hugetlbfs lockdep spew revisited.

From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu Feb 16 2012 - 19:09:05 EST


Remember this ? https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/15/272
Josh took a stab at fixing it in e096d0c7e2e4e5893792db865dd065ac73cf1f00,
but it seems to still be there.

Dave


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[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.3.0-rc3+ #2 Not tainted
-------------------------------------------------------
trinity/30663 is trying to acquire lock:
(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#18){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81298169>] hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x89/0x140

but task is already holding lock:
(&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff81182d97>] sys_mmap_pgoff+0x1d7/0x230

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #1 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}:
[<ffffffff810d073d>] lock_acquire+0x9d/0x220
[<ffffffff811789c0>] might_fault+0x80/0xb0
[<ffffffff811d2997>] filldir+0x77/0xe0
[<ffffffff811e61ae>] dcache_readdir+0x5e/0x220
[<ffffffff811d2c68>] vfs_readdir+0xb8/0xf0
[<ffffffff811d2d99>] sys_getdents+0x89/0x100
[<ffffffff816a5b69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#18){+.+...}:
[<ffffffff810d0008>] __lock_acquire+0x1bf8/0x1c20
[<ffffffff810d073d>] lock_acquire+0x9d/0x220
[<ffffffff8169a5b9>] __mutex_lock_common+0x59/0x500
[<ffffffff8169ab94>] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x50
[<ffffffff81298169>] hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x89/0x140
[<ffffffff811826a9>] mmap_region+0x369/0x4f0
[<ffffffff81182b9f>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x36f/0x390
[<ffffffff81182db7>] sys_mmap_pgoff+0x1f7/0x230
[<ffffffff8101eda2>] sys_mmap+0x22/0x30
[<ffffffff816a5b69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

other info that might help us debug this:

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#18);
lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#18);

*** DEADLOCK ***

1 lock held by trinity/30663:
#0: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff81182d97>] sys_mmap_pgoff+0x1d7/0x230

stack backtrace:
Pid: 30663, comm: trinity Not tainted 3.3.0-rc3+ #2
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff816924d7>] print_circular_bug+0x1fb/0x20c
[<ffffffff810d0008>] __lock_acquire+0x1bf8/0x1c20
[<ffffffff816a1c2d>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x9d/0xd0
[<ffffffff811a40cc>] ? deactivate_slab+0x54c/0x5f0
[<ffffffff810d073d>] lock_acquire+0x9d/0x220
[<ffffffff81298169>] ? hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x89/0x140
[<ffffffff810d12fd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1a0
[<ffffffff8169a5b9>] __mutex_lock_common+0x59/0x500
[<ffffffff81298169>] ? hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x89/0x140
[<ffffffff811825e5>] ? mmap_region+0x2a5/0x4f0
[<ffffffff81298169>] ? hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x89/0x140
[<ffffffff8169ab94>] mutex_lock_nested+0x44/0x50
[<ffffffff81298169>] hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0x89/0x140
[<ffffffff811826a9>] mmap_region+0x369/0x4f0
[<ffffffff812c1e9a>] ? file_map_prot_check+0xaa/0xe0
[<ffffffff81182b9f>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x36f/0x390
[<ffffffff81182d97>] ? sys_mmap_pgoff+0x1d7/0x230
[<ffffffff81182db7>] sys_mmap_pgoff+0x1f7/0x230
[<ffffffff810d12fd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10d/0x1a0
[<ffffffff8101eda2>] sys_mmap+0x22/0x30
[<ffffffff816a5b69>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

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