[PATCH 4.16 096/113] cpufreq: powernv: Fix hardlockup due to synchronous smp_call in timer interrupt

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Apr 30 2018 - 15:36:25 EST


4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit c0f7f5b6c69107ca92909512533e70258ee19188 upstream.

gpstate_timer_handler() uses synchronous smp_call to set the pstate
on the requested core. This causes the below hard lockup:

smp_call_function_single+0x110/0x180 (unreliable)
smp_call_function_any+0x180/0x250
gpstate_timer_handler+0x1e8/0x580
call_timer_fn+0x50/0x1c0
expire_timers+0x138/0x1f0
run_timer_softirq+0x1e8/0x270
__do_softirq+0x158/0x3e4
irq_exit+0xe8/0x120
timer_interrupt+0x9c/0xe0
decrementer_common+0x114/0x120
-- interrupt: 901 at doorbell_global_ipi+0x34/0x50
LR = arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask+0x120/0x130
arch_send_call_function_ipi_mask+0x4c/0x130
smp_call_function_many+0x340/0x450
pmdp_invalidate+0x98/0xe0
change_huge_pmd+0xe0/0x270
change_protection_range+0xb88/0xe40
mprotect_fixup+0x140/0x340
SyS_mprotect+0x1b4/0x350
system_call+0x58/0x6c

One way to avoid this is removing the smp-call. We can ensure that the
timer always runs on one of the policy-cpus. If the timer gets
migrated to a cpu outside the policy then re-queue it back on the
policy->cpus. This way we can get rid of the smp-call which was being
used to set the pstate on the policy->cpus.

Fixes: 7bc54b652f13 ("timers, cpufreq/powernv: Initialize the gpstate timer as pinned")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.8+
Reported-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Pridhiviraj Paidipeddi <ppaidipe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shilpasri G Bhat <shilpa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Vaidyanathan Srinivasan <svaidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c | 14 +++++++++++---
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -679,6 +679,16 @@ void gpstate_timer_handler(struct timer_

if (!spin_trylock(&gpstates->gpstate_lock))
return;
+ /*
+ * If the timer has migrated to the different cpu then bring
+ * it back to one of the policy->cpus
+ */
+ if (!cpumask_test_cpu(raw_smp_processor_id(), policy->cpus)) {
+ gpstates->timer.expires = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1);
+ add_timer_on(&gpstates->timer, cpumask_first(policy->cpus));
+ spin_unlock(&gpstates->gpstate_lock);
+ return;
+ }

/*
* If PMCR was last updated was using fast_swtich then
@@ -718,10 +728,8 @@ void gpstate_timer_handler(struct timer_
if (gpstate_idx != gpstates->last_lpstate_idx)
queue_gpstate_timer(gpstates);

+ set_pstate(&freq_data);
spin_unlock(&gpstates->gpstate_lock);
-
- /* Timer may get migrated to a different cpu on cpu hot unplug */
- smp_call_function_any(policy->cpus, set_pstate, &freq_data, 1);
}

/*