[PATCH v8 1/8] softirq: reorder trace_softirqs_on to prevent lockdep splat

Joel Fernandes
2018-05-30T00:06:59Z

I'm able to reproduce a lockdep splat with config options:
CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y,
CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y and
CONFIG_PREEMPTIRQ_EVENTS=y

$ echo 1 > /d/tracing/events/preemptirq/preempt_enable/enable

[ 26.112609] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->softirqs_enabled)
[ 26.112636] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 118 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3854
[...]
[ 26.144229] Call Trace:
[ 26.144926] <IRQ>
[ 26.145506] lock_acquire+0x55/0x1b0
[ 26.146499] ? __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
[ 26.147571] ? __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
[ 26.148646] trace_preempt_on+0x8f/0x240
[ 26.149744] ? trace_preempt_on+0x4d/0x240
[ 26.150862] ? __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
[ 26.151930] preempt_count_sub+0x18a/0x1a0
[ 26.152985] __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
[ 26.153937] irq_exit+0x68/0xe0
[ 26.154755] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x271/0x280
[ 26.156056] apic_timer_interrupt+0xf/0x20
[ 26.157105] </IRQ>

The issue was this:

preempt_count = 1 << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT

__local_bh_enable(cnt = 1 << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT) {
if (softirq_count() == (cnt && SOFTIRQ_MASK)) {
trace_softirqs_on() {
current->softirqs_enabled = 1;
}
}
preempt_count_sub(cnt) {
trace_preempt_on() {
tracepoint() {
rcu_read_lock_sched() {
// jumps into lockdep

Where preempt_count still has softirqs disabled, but
current->softirqs_enabled is true, and we get a splat.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Fixes: d59158162e032 ("tracing: Add support for preempt and irq enable/disable events")
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
---
kernel/softirq.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 177de3640c78..8a040bcaa033 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -139,9 +139,13 @@ static void __local_bh_enable(unsigned int cnt)
{
lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();

+ if (preempt_count() == cnt)
+ trace_preempt_on(CALLER_ADDR0, get_lock_parent_ip());
+
if (softirq_count() == (cnt & SOFTIRQ_MASK))
trace_softirqs_on(_RET_IP_);
- preempt_count_sub(cnt);
+
+ __preempt_count_sub(cnt);
}

/*
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