Re: [PATCH 0/3] memory_hotplug: hyperv: fix deadlock between memory adding and onlining

Vitaly Kuznetsov
2015-02-12T15:40:27Z

David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Feb 2015, David Rientjes wrote:
>
>> > If newly added memory is brought online with e.g. udev rule:
>> > SUBSYSTEM=="memory", ACTION=="add", ATTR{state}="online"
>> > the following deadlock is observed (and easily reproducable):
>> >
>> > First participant, worker thread doing add_memory():
>> >
>> > [ 724.948846] kworker/0:1 D ffff88000412f9c8 13248 27 2 0x00000000
>> > [ 724.973543] Workqueue: events hot_add_req [hv_balloon]
>> > [ 724.991736] ffff88000412f9c8 0000000000000000 ffff88003fa1dc30 00000000000151c0
>> > [ 725.019725] 0000000000000246 ffff88000412ffd8 00000000000151c0 ffff88003a77a4e0
>> > [ 725.046486] ffff88003fa1dc30 00000001032a6000 ffff88003a7ca838 ffff88003a7ca898
>> > [ 725.072969] Call Trace:
>> > [ 725.082690] [<ffffffff81aac0a9>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x29/0x70
>> > [ 725.103799] [<ffffffff81aae33b>] mutex_lock_nested+0x14b/0x470
>> > [ 725.122367] [<ffffffff815ed773>] ? device_attach+0x23/0xb0
>> > [ 725.140992] [<ffffffff815ed773>] device_attach+0x23/0xb0
>> > [ 725.159131] [<ffffffff815ecba0>] bus_probe_device+0xb0/0xe0
>> > [ 725.177055] [<ffffffff815ea693>] device_add+0x443/0x650
>> > [ 725.195558] [<ffffffff815ea8be>] device_register+0x1e/0x30
>> > [ 725.213133] [<ffffffff81601790>] init_memory_block+0xd0/0xf0
>> > [ 725.231533] [<ffffffff816018f1>] register_new_memory+0xb1/0xd0
>> > [ 725.250769] [<ffffffff81a961cf>] __add_pages+0x13f/0x250
>> > [ 725.269642] [<ffffffff81063770>] ? arch_add_memory+0x70/0xf0
>> > [ 725.288764] [<ffffffff81063770>] arch_add_memory+0x70/0xf0
>> > [ 725.306117] [<ffffffff81a95f8f>] add_memory+0xef/0x1f0
>> > [ 725.322466] [<ffffffffa00293af>] hot_add_req+0x33f/0xf90 [hv_balloon]
>> > [ 725.342777] [<ffffffff8109509f>] process_one_work+0x1df/0x4e0
>> > [ 725.361459] [<ffffffff8109502d>] ? process_one_work+0x16d/0x4e0
>> > [ 725.380390] [<ffffffff810954bb>] worker_thread+0x11b/0x450
>> > [ 725.397684] [<ffffffff810953a0>] ? process_one_work+0x4e0/0x4e0
>> > [ 725.416533] [<ffffffff8109ac33>] kthread+0xf3/0x110
>> > [ 725.433372] [<ffffffff8109ab40>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x240/0x240
>> > [ 725.453749] [<ffffffff81ab1dfc>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
>> > [ 725.470994] [<ffffffff8109ab40>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x240/0x240
>> > [ 725.491469] 6 locks held by kworker/0:1/27:
>> > [ 725.505037] #0: ("events"){......}, at: [<ffffffff8109502d>] process_one_work+0x16d/0x4e0
>> > [ 725.533370] #1: ((&dm_device.ha_wrk.wrk)){......}, at: [<ffffffff8109502d>] process_one_work+0x16d/0x4e0
>> > [ 725.565580] #2: (mem_hotplug.lock){......}, at: [<ffffffff811e6525>] mem_hotplug_begin+0x5/0x80
>> > [ 725.594369] #3: (mem_hotplug.lock#2){......}, at: [<ffffffff811e656f>] mem_hotplug_begin+0x4f/0x80
>> > [ 725.628554] #4: (mem_sysfs_mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff81601873>] register_new_memory+0x33/0xd0
>> > [ 725.658519] #5: (&dev->mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff815ed773>] device_attach+0x23/0xb0
>> >
>> > Second participant, udev:
>> >
>> > [ 725.750889] systemd-udevd D ffff88003b94fc68 14016 888 530 0x00000004
>> > [ 725.773767] ffff88003b94fc68 0000000000000000 ffff8800034949c0 00000000000151c0
>> > [ 725.798332] ffffffff8210d980 ffff88003b94ffd8 00000000000151c0 ffff880037a69270
>> > [ 725.822841] ffff8800034949c0 0000000100000001 ffff8800034949c0 ffffffff81ff2b48
>> > [ 725.849184] Call Trace:
>> > [ 725.858987] [<ffffffff81aac0a9>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x29/0x70
>> > [ 725.879231] [<ffffffff81aae33b>] mutex_lock_nested+0x14b/0x470
>> > [ 725.897860] [<ffffffff811e656f>] ? mem_hotplug_begin+0x4f/0x80
>> > [ 725.916698] [<ffffffff811e656f>] mem_hotplug_begin+0x4f/0x80
>> > [ 725.935064] [<ffffffff811e6525>] ? mem_hotplug_begin+0x5/0x80
>> > [ 725.953464] [<ffffffff81a9631b>] online_pages+0x3b/0x520
>> > [ 725.971542] [<ffffffff815eb0b3>] ? device_online+0x23/0xa0
>> > [ 725.989207] [<ffffffff81601524>] memory_subsys_online+0x64/0xc0
>> > [ 726.008513] [<ffffffff815eb0fd>] device_online+0x6d/0xa0
>> > [ 726.025579] [<ffffffff816012eb>] store_mem_state+0x5b/0xe0
>> > [ 726.043400] [<ffffffff815e8258>] dev_attr_store+0x18/0x30
>> > [ 726.060506] [<ffffffff8127a808>] sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x60
>> > [ 726.077940] [<ffffffff81279d1b>] kernfs_fop_write+0x13b/0x1a0
>> > [ 726.099416] [<ffffffff811f9f67>] vfs_write+0xb7/0x1f0
>> > [ 726.115748] [<ffffffff811fabf8>] SyS_write+0x58/0xd0
>> > [ 726.131933] [<ffffffff81ab1ea9>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17
>> > [ 726.150691] 7 locks held by systemd-udevd/888:
>> > [ 726.165044] #0: (sb_writers#3){......}, at: [<ffffffff811fa063>] vfs_write+0x1b3/0x1f0
>> > [ 726.192422] #1: (&of->mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff81279c46>] kernfs_fop_write+0x66/0x1a0
>> > [ 726.220289] #2: (s_active#60){......}, at: [<ffffffff81279c4e>] kernfs_fop_write+0x6e/0x1a0
>> > [ 726.249382] #3: (device_hotplug_lock){......}, at: [<ffffffff815e9c15>] lock_device_hotplug_sysfs+0x15/0x50
>> > [ 726.281901] #4: (&dev->mutex){......}, at: [<ffffffff815eb0b3>] device_online+0x23/0xa0
>> > [ 726.308619] #5: (mem_hotplug.lock){......}, at: [<ffffffff811e6525>] mem_hotplug_begin+0x5/0x80
>> > [ 726.337994] #6: (mem_hotplug.lock#2){......}, at: [<ffffffff811e656f>] mem_hotplug_begin+0x4f/0x80
>> >
>> > In short: onlining grabs device lock and then tries to do mem_hotplug_begin()
>> > while add_memory() is between mem_hotplug_begin() and mem_hotplug_done() and it
>> > tries grabbing device lock.
>> >
>> > To my understanding ACPI memory hotplug doesn't have the same issue as
>> > device_hotplug_lock is being grabbed when the ACPI device is added.
>> >
>> > Solve the issue by grabbing device_hotplug_lock before doing add_memory(). If
>> > we do that, lock_device_hotplug_sysfs() will cause syscall retry which will
>> > eventually succeed. To support the change we need to export lock_device_hotplug/
>> > unlock_device_hotplug. This approach can be completely wrong though.
>>
>> Saying the approach could be completely wrong doesn't inspire a lot of
>> confidence. I assume this output is from the hung task detector, is there
>> any other lockdep output that suggests there's a possible deadlock?
>>
>
> Ok, I looked at this and the problem is that kworker/0 is onlining memory
> and serializes memory hot-add with mem_hotplug_begin() before registering
> the new memory block. This is the appropriate lock ordering, we want to
> do mem_hotplug_begin() before device_lock(dev) which takes dev->mutex
> since we must disallow concurrent hot-add events from looking up the same
> memory block.
>
> The issue only arises when systemd-udevd takes device_lock(dev) to
> transition a memory block from offline to online and
> memory_subsys_online() callbacks require mem_hotplug_begin().
>
> Understanding this is pretty simple: in the kworker/0 case, we must create
> a memory block and add the range by probing; in the systemd-udevd case, we
> already have a memory block and need to transition its state.
>
> Your approach to resolve this dependency is to serialize all of this with
> device_hotplug_lock so that only one thread can be doing
> mem_hotplug_begin() -> device_lock() or device_lock() ->
> mem_hotplug_begin() at a time. I don't think resolving a locking
> dependency is appropriate by just serializing them with another lock;
> rather, I think the solution is to truly make one lock depend on the other
> for memory hotplug.
>
> I already mentioned that the appropriate lock ordering is
> mem_hotplug_begin() -> device_lock() since we can't possibly know the
> device that we are onlining for probe (we must create a new device, it
> didn't exist before probe).
>
> So all we need to do is require store_mem_state() to take
> mem_hotplug_begin() before doing device_online() and requiring all
> memory_subsys_online() callbacks to assume the protection, which they
> already require anyway.
>
> Could you try this patch out instead of your series? I did it for memory
> hot-remove as well just to simplify the dependency, but it would also be
> possible to just do mem_hotplug_begin() when onlining since we already
> have the memory block registered for hot-remove. It's simpler this
> way.

Thanks, I tested your patch and it also solves the issue. Haven't tested
hotremove though (as it is not supported by Hyper-V).

I also agree this approach is better. Please let me know in case you
want me to send it out.

> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
> --- a/drivers/base/memory.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
> @@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ static bool pages_correctly_reserved(unsigned long start_pfn)
> /*
> * MEMORY_HOTPLUG depends on SPARSEMEM in mm/Kconfig, so it is
> * OK to have direct references to sparsemem variables in here.
> + * Must already be protected by mem_hotplug_begin().
> */
> static int
> memory_block_action(unsigned long phys_index, unsigned long action, int online_type)
> @@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ static int memory_subsys_online(struct device *dev)
> if (mem->online_type < 0)
> mem->online_type = MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP;
>
> + /* Already under protection of mem_hotplug_begin() */
> ret = memory_block_change_state(mem, MEM_ONLINE, MEM_OFFLINE);
>
> /* clear online_type */
> @@ -328,17 +330,19 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
> goto err;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * Memory hotplug needs to hold mem_hotplug_begin() for probe to find
> + * the correct memory block to online before doing device_online(dev),
> + * which will take dev->mutex. Take the lock early to prevent an
> + * inversion, memory_subsys_online() callbacks will be implemented by
> + * assuming it's already protected.
> + */
> + mem_hotplug_begin();
> +
> switch (online_type) {
> case MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL:
> case MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE:
> case MMOP_ONLINE_KEEP:
> - /*
> - * mem->online_type is not protected so there can be a
> - * race here. However, when racing online, the first
> - * will succeed and the second will just return as the
> - * block will already be online. The online type
> - * could be either one, but that is expected.
> - */
> mem->online_type = online_type;
> ret = device_online(&mem->dev);
> break;
> @@ -349,6 +353,8 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev,
> ret = -EINVAL; /* should never happen */
> }
>
> + mem_hotplug_done();
> +
> err:
> unlock_device_hotplug();
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> --- a/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> +++ b/include/linux/memory_hotplug.h
> @@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ extern void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long ingo, struct page *page,
> void get_online_mems(void);
> void put_online_mems(void);
>
> +void mem_hotplug_begin(void);
> +void mem_hotplug_done(void);
> +
> #else /* ! CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
> /*
> * Stub functions for when hotplug is off
> @@ -231,6 +234,9 @@ static inline int try_online_node(int nid)
> static inline void get_online_mems(void) {}
> static inline void put_online_mems(void) {}
>
> +static inline void mem_hotplug_begin(void) {}
> +static inline void mem_hotplug_done(void) {}
> +
> #endif /* ! CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG */
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
> diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void put_online_mems(void)
>
> }
>
> -static void mem_hotplug_begin(void)
> +void mem_hotplug_begin(void)
> {
> mem_hotplug.active_writer = current;
>
> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static void mem_hotplug_begin(void)
> }
> }
>
> -static void mem_hotplug_done(void)
> +void mem_hotplug_done(void)
> {
> mem_hotplug.active_writer = NULL;
> mutex_unlock(&mem_hotplug.lock);
> @@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ static void node_states_set_node(int node, struct memory_notify *arg)
> }
>
> +/* Must be protected by mem_hotplug_begin() */
> int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_type)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> @@ -969,7 +970,6 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
> int ret;
> struct memory_notify arg;
>
> - mem_hotplug_begin();
> /*
> * This doesn't need a lock to do pfn_to_page().
> * The section can't be removed here because of the
> @@ -977,21 +977,20 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
> */
> zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(pfn));
>
> - ret = -EINVAL;
> if ((zone_idx(zone) > ZONE_NORMAL ||
> online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE) &&
> !can_online_high_movable(zone))
> - goto out;
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_KERNEL &&
> zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE) {
> if (move_pfn_range_left(zone - 1, zone, pfn, pfn + nr_pages))
> - goto out;
> + return -EINVAL;
> }
> if (online_type == MMOP_ONLINE_MOVABLE &&
> zone_idx(zone) == ZONE_MOVABLE - 1) {
> if (move_pfn_range_right(zone, zone + 1, pfn, pfn + nr_pages))
> - goto out;
> + return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> /* Previous code may changed the zone of the pfn range */
> @@ -1007,7 +1006,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
> ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
> if (ret) {
> memory_notify(MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE, &arg);
> - goto out;
> + return ret;
> }
> /*
> * If this zone is not populated, then it is not in zonelist.
> @@ -1031,7 +1030,7 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
> (((unsigned long long) pfn + nr_pages)
> << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
> memory_notify(MEM_CANCEL_ONLINE, &arg);
> - goto out;
> + return ret;
> }
>
> zone->present_pages += onlined_pages;
> @@ -1061,9 +1060,8 @@ int __ref online_pages(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages, int online_typ
>
> if (onlined_pages)
> memory_notify(MEM_ONLINE, &arg);
> -out:
> - mem_hotplug_done();
> - return ret;
> +
> + return 0;
> }
> #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE */
>
> @@ -1684,21 +1682,18 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn,
> if (!test_pages_in_a_zone(start_pfn, end_pfn))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> - mem_hotplug_begin();
> -
> zone = page_zone(pfn_to_page(start_pfn));
> node = zone_to_nid(zone);
> nr_pages = end_pfn - start_pfn;
>
> - ret = -EINVAL;
> if (zone_idx(zone) <= ZONE_NORMAL && !can_offline_normal(zone, nr_pages))
> - goto out;
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> /* set above range as isolated */
> ret = start_isolate_page_range(start_pfn, end_pfn,
> MIGRATE_MOVABLE, true);
> if (ret)
> - goto out;
> + return ret;
>
> arg.start_pfn = start_pfn;
> arg.nr_pages = nr_pages;
> @@ -1791,7 +1786,6 @@ repeat:
> writeback_set_ratelimit();
>
> memory_notify(MEM_OFFLINE, &arg);
> - mem_hotplug_done();
> return 0;
>
> failed_removal:
> @@ -1801,12 +1795,10 @@ failed_removal:
> memory_notify(MEM_CANCEL_OFFLINE, &arg);
> /* pushback to free area */
> undo_isolate_page_range(start_pfn, end_pfn, MIGRATE_MOVABLE);
> -
> -out:
> - mem_hotplug_done();
> return ret;
> }
>
> +/* Must be protected by mem_hotplug_begin() */
> int offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
> {
> return __offline_pages(start_pfn, start_pfn + nr_pages, 120 * HZ);

--
Vitaly