Re: [PATCH] random: Support freezable kthreads in add_hwgenerator_randomness()

From: Stephen Boyd
Date: Wed Sep 04 2019 - 14:50:01 EST


Quoting Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (2019-09-04 04:00:38)
> On 2019-08-22 15:55:19 [+1000], Herbert Xu wrote:
> > Patch applied. Thanks.
> [ ff296293b3538 ("random: Support freezable kthreads in add_hwgenerator_randomness()") ]
>
> and since kthread_freezable_should_stop() has might_sleep() in it, I get
> this:
>
> |: do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at [<00000000349d1489>] prepare_to_wait_event+0x5a/0x180
> |: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 828 at kernel/sched/core.c:6741 __might_sleep+0x6f/0x80
> |: Modules linked in:
> |:
> |: CPU: 0 PID: 828 Comm: hwrng Not tainted 5.3.0-rc7-next-20190903+ #46
> |: RIP: 0010:__might_sleep+0x6f/0x80
> â
> |: Call Trace:
> |: kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x1b/0x60
> |: add_hwgenerator_randomness+0xdd/0x130
> |: hwrng_fillfn+0xbf/0x120
> |: kthread+0x10c/0x140
> |: ret_from_fork+0x27/0x50
>

Ugh ok. Thanks for the report.

We're getting warnings because the task is in TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE state
when we call kthread_freezable_should_stop() from deep within the wait
event code. We shouldn't do that, and instead we should call
wait_event_freezable() and kthread_should_stop() in the condition. This
way we'll call into the freezer when the task is woken up by the suspend
path.

Can you try this?

diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 9b54cdb301d3..d3beed084c0a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/cryptohash.h>
#include <linux/fips.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/ptrace.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/irq.h>
@@ -2429,7 +2430,6 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
size_t entropy)
{
struct entropy_store *poolp = &input_pool;
- bool frozen = false;

if (unlikely(crng_init == 0)) {
crng_fast_load(buffer, count);
@@ -2440,13 +2440,11 @@ void add_hwgenerator_randomness(const char *buffer, size_t count,
* We'll be woken up again once below random_write_wakeup_thresh,
* or when the calling thread is about to terminate.
*/
- wait_event_interruptible(random_write_wait,
- kthread_freezable_should_stop(&frozen) ||
+ wait_event_freezable(random_write_wait,
+ kthread_should_stop() ||
ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) <= random_write_wakeup_bits);
- if (!frozen) {
- mix_pool_bytes(poolp, buffer, count);
- credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy);
- }
+ mix_pool_bytes(poolp, buffer, count);
+ credit_entropy_bits(poolp, entropy);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_hwgenerator_randomness);