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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Subject: [patch 1/2] rtmutex: Fix deadlock detector for real
Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 20:03:26 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140514200104.569449934@linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20140514195705.618583609@linutronix.de

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The current deadlock detection logic does not work reliably due to the
following early exit path:

	/*
	 * Drop out, when the task has no waiters. Note,
	 * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting
	 * mode!
	 */
	if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) ||
			   top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)))
		goto out_unlock_pi;

So this not only exits when the task has no waiters, it also exits
unconditionally when the current waiter is not the top priority waiter
of the task.

So in a nested locking scenario, it might abort the lock chain walk
and therefor miss a potential deadlock.

Simple fix: Continue the chain walk, when deadlock detection is
enabled.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c |   22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -343,16 +343,24 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st
 	 * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting
 	 * mode!
 	 */
-	if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) ||
-			   top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)))
-		goto out_unlock_pi;
+	if (top_waiter) {
+		if (!task_has_pi_waiters(task))
+			goto out_unlock_pi;
+
+		if (top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)) {
+			if (!detect_deadlock)
+				goto out_unlock_pi;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * When deadlock detection is off then we check, if further
 	 * priority adjustment is necessary.
 	 */
-	if (!detect_deadlock && waiter->prio == task->prio)
-		goto out_unlock_pi;
+	if (waiter->prio == task->prio) {
+		if (!detect_deadlock)
+			goto out_unlock_pi;
+	}
 
 	lock = waiter->lock;
 	if (!raw_spin_trylock(&lock->wait_lock)) {
@@ -527,6 +535,10 @@ static int task_blocks_on_rt_mutex(struc
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int chain_walk = 0, res;
 
+	/* Early deadlock detection */
+	if (detect_deadlock && owner == task)
+		return -EDEADLK;
+
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&task->pi_lock, flags);
 	__rt_mutex_adjust_prio(task);
 	waiter->task = task;



  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-14 20:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-14 20:03 [patch 0/2] rtmutex: Fix the deadlock detector for real Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-14 20:03 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2014-05-14 20:03 ` [patch 2/2] rtmutex: Avoid pointless requeueing in the deadlock detection chain walk Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-15  6:47   ` Ingo Molnar
2014-05-15 21:49     ` Steven Rostedt
2014-05-15 17:04   ` Steven Rostedt
2014-05-20  0:43     ` Thomas Gleixner
2014-05-20  1:29       ` Steven Rostedt
2014-05-15 21:39   ` Steven Rostedt

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