Re: [PATCH] lockdep: fix ide/proc interaction

From: Jarek Poplawski
Date: Thu Oct 19 2006 - 04:36:06 EST


On 18-10-2006 20:49, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> rmmod/3080 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] is trying to acquire:
> (proc_subdir_lock){--..}, at: [<c04a33b0>] remove_proc_entry+0x40/0x191
>
> and this task is already holding:
> (ide_lock){++..}, at: [<c05651a2>] ide_unregister_subdriver+0x39/0xc8
> which would create a new lock dependency:
> (ide_lock){++..} -> (proc_subdir_lock){--..}
>
> but this new dependency connects a hard-irq-safe lock:
> (ide_lock){++..}
> ... which became hard-irq-safe at:
> [<c043c458>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6b
> [<c06129d7>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x22/0x32
> [<c0567870>] ide_intr+0x17/0x1a9
> [<c044eb31>] handle_IRQ_event+0x20/0x4d
> [<c044ebf2>] __do_IRQ+0x94/0xef
> [<c0406771>] do_IRQ+0x9e/0xbd
>
> to a hard-irq-unsafe lock:
> (proc_subdir_lock){--..}
> ... which became hard-irq-unsafe at:
> ... [<c043c458>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6b
> [<c06126ab>] _spin_lock+0x19/0x28
> [<c04a32f2>] xlate_proc_name+0x1b/0x99
> [<c04a3547>] proc_create+0x46/0xdf
> [<c04a3642>] create_proc_entry+0x62/0xa5
> [<c07c1972>] proc_misc_init+0x1c/0x1d2
> [<c07c1844>] proc_root_init+0x4c/0xe9
> [<c07ad703>] start_kernel+0x294/0x3b3
> [<00000000>] 0x0
>
> Move ide_remove_proc_entries() out from under ide_lock; there is nothing
> that indicates that this is needed.
>
> In specific, the call to ide_add_proc_entries() is unprotected, and there
> is nothing else in the file using the respective ->proc fields. Also the
> lock order around destroy_proc_ide_interface() suggests this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ide/ide.c | 19 +++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/ide/ide.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/ide/ide.c
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/ide/ide.c
> @@ -973,8 +973,8 @@ ide_settings_t *ide_find_setting_by_name
> * @drive: drive
> *
> * Automatically remove all the driver specific settings for this
> - * drive. This function may sleep and must not be called from IRQ
> - * context. The caller must hold ide_setting_sem.
> + * drive. This function may not be called from IRQ context. The
> + * caller must hold ide_setting_sem.
> */
>
> static void auto_remove_settings (ide_drive_t *drive)
> @@ -1874,11 +1874,22 @@ void ide_unregister_subdriver(ide_drive_
> {
> unsigned long flags;
>
> - down(&ide_setting_sem);
> - spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
> #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
> ide_remove_proc_entries(drive->proc, driver->proc);

But now:
> (proc_subdir_lock){--..}, at: [<c04a33b0>] remove_proc_entry+0x40/0x191

is taken here with irqs and bhs enabled (btw. this: {--..} looks
as if it wasn't called from here with spin_lock_irqsave?)
IMHO it is hard to believe this lock isn't anywhere used in
hard or soft irq context so probably local_irq_disable/enable
or local_bh_disable/enable is needed around this.

> #endif
> + down(&ide_setting_sem);
> + spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags);
> + /*
> + * ide_setting_sem protects the settings list
> + * ide_lock protects the use of settings
> + *
> + * so we need to hold both, ide_settings_sem because we want to
> + * modify the settings list, and ide_lock because we cannot take
> + * a setting out that is being used.
> + *
> + * OTOH both ide_{read,write}_setting are only ever used under
> + * ide_setting_sem.
> + */
> auto_remove_settings(drive);

But why auto_remove_settings and __ide_remove_setting comments
don't mention this ide_lock?

> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags);
> up(&ide_setting_sem);
>

Regards,
Jarek P.
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