Re: workqueue, pci: INFO: possible recursive locking detected

["Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On 07/22/2013 05:22 PM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> On 07/19/2013 04:57 PM, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>> On 07/19/2013 07:17 AM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
>>> On 07/19/2013 04:23 AM, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>>  kernel/workqueue.c |    6 ++++++
>>>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
>>>> index f02c4a4..07d9a67 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
>>>> @@ -4754,7 +4754,13 @@ long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
>>>>  {
>>>>  	struct work_for_cpu wfc = { .fn = fn, .arg = arg };
>>>>  
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
>>>> +	static struct lock_class_key __key;
>>>
>>> Sorry, this "static" should be removed.
>>>
>>
>> That didn't help either :-( Because it makes lockdep unhappy,
>> since the key isn't persistent.
>>
>> This is the patch I used:
>>
>> ---
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
>> index f02c4a4..7967e3b 100644
>> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
>> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
>> @@ -4754,7 +4754,13 @@ long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
>>  {
>>  	struct work_for_cpu wfc = { .fn = fn, .arg = arg };
>>
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
>> +	struct lock_class_key __key;
>> +	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&wfc.work, work_for_cpu_fn);
>> +	lockdep_init_map(&wfc.work.lockdep_map, "&wfc.work", &__key, 0);
>> +#else
>>  	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&wfc.work, work_for_cpu_fn);
>> +#endif
>>  	schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
>>  	flush_work(&wfc.work);
>>  	return wfc.ret;
>>
>>
>> And here are the new warnings:
>>
>>
>> Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
>> io scheduler noop registered
>> io scheduler deadline registered
>> io scheduler cfq registered (default)
>> BUG: key ffff881039557b98 not in .data!
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: CPU: 8 PID: 1 at kernel/lockdep.c:2987 lockdep_init_map+0x168/0x170()
> 
> Sorry again.
> 
> From 0096b9dac2282ec03d59a3f665b92977381a18ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 19:08:51 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] [PATCH] workqueue: allow the function of work_on_cpu() can
>  call work_on_cpu()
> 
> If the @fn call work_on_cpu() again, the lockdep will complain:
> 
>> [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
>> 3.11.0-rc1-lockdep-fix-a #6 Not tainted
>> ---------------------------------------------
>> kworker/0:1/142 is trying to acquire lock:
>>  ((&wfc.work)){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81077100>] flush_work+0x0/0xb0
>>
>> but task is already holding lock:
>>  ((&wfc.work)){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81075dd9>] process_one_work+0x169/0x610
>>
>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>>
>>        CPU0
>>        ----
>>   lock((&wfc.work));
>>   lock((&wfc.work));
>>
>>  *** DEADLOCK ***
> 
> It is false-positive lockdep report. In this sutiation,
> the two "wfc"s of the two work_on_cpu() are different,
> they are both on stack. flush_work() can't be deadlock.
> 
> To fix this, we need to avoid the lockdep checking in this case,
> But we don't want to change the flush_work(), so we use
> completion instead of flush_work() in the work_on_cpu().
> 
> Reported-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---

That worked, thanks a lot!

Tested-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Regards,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

>  kernel/workqueue.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
> index f02c4a4..b021a45 100644
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -4731,6 +4731,7 @@ struct work_for_cpu {
>  	long (*fn)(void *);
>  	void *arg;
>  	long ret;
> +	struct completion done;
>  };
> 
>  static void work_for_cpu_fn(struct work_struct *work)
> @@ -4738,6 +4739,7 @@ static void work_for_cpu_fn(struct work_struct *work)
>  	struct work_for_cpu *wfc = container_of(work, struct work_for_cpu, work);
> 
>  	wfc->ret = wfc->fn(wfc->arg);
> +	complete(&wfc->done);
>  }
> 
>  /**
> @@ -4755,8 +4757,9 @@ long work_on_cpu(int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg)
>  	struct work_for_cpu wfc = { .fn = fn, .arg = arg };
> 
>  	INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&wfc.work, work_for_cpu_fn);
> +	init_completion(&wfc.done);
>  	schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work);
> -	flush_work(&wfc.work);
> +	wait_for_completion(&wfc.done);
>  	return wfc.ret;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu);
>