[PATCH V6] kdb: Fix the deadlock issue in KDB debugging.

liu.yec
2024-03-26T07:41:23Z

From: LiuYe <liu.yeC@h3c.com>

Currently, if CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD is enabled, then kgdboc will
attempt to use schedule_work() to provoke a keyboard reset when
transitioning out of the debugger and back to normal operation.
This can cause deadlock because schedule_work() is not NMI-safe.

The stack trace below shows an example of the problem. In this
case the master cpu is not running from NMI but it has parked
the slave CPUs using an NMI and the parked CPUs is holding
spinlocks needed by schedule_work().

example:
BUG: spinlock lockup suspected on CPU#0, namex/10450
lock: 0xffff881ffe823980, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: namexx/21888, .owner_cpu: 1
ffff881741d00000 ffff881741c01000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
ffff881740f58e78 ffff881741cffdd0 ffffffff8147a7fc ffff881740f58f20
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff81479e6d>] ? __schedule+0x16d/0xac0
[<ffffffff8147a7fc>] ? schedule+0x3c/0x90
[<ffffffff8147e71a>] ? schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x10a/0x120
[<ffffffff8147d22e>] ? mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10
[<ffffffff811c839b>] ? ep_scan_ready_list+0x1db/0x1e0
[<ffffffff8147e743>] ? schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x13/0x20
[<ffffffff811c864a>] ? ep_poll+0x27a/0x3b0
[<ffffffff8108c540>] ? wake_up_q+0x70/0x70
[<ffffffff811c99a8>] ? SyS_epoll_wait+0xb8/0xd0
[<ffffffff8147f296>] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x12/0x75
CPU: 0 PID: 10450 Comm: namex Tainted: G O 4.4.65 #1
Hardware name: Insyde Purley/Type2 - Board Product Name1, BIOS 05.21.51.0036 07/19/2019
0000000000000000 ffff881ffe813c10 ffffffff8124e883 ffff881741c01000
ffff881ffe823980 ffff881ffe813c38 ffffffff810a7f7f ffff881ffe823980
000000007d2b7cd0 0000000000000001 ffff881ffe813c68 ffffffff810a80e0
Call Trace:
<#DB> [<ffffffff8124e883>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc2
[<ffffffff810a7f7f>] spin_dump+0x7f/0x100
[<ffffffff810a80e0>] do_raw_spin_lock+0xa0/0x150
[<ffffffff8147eb55>] _raw_spin_lock+0x15/0x20
[<ffffffff8108c256>] try_to_wake_up+0x176/0x3d0
[<ffffffff8108c4c5>] wake_up_process+0x15/0x20
[<ffffffff8107b371>] insert_work+0x81/0xc0
[<ffffffff8107b4e5>] __queue_work+0x135/0x390
[<ffffffff8107b786>] queue_work_on+0x46/0x90
[<ffffffff81313d28>] kgdboc_post_exp_handler+0x48/0x70
[<ffffffff810ed488>] kgdb_cpu_enter+0x598/0x610
[<ffffffff810ed6e2>] kgdb_handle_exception+0xf2/0x1f0
[<ffffffff81054e21>] __kgdb_notify+0x71/0xd0
[<ffffffff81054eb5>] kgdb_notify+0x35/0x70
[<ffffffff81082e6a>] notifier_call_chain+0x4a/0x70
[<ffffffff8108304d>] notify_die+0x3d/0x50
[<ffffffff81017219>] do_int3+0x89/0x120
[<ffffffff81480fb4>] int3+0x44/0x80

We fix the problem by using irq_work to call schedule_work()
instead of calling it directly. irq_work is an NMI-safe deferred work
framework that performs the requested work from a hardirq context
(usually an IPI but it can be timer interrupt on some
architectures).

Note that we still need to a workqueue since we cannot resync
the keyboard state from the hardirq context provided by irq_work.
That must be done from task context for the calls into the input
subystem. Hence we must defer the work twice. First to safely
switch from the debug trap (NMI-like context) to hardirq and
then, secondly, to get from hardirq to the system workqueue.

Signed-off-by: LiuYe <liu.yeC@h3c.com>
Co-authored-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@linaro.org>

---
V5 -> V6: Replace with a more professional and accurate answer.
V4 -> V5: Answer why schedule another work in the irq_work and not do the job directly.
V3 -> V4: Add changelogs
V2 -> V3: Add description information
V1 -> V2: using irq_work to solve this properly.
---
---
drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
index 7ce7bb164..161b25ecc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/platform_device.h>
#include <linux/serial_core.h>
+#include <linux/irq_work.h>

#define MAX_CONFIG_LEN 40

@@ -99,10 +100,17 @@ static void kgdboc_restore_input_helper(struct work_struct *dummy)

static DECLARE_WORK(kgdboc_restore_input_work, kgdboc_restore_input_helper);

+static void kgdboc_queue_restore_input_helper(struct irq_work *unused)
+{
+ schedule_work(&kgdboc_restore_input_work);
+}
+
+static DEFINE_IRQ_WORK(kgdboc_restore_input_irq_work, kgdboc_queue_restore_input_helper);
+
static void kgdboc_restore_input(void)
{
if (likely(system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING))
- schedule_work(&kgdboc_restore_input_work);
+ irq_work_queue(&kgdboc_restore_input_irq_work);
}

static int kgdboc_register_kbd(char **cptr)
@@ -133,6 +141,7 @@ static void kgdboc_unregister_kbd(void)
i--;
}
}
+ irq_work_sync(&kgdboc_restore_input_irq_work);
flush_work(&kgdboc_restore_input_work);
}
#else /* ! CONFIG_KDB_KEYBOARD */
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