Re: [PATCH] softirq: reorder trace_softirqs_on to prevent lockdep splat

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Jun 02 2018 - 13:14:39 EST


On Thu, 31 May 2018 21:52:15 -0700
Joel Fernandes <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, May 07, 2018 at 02:21:17PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Peter, Ingo or Thomas,
> >
> > Can you queue this up? Or would you prefer that I take it?
>
> This patch is a bug fix, could it be queued for v4.17 -rc cycle or for
> linux-next?
>
> I have also included it below again:

Thanks. I can't pull it without an ack as I'm not the softirq
maintainer.

Thomas, can you just ack it, and I'll take it, if that will be easire
for you?

-- Steve

>
> thanks,
>
> - Joel
>
> ---8<-----------------------
>
> From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 18:44:39 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] softirq: reorder trace_softirqs_on to prevent lockdep splat
>
> I'm able to reproduce a lockdep splat with config options:
> CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y,
> CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC=y and
> CONFIG_PREEMPTIRQ_EVENTS=y
>
> $ echo 1 > /d/tracing/events/preemptirq/preempt_enable/enable
>
> [ 26.112609] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(current->softirqs_enabled)
> [ 26.112636] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 118 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:3854
> [...]
> [ 26.144229] Call Trace:
> [ 26.144926] <IRQ>
> [ 26.145506] lock_acquire+0x55/0x1b0
> [ 26.146499] ? __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
> [ 26.147571] ? __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
> [ 26.148646] trace_preempt_on+0x8f/0x240
> [ 26.149744] ? trace_preempt_on+0x4d/0x240
> [ 26.150862] ? __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
> [ 26.151930] preempt_count_sub+0x18a/0x1a0
> [ 26.152985] __do_softirq+0x46f/0x4d9
> [ 26.153937] irq_exit+0x68/0xe0
> [ 26.154755] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x271/0x280
> [ 26.156056] apic_timer_interrupt+0xf/0x20
> [ 26.157105] </IRQ>
>
> The issue was this:
>
> preempt_count = 1 << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT
>
> __local_bh_enable(cnt = 1 << SOFTIRQ_SHIFT) {
> if (softirq_count() == (cnt && SOFTIRQ_MASK)) {
> trace_softirqs_on() {
> current->softirqs_enabled = 1;
> }
> }
> preempt_count_sub(cnt) {
> trace_preempt_on() {
> tracepoint() {
> rcu_read_lock_sched() {
> // jumps into lockdep
>
> Where preempt_count still has softirqs disabled, but
> current->softirqs_enabled is true, and we get a splat.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: d59158162e032 ("tracing: Add support for preempt and irq enable/disable events")
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/softirq.c | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
> index 177de3640c78..8a040bcaa033 100644
> --- a/kernel/softirq.c
> +++ b/kernel/softirq.c
> @@ -139,9 +139,13 @@ static void __local_bh_enable(unsigned int cnt)
> {
> lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
>
> + if (preempt_count() == cnt)
> + trace_preempt_on(CALLER_ADDR0, get_lock_parent_ip());
> +
> if (softirq_count() == (cnt & SOFTIRQ_MASK))
> trace_softirqs_on(_RET_IP_);
> - preempt_count_sub(cnt);
> +
> + __preempt_count_sub(cnt);
> }
>
> /*