Re: [PATCHv2] cpufreq: Fix sysfs deadlock with concurrent hotplug/frequency switch

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Jul 20 2012 - 15:46:05 EST

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On Friday, July 20, 2012, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Running one program that continuously hotplugs and replugs a cpu
> concurrently with another program that continuously writes to the
> scaling_setspeed node eventually deadlocks with:
>
> =============================================
> [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
> 3.4.0 #37 Tainted: G W
> ---------------------------------------------
> filemonkey/122 is trying to acquire lock:
> (s_active#13){++++.+}, at: [<c01a3d28>] sysfs_remove_dir+0x9c/0xb4
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> (s_active#13){++++.+}, at: [<c01a22f0>] sysfs_write_file+0xe8/0x140
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> CPU0
> ----
> lock(s_active#13);
> lock(s_active#13);
>
> *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> May be due to missing lock nesting notation
>
> 2 locks held by filemonkey/122:
> #0: (&buffer->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c01a2230>] sysfs_write_file+0x28/0x140
> #1: (s_active#13){++++.+}, at: [<c01a22f0>] sysfs_write_file+0xe8/0x140
>
> stack backtrace:
> [<c0014fcc>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x120) from [<c00ca600>] (validate_chain+0x6f8/0x1054)
> [<c00ca600>] (validate_chain+0x6f8/0x1054) from [<c00cb778>] (__lock_acquire+0x81c/0x8d8)
> [<c00cb778>] (__lock_acquire+0x81c/0x8d8) from [<c00cb9c0>] (lock_acquire+0x18c/0x1e8)
> [<c00cb9c0>] (lock_acquire+0x18c/0x1e8) from [<c01a3ba8>] (sysfs_addrm_finish+0xd0/0x180)
> [<c01a3ba8>] (sysfs_addrm_finish+0xd0/0x180) from [<c01a3d28>] (sysfs_remove_dir+0x9c/0xb4)
> [<c01a3d28>] (sysfs_remove_dir+0x9c/0xb4) from [<c02d0e5c>] (kobject_del+0x10/0x38)
> [<c02d0e5c>] (kobject_del+0x10/0x38) from [<c02d0f74>] (kobject_release+0xf0/0x194)
> [<c02d0f74>] (kobject_release+0xf0/0x194) from [<c0565a98>] (cpufreq_cpu_put+0xc/0x24)
> [<c0565a98>] (cpufreq_cpu_put+0xc/0x24) from [<c05683f0>] (store+0x6c/0x74)
> [<c05683f0>] (store+0x6c/0x74) from [<c01a2314>] (sysfs_write_file+0x10c/0x140)
> [<c01a2314>] (sysfs_write_file+0x10c/0x140) from [<c014af44>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x128)
> [<c014af44>] (vfs_write+0xb0/0x128) from [<c014b06c>] (sys_write+0x3c/0x68)
> [<c014b06c>] (sys_write+0x3c/0x68) from [<c000e0e0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x3c)
>
> This is because store() in cpufreq.c indirectly calls
> kobject_get() via cpufreq_cpu_get() and is the last one to call
> kobject_put() via cpufreq_cpu_put(). Sysfs code should not call
> kobject_get() or kobject_put() directly (see the comment around
> sysfs_schedule_callback() for more information).
>
> Fix this deadlock by introducing two new functions:
>
> struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_get_sysfs(unsigned int cpu)
> void cpufreq_cpu_put_sysfs(struct cpufreq_policy *data)
>
> which do the same thing as cpufreq_cpu_{get,put}() but don't call
> kobject functions.
>
> To easily trigger this deadlock you can insert an msleep() with a
> reasonably large value right after the fail label at the bottom
> of the store() function in cpufreq.c and then write
> scaling_setspeed in one task and offline the cpu in another. The
> first task will hang and be detected by the hung task detector.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied to the pm-cpufreq branch of the linux-pm.git tree, will be
pushed for v3.6.

Thanks,
Rafael

> ---
>
> Changes from v1:
> - switch sysfs arg to bool
> - remove patch from commit text
>
> drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index 7f2f149..fb8a527 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ void disable_cpufreq(void)
> static LIST_HEAD(cpufreq_governor_list);
> static DEFINE_MUTEX(cpufreq_governor_mutex);
>
> -struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_get(unsigned int cpu)
> +static struct cpufreq_policy *__cpufreq_cpu_get(unsigned int cpu, bool sysfs)
> {
> struct cpufreq_policy *data;
> unsigned long flags;
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_get(unsigned int cpu)
> if (!data)
> goto err_out_put_module;
>
> - if (!kobject_get(&data->kobj))
> + if (!sysfs && !kobject_get(&data->kobj))
> goto err_out_put_module;
>
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
> @@ -175,16 +175,35 @@ err_out_unlock:
> err_out:
> return NULL;
> }
> +
> +struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_get(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> + return __cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu, false);
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cpu_get);
>
> +static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_get_sysfs(unsigned int cpu)
> +{
> + return __cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu, true);
> +}
>
> -void cpufreq_cpu_put(struct cpufreq_policy *data)
> +static void __cpufreq_cpu_put(struct cpufreq_policy *data, bool sysfs)
> {
> - kobject_put(&data->kobj);
> + if (!sysfs)
> + kobject_put(&data->kobj);
> module_put(cpufreq_driver->owner);
> }
> +
> +void cpufreq_cpu_put(struct cpufreq_policy *data)
> +{
> + __cpufreq_cpu_put(data, false);
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_cpu_put);
>
> +static void cpufreq_cpu_put_sysfs(struct cpufreq_policy *data)
> +{
> + __cpufreq_cpu_put(data, true);
> +}
>
> /*********************************************************************
> * EXTERNALLY AFFECTING FREQUENCY CHANGES *
> @@ -617,7 +636,7 @@ static ssize_t show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
> struct cpufreq_policy *policy = to_policy(kobj);
> struct freq_attr *fattr = to_attr(attr);
> ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
> - policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(policy->cpu);
> + policy = cpufreq_cpu_get_sysfs(policy->cpu);
> if (!policy)
> goto no_policy;
>
> @@ -631,7 +650,7 @@ static ssize_t show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, char *buf)
>
> unlock_policy_rwsem_read(policy->cpu);
> fail:
> - cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> + cpufreq_cpu_put_sysfs(policy);
> no_policy:
> return ret;
> }
> @@ -642,7 +661,7 @@ static ssize_t store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
> struct cpufreq_policy *policy = to_policy(kobj);
> struct freq_attr *fattr = to_attr(attr);
> ssize_t ret = -EINVAL;
> - policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(policy->cpu);
> + policy = cpufreq_cpu_get_sysfs(policy->cpu);
> if (!policy)
> goto no_policy;
>
> @@ -656,7 +675,7 @@ static ssize_t store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
>
> unlock_policy_rwsem_write(policy->cpu);
> fail:
> - cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
> + cpufreq_cpu_put_sysfs(policy);
> no_policy:
> return ret;
> }
>

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