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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next v6] mm/hotplug: silence a lockdep splat with printk()
On Fri 17-01-20 13:12:00, Qian Cai wrote:
> It is not that hard to trigger lockdep splats by calling printk from
> under zone->lock. Most of them are false positives caused by lock chains
> introduced early in the boot process and they do not cause any real
> problems (although most of the early boot lock dependencies could
> happen after boot as well). There are some console drivers which do
> allocate from the printk context as well and those should be fixed. In
> any case, false positives are not that trivial to workaround and it is
> far from optimal to lose lockdep functionality for something that is a
> non-issue.
>
> So change has_unmovable_pages() so that it no longer calls dump_page()
> itself - instead it returns a "struct page *" of the unmovable page back
> to the caller so that in the case of a has_unmovable_pages() failure,
> the caller can call dump_page() after releasing zone->lock. Also, make
> dump_page() is able to report a CMA page as well, so the reason string
> from has_unmovable_pages() can be removed.
>
> Even though has_unmovable_pages doesn't hold any reference to the
> returned page this should be reasonably safe for the purpose of
> reporting the page (dump_page) because it cannot be hotremoved in the
> context of memory unplug. The state of the page might change but that is
> the case even with the existing code as zone->lock only plays role for
> free pages.
>
> While at it, remove a similar but unnecessary debug-only printk() as
> well. A sample of one of those lockdep splats is,
>
> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> ------------------------------------------------------
> test.sh/8653 is trying to acquire lock:
> ffffffff865a4460 (console_owner){-.-.}, at:
> console_unlock+0x207/0x750
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> ffff88883fff3c58 (&(&zone->lock)->rlock){-.-.}, at:
> __offline_isolated_pages+0x179/0x3e0
>
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>
> -> #3 (&(&zone->lock)->rlock){-.-.}:
> __lock_acquire+0x5b3/0xb40
> lock_acquire+0x126/0x280
> _raw_spin_lock+0x2f/0x40
> rmqueue_bulk.constprop.21+0xb6/0x1160
> get_page_from_freelist+0x898/0x22c0
> __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x2f3/0x1cd0
> alloc_pages_current+0x9c/0x110
> allocate_slab+0x4c6/0x19c0
> new_slab+0x46/0x70
> ___slab_alloc+0x58b/0x960
> __slab_alloc+0x43/0x70
> __kmalloc+0x3ad/0x4b0
> __tty_buffer_request_room+0x100/0x250
> tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag+0x67/0x110
> pty_write+0xa2/0xf0
> n_tty_write+0x36b/0x7b0
> tty_write+0x284/0x4c0
> __vfs_write+0x50/0xa0
> vfs_write+0x105/0x290
> redirected_tty_write+0x6a/0xc0
> do_iter_write+0x248/0x2a0
> vfs_writev+0x106/0x1e0
> do_writev+0xd4/0x180
> __x64_sys_writev+0x45/0x50
> do_syscall_64+0xcc/0x76c
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
>
> -> #2 (&(&port->lock)->rlock){-.-.}:
> __lock_acquire+0x5b3/0xb40
> lock_acquire+0x126/0x280
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x50
> tty_port_tty_get+0x20/0x60
> tty_port_default_wakeup+0xf/0x30
> tty_port_tty_wakeup+0x39/0x40
> uart_write_wakeup+0x2a/0x40
> serial8250_tx_chars+0x22e/0x440
> serial8250_handle_irq.part.8+0x14a/0x170
> serial8250_default_handle_irq+0x5c/0x90
> serial8250_interrupt+0xa6/0x130
> __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x78/0x4f0
> handle_irq_event_percpu+0x70/0x100
> handle_irq_event+0x5a/0x8b
> handle_edge_irq+0x117/0x370
> do_IRQ+0x9e/0x1e0
> ret_from_intr+0x0/0x2a
> cpuidle_enter_state+0x156/0x8e0
> cpuidle_enter+0x41/0x70
> call_cpuidle+0x5e/0x90
> do_idle+0x333/0x370
> cpu_startup_entry+0x1d/0x1f
> start_secondary+0x290/0x330
> secondary_startup_64+0xb6/0xc0
>
> -> #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}:
> __lock_acquire+0x5b3/0xb40
> lock_acquire+0x126/0x280
> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3a/0x50
> serial8250_console_write+0x3e4/0x450
> univ8250_console_write+0x4b/0x60
> console_unlock+0x501/0x750
> vprintk_emit+0x10d/0x340
> vprintk_default+0x1f/0x30
> vprintk_func+0x44/0xd4
> printk+0x9f/0xc5
>
> -> #0 (console_owner){-.-.}:
> check_prev_add+0x107/0xea0
> validate_chain+0x8fc/0x1200
> __lock_acquire+0x5b3/0xb40
> lock_acquire+0x126/0x280
> console_unlock+0x269/0x750
> vprintk_emit+0x10d/0x340
> vprintk_default+0x1f/0x30
> vprintk_func+0x44/0xd4
> printk+0x9f/0xc5
> __offline_isolated_pages.cold.52+0x2f/0x30a
> offline_isolated_pages_cb+0x17/0x30
> walk_system_ram_range+0xda/0x160
> __offline_pages+0x79c/0xa10
> offline_pages+0x11/0x20
> memory_subsys_offline+0x7e/0xc0
> device_offline+0xd5/0x110
> state_store+0xc6/0xe0
> dev_attr_store+0x3f/0x60
> sysfs_kf_write+0x89/0xb0
> kernfs_fop_write+0x188/0x240
> __vfs_write+0x50/0xa0
> vfs_write+0x105/0x290
> ksys_write+0xc6/0x160
> __x64_sys_write+0x43/0x50
> do_syscall_64+0xcc/0x76c
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> Chain exists of:
> console_owner --> &(&port->lock)->rlock --> &(&zone->lock)->rlock
>
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> CPU0 CPU1
> ---- ----
> lock(&(&zone->lock)->rlock);
> lock(&(&port->lock)->rlock);
> lock(&(&zone->lock)->rlock);
> lock(console_owner);
>
> *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> 9 locks held by test.sh/8653:
> #0: ffff88839ba7d408 (sb_writers#4){.+.+}, at:
> vfs_write+0x25f/0x290
> #1: ffff888277618880 (&of->mutex){+.+.}, at:
> kernfs_fop_write+0x128/0x240
> #2: ffff8898131fc218 (kn->count#115){.+.+}, at:
> kernfs_fop_write+0x138/0x240
> #3: ffffffff86962a80 (device_hotplug_lock){+.+.}, at:
> lock_device_hotplug_sysfs+0x16/0x50
> #4: ffff8884374f4990 (&dev->mutex){....}, at:
> device_offline+0x70/0x110
> #5: ffffffff86515250 (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}, at:
> __offline_pages+0xbf/0xa10
> #6: ffffffff867405f0 (mem_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}, at:
> percpu_down_write+0x87/0x2f0
> #7: ffff88883fff3c58 (&(&zone->lock)->rlock){-.-.}, at:
> __offline_isolated_pages+0x179/0x3e0
> #8: ffffffff865a4920 (console_lock){+.+.}, at:
> vprintk_emit+0x100/0x340
>
> stack backtrace:
> Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL560 Gen10/ProLiant DL560 Gen10,
> BIOS U34 05/21/2019
> Call Trace:
> dump_stack+0x86/0xca
> print_circular_bug.cold.31+0x243/0x26e
> check_noncircular+0x29e/0x2e0
> check_prev_add+0x107/0xea0
> validate_chain+0x8fc/0x1200
> __lock_acquire+0x5b3/0xb40
> lock_acquire+0x126/0x280
> console_unlock+0x269/0x750
> vprintk_emit+0x10d/0x340
> vprintk_default+0x1f/0x30
> vprintk_func+0x44/0xd4
> printk+0x9f/0xc5
> __offline_isolated_pages.cold.52+0x2f/0x30a
> offline_isolated_pages_cb+0x17/0x30
> walk_system_ram_range+0xda/0x160
> __offline_pages+0x79c/0xa10
> offline_pages+0x11/0x20
> memory_subsys_offline+0x7e/0xc0
> device_offline+0xd5/0x110
> state_store+0xc6/0xe0
> dev_attr_store+0x3f/0x60
> sysfs_kf_write+0x89/0xb0
> kernfs_fop_write+0x188/0x240
> __vfs_write+0x50/0xa0
> vfs_write+0x105/0x290
> ksys_write+0xc6/0x160
> __x64_sys_write+0x43/0x50
> do_syscall_64+0xcc/0x76c
> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
>
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
--
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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