Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] migration: fix deadlock

[Igor Redko <redkoi@virtuozzo.com>]

On Пт., 2015-09-25 at 17:46 +0800, Wen Congyang wrote:
> On 09/25/2015 05:09 PM, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
> > Release qemu global mutex before call synchronize_rcu().
> > synchronize_rcu() waiting for all readers to finish their critical
> > sections. There is at least one critical section in which we try
> > to get QGM (critical section is in address_space_rw() and
> > prepare_mmio_access() is trying to aquire QGM).
> > 
> > Both functions (migration_end() and migration_bitmap_extend())
> > are called from main thread which is holding QGM.
> > 
> > Thus there is a race condition that ends up with deadlock:
> > main thread     working thread
> > Lock QGA                |
> > |             Call KVM_EXIT_IO handler
> > |                       |
> > |        Open rcu reader's critical section
> > Migration cleanup bh    |
> > |                       |
> > synchronize_rcu() is    |
> > waiting for readers     |
> > |            prepare_mmio_access() is waiting for QGM
> >   \                   /
> >          deadlock
> > 
> > Patches here are quick and dirty, compile-tested only to validate the
> > architectual approach.
> > 
> > Igor, Anna, can you pls start your tests with these patches instead of your
> > original one. Thank you.
> 
> Can you give me the backtrace of the working thread?
> 
> I think it is very bad to wait some lock in rcu reader's cirtical section.

#0  __lll_lock_wait () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/lowlevellock.S:135
#1  0x00007f1ef113ccfd in __GI___pthread_mutex_lock (mutex=0x7f1ef4145ce0 <qemu_global_mutex>) at ../nptl/pthread_mutex_lock.c:80
#2  0x00007f1ef3c36546 in qemu_mutex_lock (mutex=0x7f1ef4145ce0 <qemu_global_mutex>) at util/qemu-thread-posix.c:73
#3  0x00007f1ef387ff46 in qemu_mutex_lock_iothread () at /home/user/my_qemu/qemu/cpus.c:1170
#4  0x00007f1ef38514a2 in prepare_mmio_access (mr=0x7f1ef612f200) at /home/user/my_qemu/qemu/exec.c:2390
#5  0x00007f1ef385157e in address_space_rw (as=0x7f1ef40ec940 <address_space_io>, addr=49402, attrs=..., buf=0x7f1ef3f97000 "\001", len=1, is_write=true)
    at /home/user/my_qemu/qemu/exec.c:2425
#6  0x00007f1ef3897c53 in kvm_handle_io (port=49402, attrs=..., data=0x7f1ef3f97000, direction=1, size=1, count=1) at /home/user/my_qemu/qemu/kvm-all.c:1680
#7  0x00007f1ef3898144 in kvm_cpu_exec (cpu=0x7f1ef5010fc0) at /home/user/my_qemu/qemu/kvm-all.c:1849
#8  0x00007f1ef387fa91 in qemu_kvm_cpu_thread_fn (arg=0x7f1ef5010fc0) at /home/user/my_qemu/qemu/cpus.c:979
#9  0x00007f1ef113a6aa in start_thread (arg=0x7f1eef0b9700) at pthread_create.c:333
#10 0x00007f1ef0e6feed in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:109

> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
> > CC: Igor Redko <redkoi@virtuozzo.com>
> > CC: Anna Melekhova <annam@virtuozzo.com>
> > CC: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
> > CC: Amit Shah <amit.shah@redhat.com>
> > 
> > Denis V. Lunev (2):
> >   migration: bitmap_set is unnecessary as bitmap_new uses g_try_malloc0
> >   migration: fix deadlock
> > 
> >  migration/ram.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> > 
>