Re: [PATCH v2] PM / sleep: prohibit devices probing during suspend/hibernation

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Nov 05 2015 - 17:09:20 EST


On Monday, November 02, 2015 02:25:00 AM Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, October 19, 2015 11:54:24 PM Grygorii Strashko wrote:
> > It is unsafe [1] if probing of devices will happen during suspend or
> > hibernation and system behavior will be unpredictable in this case
> > (for example: after successful probe the device potentially has a different
> > set of PM callbacks than before [2]).
> > So, let's prohibit device's probing in dpm_prepare() and defer their
> > probes instead. The normal behavior will be restored in dpm_complete().
> >
> > This patch introduces new DD core APIs:
> > device_defer_all_probes_enable()
> > It will disable probing of devices and defer their probes.
> > device_defer_all_probes_disable()
> > It will restore normal behavior and trigger re-probing of deferred
> > devices.
> >
> > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/11/554
> > [2] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/9/15/1039
> > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
>
> Greg, any objections against this one?

Greg, if this isn't problematic, I'd still like to take it for v4.4.

Any chance you can have a look at it?

> > ---
> > Changes in v2:
> > - DD core API device_defer_all_probes(bool enable) split on two
> > void device_defer_all_probes_enable(void);
> > void device_defer_all_probes_disable(void);
> > - more comments added
> >
> > Link on v1:
> > - https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/8/681
> >
> > drivers/base/base.h | 2 ++
> > drivers/base/dd.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > drivers/base/power/main.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
> > index 1782f3a..c332b68 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/base.h
> > +++ b/drivers/base/base.h
> > @@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ extern void device_remove_groups(struct device *dev,
> > extern char *make_class_name(const char *name, struct kobject *kobj);
> >
> > extern int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
> > +extern void device_defer_all_probes_enable(void);
> > +extern void device_defer_all_probes_disable(void);
> >
> > /* /sys/devices directory */
> > extern struct kset *devices_kset;
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/dd.c b/drivers/base/dd.c
> > index be0eb46..b8d9e70 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/dd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/dd.c
> > @@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ static struct workqueue_struct *deferred_wq;
> > static atomic_t deferred_trigger_count = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
> >
> > /*
> > + * In some cases, like suspend to RAM or hibernation, It might be reasonable
> > + * to prohibit probing of devices as it could be unsafe.
> > + * Once defer_all_probes is true all drivers probes will be forcibly deferred.
> > + */
> > +static bool defer_all_probes;
> > +
> > +/*
> > * deferred_probe_work_func() - Retry probing devices in the active list.
> > */
> > static void deferred_probe_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
> > @@ -172,6 +179,30 @@ static void driver_deferred_probe_trigger(void)
> > }
> >
> > /**
> > + * device_defer_all_probes_enable() - Enable deferring of device's probes
> > + *
> > + * It will disable probing of devices and defer their probes.
> > + */
> > +void device_defer_all_probes_enable(void)
> > +{
> > + defer_all_probes = true;
> > + /* sync with probes to avoid races. */
> > + wait_for_device_probe();
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * device_defer_all_probes_disable() - Disable deferring of device's probes
> > + *
> > + * It will restore normal behavior and trigger re-probing of deferred
> > + * devices.
> > + */
> > +void device_defer_all_probes_disable(void)
> > +{
> > + defer_all_probes = false;
> > + driver_deferred_probe_trigger();
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > * deferred_probe_initcall() - Enable probing of deferred devices
> > *
> > * We don't want to get in the way when the bulk of drivers are getting probed.
> > @@ -277,9 +308,20 @@ static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(probe_waitqueue);
> >
> > static int really_probe(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
> > {
> > - int ret = 0;
> > + int ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
> > int local_trigger_count = atomic_read(&deferred_trigger_count);
> >
> > + if (defer_all_probes) {
> > + /*
> > + * Value of defer_all_probes can be set only by
> > + * device_defer_all_probes_enable() which, in turn, will call
> > + * wait_for_device_probe() right after that to avoid any races.
> > + */
> > + dev_dbg(dev, "Driver %s force probe deferral\n", drv->name);
> > + driver_deferred_probe_add(dev);
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > +
> > atomic_inc(&probe_count);
> > pr_debug("bus: '%s': %s: probing driver %s with device %s\n",
> > drv->bus->name, __func__, drv->name, dev_name(dev));
> > @@ -391,6 +433,10 @@ int driver_probe_done(void)
> > */
> > void wait_for_device_probe(void)
> > {
> > + /* wait for the deferred probe workqueue to finish */
> > + if (driver_deferred_probe_enable)
> > + flush_workqueue(deferred_wq);
> > +
> > /* wait for the known devices to complete their probing */
> > wait_event(probe_waitqueue, atomic_read(&probe_count) == 0);
> > async_synchronize_full();
> > diff --git a/drivers/base/power/main.c b/drivers/base/power/main.c
> > index 1710c26..eeb2bb7 100644
> > --- a/drivers/base/power/main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/base/power/main.c
> > @@ -963,6 +963,9 @@ void dpm_complete(pm_message_t state)
> > }
> > list_splice(&list, &dpm_list);
> > mutex_unlock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> > +
> > + /* Allow device probing and trigger re-probing of deferred devices */
> > + device_defer_all_probes_disable();
> > trace_suspend_resume(TPS("dpm_complete"), state.event, false);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -1624,6 +1627,20 @@ int dpm_prepare(pm_message_t state)
> > trace_suspend_resume(TPS("dpm_prepare"), state.event, true);
> > might_sleep();
> >
> > + /*
> > + * Give a chance for the known devices to complete their probes, before
> > + * disable probing of devices. This sync point is important at least
> > + * at boot time + hibernation restore.
> > + */
> > + wait_for_device_probe();
> > + /*
> > + * It is unsafe if probing of devices will happen during suspend or
> > + * hibernation and system behavior will be unpredictable in this case.
> > + * So, let's prohibit device's probing here and defer their probes
> > + * instead. The normal behavior will be restored in dpm_complete().
> > + */
> > + device_defer_all_probes_enable();
> > +
> > mutex_lock(&dpm_list_mtx);
> > while (!list_empty(&dpm_list)) {
> > struct device *dev = to_device(dpm_list.next);
> >
>

Thanks,
Rafael

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