Re: BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS too low!

[Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>]

[Cc lock folks]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 02:47:42PM +0500, Mikhail Gavrilov wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:21 PM David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 01:27:48AM +0500, Mikhail Gavrilov wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 9:47 PM David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 05:32:54PM +0500, Mikhail Gavrilov wrote:
> > > > > Hi guys.
> > > > > Always with intensive writing on a btrfs volume, the message "BUG:
> > > > > MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS too low!" appears in the kernel logs.
> > > >
> > > > Increase the config value of LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS, default is 16, 18
> > > > tends to work.
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > Today I was able to get the message "BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS too
> > > low!" again even with LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS=18 and kernel 6.2-rc5.
> > >
> > > ❯ cat /boot/config-`uname -r` | grep LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS
> > > CONFIG_LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS=18
> > >
> > > [88685.088099] BUG: MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS too low!
> > > [88685.088124] turning off the locking correctness validator.
> > > [88685.088133] Please attach the output of /proc/lock_stat to the bug report
> > > [88685.088142] CPU: 14 PID: 1749746 Comm: mv Tainted: G        W    L
> > >   -------  ---  6.2.0-0.rc5.20230123git2475bf0250de.38.fc38.x86_64 #1
> > > [88685.088154] Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product
> > > Name/ROG STRIX X570-I GAMING, BIOS 4408 10/28/2022
> > >
> > > What's next? Increase this value to 19?
> >
> > Yes, though increasing the value is a workaround so you may see the
> > warning again.
> 
> Is there any sense in this WARNING if we would ignore it and every
> time increase the threshold value?

Lockdep uses static allocated array to track lock holdings chains to
avoid dynmaic memory allocation in its own code. So if you see the
warning it means your test has more combination of lock holdings than
the array can record. In other words, you reach the resource limitation,
and in that sense it makes sense to just ignore it and increase the
value: you want to give lockdep enough resource to work, right?

> May Be set 99 right away? Or remove such a check condition?

That requires having 2^99 * 5 * sizeof(u16) memory for lock holding
chains array..

However, a few other options we can try in lockdep are:

*	warn but not turn off the lockdep: the lock holding chain is
	only a cache for what lock holding combination lockdep has ever
	see, we also record the dependency in the graph. Without the
	lock holding chain, lockdep can still work but just slower.

*	allow dynmaic memory allocation in lockdep: I think this might
	be OK since we have lockdep_recursion to avoid lockdep code ->
	mm code -> lockdep code -> mm code ... deadlock. But maybe I'm
	missing something. And even we allow it, the use of memory
	doesn't change, you will still need that amout of memory to
	track lock holding chains.

I'm not sure whether these options are better than just increasing the
number, maybe to unblock your ASAP, you can try make it 30 and make sure
you have large enough memory to test.

Regards,
Boqun

> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Mike Gavrilov.