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[68.147.0.187]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l10-20020a056a00140a00b004c55d0dcbd1sm20516065pfu.120.2022.03.29.08.08.47 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 29 Mar 2022 08:08:48 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:08:46 -0600 From: Mathieu Poirier To: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno Cc: bjorn.andersson@linaro.org, matthias.bgg@gmail.com, pihsun@chromium.org, linux-remoteproc@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel@collabora.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] rpmsg: mtk_rpmsg: Fix circular locking dependency Message-ID: <20220329150846.GA3767550@p14s> References: <20220114144737.375621-1-angelogioacchino.delregno@collabora.com> <20220217190349.GA477215@p14s> <20220218180111.GA574087@p14s> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20220329_080851_441878_AD29EEB8 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 50.82 ) X-BeenThere: linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "Linux-mediatek" Errors-To: linux-mediatek-bounces+linux-mediatek=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 12:55:33PM +0200, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote: > Il 18/02/22 19:01, Mathieu Poirier ha scritto: > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 10:16:51AM +0100, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote: > > > Il 17/02/22 20:03, Mathieu Poirier ha scritto: > > > > Hi Angelo, > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 03:47:37PM +0100, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno wrote: > > > > > During execution of the worker that's used to register rpmsg devices > > > > > we are safely locking the channels mutex but, when creating a new > > > > > endpoint for such devices, we are registering a IPI on the SCP, which > > > > > then makes the SCP to trigger an interrupt, lock its own mutex and in > > > > > turn register more subdevices. > > > > > This creates a circular locking dependency situation, as the mtk_rpmsg > > > > > channels_lock will then depend on the SCP IPI lock. > > > > > > > > > > [ 18.014514] Possible unsafe locking scenario: > > > > > [ 18.014515] CPU0 CPU1 > > > > > [ 18.014517] ---- ---- > > > > > [ 18.045467] lock(&mtk_subdev->channels_lock); > > > > > [ 18.045474] lock(&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock); > > > > > > > > I spent well over an hour tracing through the meanders of the code to end up in > > > > scp_ipi_register() which, I think, leads to the above. But from there I don't > > > > see how an IPI can come in and that tells me my assumption is wrong. > > > > > > > > Can you give more details on the events that lead to the above? I'm not saying > > > > there is no problem, I just need to understand it. > > > > > > > > > > Hi Mathieu, > > > > > > I understand that following this flow without the assistance of the actual > > > hardware may be a little confusing, so, no worries. > > > > > > drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp.c - this driver manages the SCP (obviously, a > > > remote processor) > > > drivers/remoteproc/mtk_scp_ipi.c - public functions for kernel SCP IPC > > > > > > Flow: > > > - MediaTek SCP gets probed > > > - RPMSG starts, we start probing "something", like google,cros-ec-rpmsg > > > - mtk_rpmsg: creates endpoint; IPI handler is registered here. > > > > > > ( more flow ) > > > > > > - mtk_rpmsg: mtk_rpmsg_ns_cb() -> mtk_rpmsg_create_device(), channel is > > > added to the channels list, worker gets scheduled > > > > To me the above is out of order. The name space endpoint is registered as part > > of the remote processor start sequence. From there an IPI with ns_ipi_id comes in > > and then cros_ec_rpmsg_probe() is called. The above seems to imply the > > opposite. > > > > > > > > > > > Now for the part that produces the real issue: > > > > > > label_a: > > > > > > *** RPMSG MUTEX LOCK *** > > > > By this I take you mean the subdev->channels_lock mutex. > > > > > - mtk_rpmsg: ## Go through multiple channels ##, call mtk_rpmsg_register_device() > > > > > > - Registered device tries to communicate through RPMSG > > > - .send() or .trysend() (depending on the device) is called: send_ipi() > > > *** SCP MUTEX LOCK *** > > > > And this one is either scp->send_lock or scp->ipi_desc[i].lock. > > > > > - mtk_scp_ipi: Data written, ACK? ok -> return 0 > > > *** SCP MUTEX UNLOCK *** > > > > > > - mtk_scp_ipi: **** INTERRUPT!!! **** New RPMSG NS available? -> create channel > > > goto label_a; > > > > > > *** RPMSG MUTEX UNLOCK *** > > > > > > > > > Pardon me for keeping some things in this flow implicit, but that was done to > > > simplify it as much as possible as to try to make you understand the situation. > > > > I certainly appreciate the effort but the above does not provide me with a clear > > path that causes the lock to happen. As I said in my last reply I don't doubt > > there is a lock contention but the provided information doesn't allow to > > understand how it happens. > > > > All I am looking for is one scenario with all mutexes and functions calls > > involved. > > > > Hello Mathieu, > I'm sorry for leaving this unresolved for a long time, had to work on other > things in the meanwhile. > I also had to move on and as such details related to this patch have mostly vanished from my memory. > I'm not sure what you need, can you please help me to give you the > issue background that you require? > > In the meanwhile, here's full debugging info coming from the kmsg: > > https://paste.debian.net/1235967/ I will review this pastebin along with the explanation you had provided earlier in this thread - maybe I'll get it this time... But that will take some time as I have 5 other patchsets to review before looking at this again. > > Thanks, > Angelo > > > Thanks, > > Mathieu > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Angelo > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mathieu > > > > > > > > > [ 18.228399] lock(&mtk_subdev->channels_lock); > > > > > [ 18.228405] lock(&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock); > > > > > [ 18.264405] > > > > > > > > > > To solve this, simply unlock the channels_lock mutex before calling > > > > > mtk_rpmsg_register_device() and relock it right after, as safety is > > > > > still ensured by the locking mechanism that happens right after > > > > > through SCP. > > > > > Notably, mtk_rpmsg_register_device() does not even require locking. > > > > > > > > > > Fixes: 7017996951fd ("rpmsg: add rpmsg support for mt8183 SCP.") > > > > > Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno > > > > > --- > > > > > drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c | 2 ++ > > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c b/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c > > > > > index 5b4404b8be4c..d1213c33da20 100644 > > > > > --- a/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c > > > > > +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c > > > > > @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ static void mtk_register_device_work_function(struct work_struct *register_work) > > > > > if (info->registered) > > > > > continue; > > > > > + mutex_unlock(&subdev->channels_lock); > > > > > ret = mtk_rpmsg_register_device(subdev, &info->info); > > > > > + mutex_lock(&subdev->channels_lock); > > > > > if (ret) { > > > > > dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't create rpmsg_device\n"); > > > > > continue; > > > > > -- > > > > > 2.33.1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-mediatek mailing list Linux-mediatek@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-mediatek