[PATCH 5.4 096/132] regulator: push allocation in regulator_init_coupling() outside of lock

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2020-09-15T23:55:15Z

From: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>

commit 73a32129f8ccb556704a26b422f54e048bf14bd0 upstream.

Allocating memory with regulator_list_mutex held makes lockdep unhappy
when memory pressure makes the system do fs_reclaim on eg. eMMC using
a regulator. Push the lock inside regulator_init_coupling() after the
allocation.

======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
5.7.13+ #533 Not tainted
------------------------------------------------------
kswapd0/383 is trying to acquire lock:
cca78ca4 (&sbi->write_io[i][j].io_rwsem){++++}-{3:3}, at: __submit_merged_write_cond+0x104/0x154
but task is already holding lock:
c0e38518 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __fs_reclaim_acquire+0x0/0x50
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #2 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}:
fs_reclaim_acquire.part.11+0x40/0x50
fs_reclaim_acquire+0x24/0x28
__kmalloc+0x54/0x218
regulator_register+0x860/0x1584
dummy_regulator_probe+0x60/0xa8
[...]
other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
&sbi->write_io[i][j].io_rwsem --> regulator_list_mutex --> fs_reclaim

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(fs_reclaim);
lock(regulator_list_mutex);
lock(fs_reclaim);
lock(&sbi->write_io[i][j].io_rwsem);
*** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by kswapd0/383:
#0: c0e38518 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __fs_reclaim_acquire+0x0/0x50
[...]

Fixes: d8ca7d184b33 ("regulator: core: Introduce API for regulators coupling customization")
Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Osipenko <digetx@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1a889cf7f61c6429c9e6b34ddcdde99be77a26b6.1597195321.git.mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
drivers/regulator/core.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/regulator/core.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c
@@ -4955,7 +4955,10 @@ static int regulator_init_coupling(struc
if (!of_check_coupling_data(rdev))
return -EPERM;

+ mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
rdev->coupling_desc.coupler = regulator_find_coupler(rdev);
+ mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
+
if (IS_ERR(rdev->coupling_desc.coupler)) {
err = PTR_ERR(rdev->coupling_desc.coupler);
rdev_err(rdev, "failed to get coupler: %d\n", err);
@@ -5155,9 +5158,7 @@ regulator_register(const struct regulato
if (ret < 0)
goto wash;

- mutex_lock(&regulator_list_mutex);
ret = regulator_init_coupling(rdev);
- mutex_unlock(&regulator_list_mutex);
if (ret < 0)
goto wash;