stmmac: potential circular locking dependency

From: Emilio LÃpez
Date: Mon Nov 03 2014 - 10:03:48 EST


Hi everyone,

I was playing with iperf on my Cubietruck today when I hit this lockdep report/breakage on stmmac. It seems to be fairly reproducible by

1) Being on a GbE network
2) "iperf -s" on the stmmmac device
3) "iperf -c <IP of above device> -d -P 5" on some other device on the LAN

Here it goes:

======================================================
[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
3.18.0-rc3-00003-g7180edf #916 Not tainted
-------------------------------------------------------
iperf/141 is trying to acquire lock:
(&(&dev->tx_global_lock)->rlock){+.-...}, at: [<c025927c>] stmmac_tx_clean+0x350/0x43c

but task is already holding lock:
(&(&priv->tx_lock)->rlock){+.-...}, at: [<c0258f5c>] stmmac_tx_clean+0x30/0x43c

which lock already depends on the new lock.


the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

-> #2 (&(&priv->tx_lock)->rlock){+.-...}:
[<c03f57d0>] _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0x94
[<c0259ec4>] stmmac_xmit+0x88/0x620
[<c0319058>] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x230/0x49c
[<c033773c>] sch_direct_xmit+0xdc/0x20c
[<c03194dc>] __dev_queue_xmit+0x218/0x604
[<c0319954>] dev_queue_xmit+0x1c/0x20
[<c032896c>] neigh_resolve_output+0x180/0x254
[<c03a36fc>] ip6_finish_output2+0x188/0x8a4
[<c03a7440>] ip6_output+0xc8/0x398
[<c03c81ec>] mld_sendpack+0x2e0/0x6d8
[<c03ca564>] mld_ifc_timer_expire+0x1f0/0x308
[<c007c06c>] call_timer_fn+0xb4/0x1f0
[<c007c7d0>] run_timer_softirq+0x224/0x2f0
[<c0023fb0>] __do_softirq+0x1d4/0x3e0
[<c00244e0>] irq_exit+0x9c/0xd0
[<c006df48>] __handle_domain_irq+0x70/0xb4
[<c0008754>] gic_handle_irq+0x34/0x6c
[<c0013484>] __irq_svc+0x44/0x5c
[<c00628f0>] lock_acquire+0xec/0x17c
[<c00628f0>] lock_acquire+0xec/0x17c
[<c03f57d0>] _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0x94
[<c00ddeac>] do_read_fault.isra.93+0xa8/0x2a0
[<c00e0144>] handle_mm_fault+0x44c/0x8dc
[<c0018670>] do_page_fault+0x160/0x2d8
[<c0008564>] do_PrefetchAbort+0x44/0xa8
[<c0013960>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0x20
[<b6eb0120>] 0xb6eb0120

-> #1 (_xmit_ETHER#2){+.-...}:
[<c03f57d0>] _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0x94
[<c0338254>] dev_deactivate_many+0xd0/0x250
[<c0338410>] dev_deactivate+0x3c/0x4c
[<c032e908>] linkwatch_do_dev+0x50/0x84
[<c032eb74>] __linkwatch_run_queue+0xdc/0x148
[<c032ec1c>] linkwatch_event+0x3c/0x44
[<c00367d0>] process_one_work+0x1ec/0x510
[<c0036b50>] worker_thread+0x5c/0x4d8
[<c003c748>] kthread+0xe8/0xfc
[<c000ed28>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x20

-> #0 (&(&dev->tx_global_lock)->rlock){+.-...}:
[<c00628e0>] lock_acquire+0xdc/0x17c
[<c03f57d0>] _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0x94
[<c025927c>] stmmac_tx_clean+0x350/0x43c
[<c02593c0>] stmmac_poll+0x3c/0x618
[<c031a760>] net_rx_action+0x178/0x28c
[<c0023fb0>] __do_softirq+0x1d4/0x3e0
[<c00244e0>] irq_exit+0x9c/0xd0
[<c006df48>] __handle_domain_irq+0x70/0xb4
[<c0008754>] gic_handle_irq+0x34/0x6c
[<c0013484>] __irq_svc+0x44/0x5c
[<c002435c>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x9c/0xfc
[<c002435c>] __local_bh_enable_ip+0x9c/0xfc
[<c03f5f64>] _raw_read_unlock_bh+0x40/0x44
[<c03ad050>] inet6_dump_addr+0x33c/0x530
[<c03ad2a0>] inet6_dump_ifaddr+0x1c/0x20
[<c032a0fc>] rtnl_dump_all+0x50/0xf4
[<c033c020>] netlink_dump+0xc0/0x250
[<c033c3e4>] netlink_recvmsg+0x234/0x300
[<c02ff7b4>] sock_recvmsg+0xa4/0xc8
[<c03000bc>] ___sys_recvmsg.part.33+0xe4/0x1c0
[<c0302158>] __sys_recvmsg+0x60/0x90
[<c03021a0>] SyS_recvmsg+0x18/0x1c
[<c000ec60>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x48

other info that might help us debug this:

Chain exists of:
&(&dev->tx_global_lock)->rlock --> _xmit_ETHER#2 --> &(&priv->tx_lock)->rlock

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&(&priv->tx_lock)->rlock);
lock(_xmit_ETHER#2);
lock(&(&priv->tx_lock)->rlock);
lock(&(&dev->tx_global_lock)->rlock);

*** DEADLOCK ***

3 locks held by iperf/141:
#0: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c033bf88>] netlink_dump+0x28/0x250
#1: (rcu_read_lock){......}, at: [<c03acd14>] inet6_dump_addr+0x0/0x530
#2: (&(&priv->tx_lock)->rlock){+.-...}, at: [<c0258f5c>] stmmac_tx_clean+0x30/0x43c

stack backtrace:
CPU: 0 PID: 141 Comm: iperf Not tainted 3.18.0-rc3-00003-g7180edf #916
[<c0015df4>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c0012850>] (show_stack+0x20/0x24)
[<c0012850>] (show_stack) from [<c03ef6dc>] (dump_stack+0x9c/0xbc)
[<c03ef6dc>] (dump_stack) from [<c005bbc0>] (print_circular_bug+0x21c/0x33c)
[<c005bbc0>] (print_circular_bug) from [<c0061e88>] (__lock_acquire+0x2060/0x2148)
[<c0061e88>] (__lock_acquire) from [<c00628e0>] (lock_acquire+0xdc/0x17c)
[<c00628e0>] (lock_acquire) from [<c03f57d0>] (_raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0x94)
[<c03f57d0>] (_raw_spin_lock) from [<c025927c>] (stmmac_tx_clean+0x350/0x43c)
[<c025927c>] (stmmac_tx_clean) from [<c02593c0>] (stmmac_poll+0x3c/0x618)
[<c02593c0>] (stmmac_poll) from [<c031a760>] (net_rx_action+0x178/0x28c)
[<c031a760>] (net_rx_action) from [<c0023fb0>] (__do_softirq+0x1d4/0x3e0)
[<c0023fb0>] (__do_softirq) from [<c00244e0>] (irq_exit+0x9c/0xd0)
[<c00244e0>] (irq_exit) from [<c006df48>] (__handle_domain_irq+0x70/0xb4)
[<c006df48>] (__handle_domain_irq) from [<c0008754>] (gic_handle_irq+0x34/0x6c)
[<c0008754>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<c0013484>] (__irq_svc+0x44/0x5c)
Exception stack(0xcabc1be0 to 0xcabc1c28)
1be0: 00000001 2df53000 00000000 caf15e80 cabc0000 00000201 ca9a9840 c03ad050
1c00: ca8d9404 00000000 ca9b4f50 cabc1c44 c08732d0 cabc1c28 c005d5d0 c002435c
1c20: 20000013 ffffffff
[<c0013484>] (__irq_svc) from [<c002435c>] (__local_bh_enable_ip+0x9c/0xfc)
[<c002435c>] (__local_bh_enable_ip) from [<c03f5f64>] (_raw_read_unlock_bh+0x40/0x44)
[<c03f5f64>] (_raw_read_unlock_bh) from [<c03ad050>] (inet6_dump_addr+0x33c/0x530)
[<c03ad050>] (inet6_dump_addr) from [<c03ad2a0>] (inet6_dump_ifaddr+0x1c/0x20)
[<c03ad2a0>] (inet6_dump_ifaddr) from [<c032a0fc>] (rtnl_dump_all+0x50/0xf4)
[<c032a0fc>] (rtnl_dump_all) from [<c033c020>] (netlink_dump+0xc0/0x250)
[<c033c020>] (netlink_dump) from [<c033c3e4>] (netlink_recvmsg+0x234/0x300)
[<c033c3e4>] (netlink_recvmsg) from [<c02ff7b4>] (sock_recvmsg+0xa4/0xc8)
[<c02ff7b4>] (sock_recvmsg) from [<c03000bc>] (___sys_recvmsg.part.33+0xe4/0x1c0)
[<c03000bc>] (___sys_recvmsg.part.33) from [<c0302158>] (__sys_recvmsg+0x60/0x90)
[<c0302158>] (__sys_recvmsg) from [<c03021a0>] (SyS_recvmsg+0x18/0x1c)
[<c03021a0>] (SyS_recvmsg) from [<c000ec60>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x48)
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Cheers,

Emilio
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