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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 30/30] locking/lockdep: Remove irq-safe to irq-unsafe read check
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 05:15:28PM +0800, Yuyang Du wrote:
> We have a lockdep warning:
>
> ========================================================
> WARNING: possible irq lock inversion dependency detected
> 5.1.0-rc7+ #141 Not tainted
> --------------------------------------------------------
> kworker/8:2/328 just changed the state of lock:
> 0000000007f1a95b (&(&host->lock)->rlock){-...}, at: ata_bmdma_interrupt+0x27/0x1c0 [libata]
> but this lock took another, HARDIRQ-READ-unsafe lock in the past:
> (&trig->leddev_list_lock){.+.?}
>
> and interrupts could create inverse lock ordering between them.
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
> Possible interrupt unsafe locking scenario:
>
> CPU0 CPU1
> ---- ----
> lock(&trig->leddev_list_lock);
> local_irq_disable();
> lock(&(&host->lock)->rlock);
> lock(&trig->leddev_list_lock);
> <Interrupt>
> lock(&(&host->lock)->rlock);
>
> *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> This splat is a false positive, which is enabled by the addition of

If so, I think the better way is to reorder this patch before recursive
read lock suppport, for better bisect-ability.

Regards,
Boqun

> recursive read locks in the graph. Specifically, trig->leddev_list_lock is a
> rwlock_t type, which was not in the graph before recursive read lock support
> was added in lockdep.
>
> This false positve is caused by a "false-positive" check in IRQ usage check.
>
> In mark_lock_irq(), the following checks are currently performed:
>
> ----------------------------------
> | -> | unsafe | read unsafe |
> |----------------------------------|
> | safe | F B | F* B* |
> |----------------------------------|
> | read safe | F* B* | - |
> ----------------------------------
>
> Where:
> F: check_usage_forwards
> B: check_usage_backwards
> *: check enabled by STRICT_READ_CHECKS
>
> But actually the safe -> unsafe read dependency does not create a deadlock
> scenario.
>
> Fix this by simply removing those two checks, and since safe read -> unsafe
> is indeed a problem, these checks are not actually strict per se, so remove
> the macro STRICT_READ_CHECKS, and we have the following checks:
>
> ----------------------------------
> | -> | unsafe | read unsafe |
> |----------------------------------|
> | safe | F B | - |
> |----------------------------------|
> | read safe | F B | - |
> ----------------------------------
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <duyuyang@gmail.com>
> ---
> kernel/locking/lockdep.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> index c7ba647..d12ab0e 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> @@ -3558,8 +3558,6 @@ static int SOFTIRQ_verbose(struct lock_class *class)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -#define STRICT_READ_CHECKS 1
> -
> static int (*state_verbose_f[])(struct lock_class *class) = {
> #define LOCKDEP_STATE(__STATE) \
> __STATE##_verbose,
> @@ -3605,7 +3603,7 @@ typedef int (*check_usage_f)(struct task_struct *, struct held_lock *,
> * Validate that the lock dependencies don't have conflicting usage
> * states.
> */
> - if ((!read || STRICT_READ_CHECKS) &&
> + if ((!read || !dir) &&
> !usage(curr, this, excl_bit, state_name(new_bit & ~LOCK_USAGE_READ_MASK)))
> return 0;
>
> @@ -3616,7 +3614,7 @@ typedef int (*check_usage_f)(struct task_struct *, struct held_lock *,
> if (!valid_state(curr, this, new_bit, excl_bit + LOCK_USAGE_READ_MASK))
> return 0;
>
> - if (STRICT_READ_CHECKS &&
> + if (dir &&
> !usage(curr, this, excl_bit + LOCK_USAGE_READ_MASK,
> state_name(new_bit + LOCK_USAGE_READ_MASK)))
> return 0;
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
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