> [<c01288c4>] console_lock+0x54/0x68
>> [<c06ebf7c>] console_cpu_notify+0x20/0x2c
>> [<c01501d4>] notifier_call_chain+0x44/0x84
>> [<c012b448>] __cpu_notify+0x2c/0x48
>> [<c012b5b0>] cpu_notify_nofail+0x8/0x14
>> [<c06e81bc>] _cpu_down+0xf4/0x258
>> [<c06e8344>] cpu_down+0x24/0x40
>> [<c06e921c>] store_online+0x30/0x74
>> [<c03b7298>] dev_attr_store+0x18/0x24
>> [<c025fc5c>] sysfs_write_file+0x16c/0x19c
>> [<c0207a98>] vfs_write+0xb4/0x190
>> [<c0207e58>] SyS_write+0x3c/0x70
>> [<c010ee00>] ret_fastChain exists of:
>>    console_lock --> cpu_add_remove_lock --> cpu_hotplug.lock
>>
>> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>>        CPU0                    CPU1
>>        ----                    ----
>> lock(cpu_hotplug.lock);
>>                                lock(cpu_add_remove_lock);
>>                                lock(cpu_hotplug.lock);
>> lock(console_lock);
>>   *** DEADLOCK ***
>>
>>
>>
>> Analyze this information, there are three locks involved in two sequence:
>>
>>          pm suspend: console_lock (@suspend_console()) -> cpu_add_remove_lock
>> (@disable_nonboot_cpus()) -> cpu_hotplug.lock (@_cpu_down())
>>
>>          Plug-out CPUx: cpu_add_remove_lock (@(cpu_down()) ->
>> cpu_hotplug.lock (@_cpu_down()) -> console_lock (@console_cpu_notify()) =>
>> Lockdeps prints warning log.
>>
>>
>> I check code and there should be not real deadlock, as flag of
>> console_suspended can protect this.
>>
>> Do you know how to avoid this warning?
> I think the right approach here is to add a new function to do the console
> flushing:
>
> /**
>   * console_flush - flush dmesg if console isn't suspended
>   *
>   * console_unlock always flushes the dmesg buffer, so just try to
>   * grab&drop the console lock. If that fails we know that the current
>   * holder will eventually drop the console lock and so flush the dmesg
>   * buffers at the earliest possible time.
>   */
> void console_flush(void)
> {
> 	if (console_trylock())
> 		console_unlock();
> }
>
> Then use that instead of the unconditional console_lock/unlock pair int
> the console_cpu_notitifier. Since that's practically the patch already
> feel free to smash a Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> on top if it works.
>
> Cheers, Daniel
>
Do same test as you suggested, there is no warning now.

I have updated the patch named "printk: fix one circular lockdep warning about console_lock".

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Jane