Re: [RFC PATCH 09/19] cpufreq: fix warning for show_scaling_available_governors unlocked access to cpufreq_governor_list

From: Juri Lelli
Date: Wed Jan 13 2016 - 05:25:34 EST


Hi,

On 12/01/16 15:43, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> On 11-01-16, 17:35, Juri Lelli wrote:
> > show_scaling_available_governors iterates through cpufreq_governor_list
> > without holding cpufreq_governor_mutex; this generates the following
> > warning:
> >
> > [ 700.910381] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [ 700.924282] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 1756 at kernel/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c:700 show_scaling_available_governors+0x6f/0xb8()
> > [ 700.965473] Modules linked in:
> > [ 700.974637] CPU: 2 PID: 1756 Comm: cat Tainted: G W 4.4.0-rc2+ #299
> > [ 700.996813] Hardware name: ARM-Versatile Express
> > [ 701.010674] [<c0014215>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c0010e25>] (show_stack+0x11/0x14)
> > [ 701.033905] [<c0010e25>] (show_stack) from [<c02eca5d>] (dump_stack+0x55/0x78)
> > [ 701.055561] [<c02eca5d>] (dump_stack) from [<c00202cd>] (warn_slowpath_common+0x59/0x84)
> > [ 701.079839] [<c00202cd>] (warn_slowpath_common) from [<c002030f>] (warn_slowpath_null+0x17/0x1c)
> > [ 701.106182] [<c002030f>] (warn_slowpath_null) from [<c03b7bef>] (show_scaling_available_governors+0x6f/0xb8)
> > [ 701.135656] [<c03b7bef>] (show_scaling_available_governors) from [<c03b7dc3>] (show+0x27/0x38)
> > [ 701.161488] [<c03b7dc3>] (show) from [<c015469f>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x5f/0xa0)
> > [ 701.183409] [<c015469f>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) from [<c01536a7>] (kernfs_seq_show+0x1b/0x1c)
> > [ 701.208188] [<c01536a7>] (kernfs_seq_show) from [<c011a6d5>] (seq_read+0x129/0x33c)
> > [ 701.231161] [<c011a6d5>] (seq_read) from [<c00ff7c7>] (__vfs_read+0x1b/0x84)
> > [ 701.252300] [<c00ff7c7>] (__vfs_read) from [<c010000f>] (vfs_read+0x5f/0xb0)
> > [ 701.273436] [<c010000f>] (vfs_read) from [<c0100099>] (SyS_read+0x39/0x68)
> > [ 701.294049] [<c0100099>] (SyS_read) from [<c000df21>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x1/0x1a)
> > [ 701.316484] ---[ end trace 5dd15744a4da127c ]---
>
> FWIW, I would suggest you to use cpufreq-dt for Juno instead of
> arm_bL. I have asked Sudeep to do it earlier, but perhaps he was busy.
>

I couldn't really relate this comment with this patch or the backtrace.
Can you please clarify why you are referring to switching to use
cpufreq-dt here?

> > Fix this by locking cpufreq_governor_mutex before for_each_governor().
> >
> > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > index d065435..d91fdb8 100644
> > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> > @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_available_governors(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> > goto out;
> > }
> >
> > - lockdep_assert_held(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
> > + mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
> > for_each_governor(t) {
> > if (i >= (ssize_t) ((PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(char))
> > - (CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 2)))
> > @@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ static ssize_t show_scaling_available_governors(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
> > i += scnprintf(&buf[i], CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN, "%s ", t->name);
> > }
> > out:
> > + mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
> > i += sprintf(&buf[i], "\n");
> > return i;
> > }
>
> Just move this patch before before the patch that added the
> lockdep-assert and we wouldn't be required to add the
> lockdep_assert_held() in the first place.
>

Yep. As said, I just wanted to try to highlight possible problems with
this RFC.

Thanks,

- Juri