Re: PCI: Race condition in pci_create_sysfs_dev_files (can't boot)

Krzysztof Hałasa
2022-02-15T06:35:41Z

Hi Bjorn,

Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> writes:

> Koen collected some interesting logs at
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/cd4812f0-1de3-0582-936c-ba30906595af@citymesh.com/
> They're from v5.10, which was before all of Krzysztof W's nice work
> converting to static attributes, but Koen's log shows the error
> happening in the pci_sysfs_init() initcall, which is *after*
> imx6_pcie_probe():
>
> imx6_pcie_probe # probably device initcall (level 6)
> ...
> pci_create_sysfs_dev_files
>
> pci_sysfs_init # late initcall (level 7)
> pci_create_sysfs_dev_files
> "sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename"

Well, imx6_pcie_probe() is called indirectly by
platform_driver_register(). I guess it doesn't know about the initcall
ordering, after it's registered.

It looks like the problem is the imx6_pcie_probe() (via
dw_pcie_host_init() -> pci_host_probe()) is interfering with
pci_sysfs_init(). This may eventually cause some invalid memory access
as well.

BTW I thought for a moment that maybe 5.14 is free from this. I was
wrong. The problem doesn't manifest itself on my custom i.MX6 device
(using Tinyrex CPU module from Voipac/Fedevel, perhaps because I don't
use any PCI devices there). It does on Ventana SBC from Gateworks,
though. BTW the above (and below) is v5.16.

It goes like this:
[0.096212] do_initcall_level: 6
[0.105625] imx6_pcie_init
[0.106106] imx6_pcie_probe <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[0.106412] imx6q-pcie 1ffc000.pcie: host bridge /soc/pcie@1ffc000 ranges:

[0.322613] imx6q-pcie 1ffc000.pcie: Link up
[0.322776] imx6q-pcie 1ffc000.pcie: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[0.322790] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]

[0.405251] do_initcall_level: 6 ENDs but imx6_pcie_probe() still active
[0.405262] do_initcall_level: 7

[0.410393] pci_sysfs_init <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
[0.410423] pci 0000:00:00.0: pci_create_sysfs_dev_files

[0.410532] [<8068091c>] (pci_create_sysfs_dev_files)
[0.410551] [<80918710>] (pci_sysfs_init)
[0.410568] [<8010166c>] (do_one_initcall)

[0.410717] pci_sysfs_init END <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

[0.533843] [<803f1c74>] (pci_bus_add_devices)
[0.533862] [<803f574c>] (pci_host_probe)
[0.533879] [<80414310>] (dw_pcie_host_init)
[0.533895] [<80681ac8>] (imx6_pcie_probe)
[0.533915] [<8045e9e4>] (platform_probe)
(Repeats multiple times, I guess for each PCI device)

[0.543893] imx6_pcie_probe END <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

[0.692244] do_initcall_level: 7 END
--
Krzysztof "Chris" Hałasa

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