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SubjectRe: [PATCH] percpu: use raw_local_irq_* in _this_cpu op
On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:30:06AM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 07:03:38PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> >> It doesn't make sense to trace irq off or do irq flags
> >> lock proving inside 'this_cpu' operations, so replace local_irq_*
> >> with raw_local_irq_* in 'this_cpu' op.
> >>
> >> Also the patch fixes one lockdep warning[1], which is caused
> >> by the added local_irq_save/restore(flags) in this_cpu_inc
> >> called by __debug_atomic_inc: kernel/lockdep.c
> >
> > I think this isn't gonna hurt anything but I don't understand why the
> > lockdep warning is triggering when using traced version. ?Can you
> > please explain that in a bit more detail in the patch description?
>
> In trace_hardirqs_on_caller:kernel/lockdep.c, __debug_atomic_inc
> will be called to add on 'this_cpu' variable, so may introduce recursive
> trace_hardirqs_on|off_caller called.

Don't we need to prevent this kind of recursion first?

UNTESTED patch, I guess it'll smooth your concern.
---
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 8889f7d..028b4c5 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -2561,6 +2561,8 @@ void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
if (unlikely(!debug_locks || current->lockdep_recursion))
return;

+ current->lockdep_recursion = 1;
+
if (unlikely(current->hardirqs_enabled)) {
/*
* Neither irq nor preemption are disabled here
@@ -2568,7 +2570,7 @@ void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
* in a stat is not a big deal.
*/
__debug_atomic_inc(redundant_hardirqs_on);
- return;
+ goto out;
}

/*
@@ -2577,23 +2579,24 @@ void trace_hardirqs_on_caller(unsigned long ip)
* enabled.. someone messed up their IRQ state tracing.
*/
if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()))
- return;
+ goto out;

/*
* See the fine text that goes along with this variable definition.
*/
if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(unlikely(early_boot_irqs_disabled)))
- return;
+ goto out;

/*
* Can't allow enabling interrupts while in an interrupt handler,
* that's general bad form and such. Recursion, limited stack etc..
*/
if (DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->hardirq_context))
- return;
+ goto out;

- current->lockdep_recursion = 1;
__trace_hardirqs_on_caller(ip);
+
+out:
current->lockdep_recursion = 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(trace_hardirqs_on_caller);

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