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SubjectRe: [linux-pm] Fundamental flaw in system suspend, exposed by freezer removal
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On Thursday, 28 of February 2008, Alan Stern wrote:
> Rafael:

Hi,

> Here's my patch. It doesn't include the timers for deadlock debugging,
> but it does include all the other stuff we've been talking about. My
> base probably isn't quite in sync with yours, so this may not apply
> cleanly on your system. But the divergences should be small.
>
> Incidentally, there seemed to be a bug in your dpm_suspend() -- the
> dpm_list_mtx needs to be reacquired before the error checking. This
> patch fixes that. It also removes pm_sleep_rwsem, which isn't used
> any more.
>
> We should think about device_pm_schedule_removal(). It won't work
> right if a suspend method calls it for the device being suspended,
> because the device gets moved to the dpm_off list after the method
> runs.
>
> Index: usb-2.6/Documentation/power/devices.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/Documentation/power/devices.txt
> +++ usb-2.6/Documentation/power/devices.txt
> @@ -192,11 +192,27 @@ used to resume those devices.
>
> The ordering of the device tree is defined by the order in which devices
> get registered: a child can never be registered, probed or resumed before
> -its parent; and can't be removed or suspended after that parent.
> +its parent; and can't be removed or suspended after that parent. This
> +means that special care is needed when calling device_move(); currently
> +the kernel does not adjust its suspend and resume ordering to match the
> +new device tree.
>
> The policy is that the device tree should match hardware bus topology.
> (Or at least the control bus, for devices which use multiple busses.)
>
> +There is an unavoidable race between the PM core suspending all the
> +children of a device and the device's driver registering new children.
> +As a result, it is possible that the core may try to suspend a device
> +without first having suspended all of the device's children. Drivers
> +must check for this; a suspend method should return -EBUSY if there are
> +unsuspended children. (The child->power.sleeping field can be used
> +for this check.) In addition, it is illegal to register a child device

s/illegal/invalid/

> +below a suspended parent; hence suspend methods must synchronize with
> +other kernel threads that may attempt to add new children. The suspend
> +method must prevent new registrations and wait for concurrent registrations
> +to complete before it returns. New children may be added once more when
> +the resume method runs.
> +
> Suspending Devices
> ------------------
> @@ -387,7 +403,9 @@ while the system was powered off, whenev
> PCMCIA, MMC, USB, Firewire, SCSI, and even IDE are common examples of busses
> where common Linux platforms will see such removal. Details of how drivers
> will notice and handle such removals are currently bus-specific, and often
> -involve a separate thread.
> +involve a separate thread. Currently the kernel does not allow a suspend
> +or resume method to directly unregister the device being suspended or
> +resumed.
>
>
> Note that the bus-specific runtime PM wakeup mechanism can exist, and might
> Index: usb-2.6/include/linux/pm.h
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/include/linux/pm.h
> +++ usb-2.6/include/linux/pm.h
> @@ -180,8 +180,20 @@ typedef struct pm_message {
> #define PMSG_HIBERNATE ((struct pm_message){ .event = PM_EVENT_HIBERNATE, })
> #define PMSG_ON ((struct pm_message){ .event = PM_EVENT_ON, })
>
> +/* This records which method calls have been made, not the device's
> + * actual power state. It is read-only to drivers.
> + */
> +enum pm_sleep_state {

I'd call it dev_pm_state, in analogy with dev_pm_info etc.

> + PM_AWAKE, /* = 0, normal situation */
> + PM_SLEEPING, /* suspend method is running */
> + PM_ASLEEP, /* suspend method has returned */
> + PM_WAKING, /* resume method is running */
> + PM_GONE, /* device has been unregistered */
> +};
> +
> struct dev_pm_info {
> pm_message_t power_state;
> + enum pm_sleep_state sleeping;

In fact 'sleeping' doesn't look good in this context. 'pm_state' seems
better to me (although it is confusingly similar to 'power_state', we're going
to get rid of the latter anyway).

> unsigned can_wakeup:1;
> #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
> unsigned should_wakeup:1;
> Index: usb-2.6/drivers/base/power/power.h
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/base/power/power.h
> +++ usb-2.6/drivers/base/power/power.h
> @@ -11,28 +11,18 @@ static inline struct device *to_device(s
> return container_of(entry, struct device, power.entry);
> }
>
> -extern void device_pm_add(struct device *);
> +extern int device_pm_add(struct device *);
> extern void device_pm_remove(struct device *);
> -extern int pm_sleep_lock(void);
> -extern void pm_sleep_unlock(void);
>
> #else /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP */
>
>
> -static inline void device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
> -{
> -}
> -
> -static inline void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev)
> -{
> -}
> -
> -static inline int pm_sleep_lock(void)
> +static inline int device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static inline void pm_sleep_unlock(void)
> +static inline void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev)
> {
> }
>
> Index: usb-2.6/drivers/base/power/main.c
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/base/power/main.c
> +++ usb-2.6/drivers/base/power/main.c
> @@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(dpm_destroy);
>
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(dpm_list_mtx);
>
> -static DECLARE_RWSEM(pm_sleep_rwsem);
> +/* Protected by dpm_list_mtx */
> +static bool child_added_while_parent_suspends;

I don't like this name, but I have no better idea at the moment.

> +static bool all_devices_asleep;
>
> int (*platform_enable_wakeup)(struct device *dev, int is_on);
>
> @@ -62,14 +64,37 @@ int (*platform_enable_wakeup)(struct dev
> * device_pm_add - add a device to the list of active devices
> * @dev: Device to be added to the list
> */
> -void device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
> +int device_pm_add(struct device *dev)
> {
> + int rc = 0;
> +
> pr_debug("PM: Adding info for %s:%s\n",
> dev->bus ? dev->bus->name : "No Bus",
> kobject_name(&dev->kobj));
> mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> - list_add_tail(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_active);
> + if (dev->parent) {

Hmm.

Suppose we add a mutex to dev_pm_info, say pm_mtx, and require it to be:
(1) taken by suspend_device(dev) (at the beginning)
(2) released by resume_device(dev) (at the end)
(3) taken (and released) by device_pm_add() if dev is the parent of the device
being added.

In that case, device_pm_add() will block on attepmpts to register devices whose
parents are suspended (or suspending) and we're done. At least so it would
seem.

> + switch (dev->parent->power.sleeping) {
> + case PM_SLEEPING:
> + child_added_while_parent_suspends = true;
> + break;
> + case PM_ASLEEP:
> + dev_err(dev, "added while parent '%s' is asleep\n",
> + dev->parent->bus_id);
> + rc = -EHOSTDOWN;
> + break;
> + default:
> + break;
> + }
> + } else if (all_devices_asleep) {
> + dev_err(dev, "added while all devices are asleep\n");
> + rc = -ENETDOWN;
> + }

The error codes are a bit unusual, but whatever.

> + if (rc == 0)
> + list_add_tail(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_active);
> + else
> + dump_stack();
> mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> + return rc;
> }
>
> /**
> @@ -86,6 +111,7 @@ void device_pm_remove(struct device *dev
> mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> dpm_sysfs_remove(dev);
> list_del_init(&dev->power.entry);
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_GONE;
> mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> }
>
> @@ -107,31 +133,6 @@ void device_pm_schedule_removal(struct d
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_pm_schedule_removal);
>
> -/**
> - * pm_sleep_lock - mutual exclusion for registration and suspend
> - *
> - * Returns 0 if no suspend is underway and device registration
> - * may proceed, otherwise -EBUSY.
> - */
> -int pm_sleep_lock(void)
> -{
> - if (down_read_trylock(&pm_sleep_rwsem))
> - return 0;
> -
> - return -EBUSY;
> -}
> -
> -/**
> - * pm_sleep_unlock - mutual exclusion for registration and suspend
> - *
> - * This routine undoes the effect of device_pm_add_lock
> - * when a device's registration is complete.
> - */
> -void pm_sleep_unlock(void)
> -{
> - up_read(&pm_sleep_rwsem);
> -}
> -
>
> /*------------------------- Resume routines -------------------------*/
>
> @@ -242,14 +243,18 @@ static int resume_device(struct device *
> static void dpm_resume(void)
> {
> mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> + all_devices_asleep = false;
> while(!list_empty(&dpm_off)) {
> struct list_head *entry = dpm_off.next;
> struct device *dev = to_device(entry);
>
> list_move_tail(entry, &dpm_active);
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_WAKING;
> mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> resume_device(dev);
> mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> + if (dev->power.sleeping != PM_GONE)
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_AWAKE;
> }
> mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> }
> @@ -285,7 +290,6 @@ void device_resume(void)
> might_sleep();
> dpm_resume();
> unregister_dropped_devices();
> - up_write(&pm_sleep_rwsem);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_resume);
>
> @@ -421,9 +425,18 @@ static int dpm_suspend(pm_message_t stat
> struct list_head *entry = dpm_active.prev;
> struct device *dev = to_device(entry);
>
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_SLEEPING;
> + child_added_while_parent_suspends = false;
> mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> error = suspend_device(dev, state);
> + mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> if (error) {
> + if (dev->power.sleeping != PM_GONE)
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_AWAKE;
> + if (error == -EBUSY && entry != dpm_active.prev)
> + continue; /* A child was added before
> + * the device could suspend
> + */
> printk(KERN_ERR "Could not suspend device %s: "
> "error %d%s\n",
> kobject_name(&dev->kobj),
> @@ -433,10 +446,24 @@ static int dpm_suspend(pm_message_t stat
> ""));
> break;
> }
> - mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> - if (!list_empty(&dev->power.entry))
> - list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off);
> + if (dev->power.sleeping != PM_GONE) {
> + if (child_added_while_parent_suspends) {
> + dev_err(dev, "suspended while a child "
> + "was added\n");
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_WAKING;
> + mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);

This seems to be a weak spot. The resuming of the device at this point need
not work correctly, given that the system's target state is still a sleep
state.

> + resume_device(dev);
> + mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> + if (dev->power.sleeping != PM_GONE)
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_AWAKE;
> + } else {
> + dev->power.sleeping = PM_ASLEEP;
> + list_move(&dev->power.entry, &dpm_off);
> + }
> + }
> }
> + if (!error)
> + all_devices_asleep = true;
> mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
>
> return error;
> @@ -454,7 +481,6 @@ int device_suspend(pm_message_t state)
> int error;
>
> might_sleep();
> - down_write(&pm_sleep_rwsem);
> error = dpm_suspend(state);
> if (error)
> device_resume();
> Index: usb-2.6/drivers/base/core.c
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/base/core.c
> +++ usb-2.6/drivers/base/core.c
> @@ -815,10 +815,12 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
> error = dpm_sysfs_add(dev);
> if (error)
> goto PMError;
> - device_pm_add(dev);
> error = bus_add_device(dev);
> if (error)
> goto BusError;
> + error = device_pm_add(dev);
> + if (error)
> + goto PMAddError;
> kobject_uevent(&dev->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
> bus_attach_device(dev);
> if (parent)
> @@ -838,8 +840,9 @@ int device_add(struct device *dev)
> Done:
> put_device(dev);
> return error;
> + PMAddError:
> + bus_remove_device(dev);
> BusError:
> - device_pm_remove(dev);
> dpm_sysfs_remove(dev);
> PMError:
> if (dev->bus)

Well, I wish it could be simpler ...

Thanks,
Rafael


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