[PATCH] sched_clock: Disable seqlock lockdep usage in sched_clock

From: John Stultz
Date: Thu Jan 02 2014 - 16:55:07 EST


Unforunately the seqlock lockdep enablmenet can't be used
in sched_clock, since the lockdep infrastructure eventually
calls into sched_clock, which causes a deadlock.

Thus, this patch adds _no_lockdep() seqlock methods for the
writer side, and changes all generic sched_clock usage to use
the _no_lockdep methods.

This solves the issue I was able to reproduce, but it would
be good to get Krzysztof to confirm it solves his problem.

Cc: Krzysztof HaÅasa <khalasa@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Uwe Kleine-KÃnig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Krzysztof HaÅasa <khalasa@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/seqlock.h | 19 +++++++++++++++----
kernel/time/sched_clock.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/seqlock.h b/include/linux/seqlock.h
index cf87a24..7664f68 100644
--- a/include/linux/seqlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/seqlock.h
@@ -206,14 +206,26 @@ static inline int read_seqcount_retry(const seqcount_t *s, unsigned start)
}


+
+static inline void write_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(seqcount_t *s)
+{
+ s->sequence++;
+ smp_wmb();
+}
+
+static inline void write_seqcount_end_no_lockdep(seqcount_t *s)
+{
+ smp_wmb();
+ s->sequence++;
+}
+
/*
* Sequence counter only version assumes that callers are using their
* own mutexing.
*/
static inline void write_seqcount_begin_nested(seqcount_t *s, int subclass)
{
- s->sequence++;
- smp_wmb();
+ write_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(s);
seqcount_acquire(&s->dep_map, subclass, 0, _RET_IP_);
}

@@ -225,8 +237,7 @@ static inline void write_seqcount_begin(seqcount_t *s)
static inline void write_seqcount_end(seqcount_t *s)
{
seqcount_release(&s->dep_map, 1, _RET_IP_);
- smp_wmb();
- s->sequence++;
+ write_seqcount_end_no_lockdep(s);
}

/**
diff --git a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
index 68b7993..13561a0 100644
--- a/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
+++ b/kernel/time/sched_clock.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ unsigned long long notrace sched_clock(void)
return cd.epoch_ns;

do {
- seq = read_seqcount_begin(&cd.seq);
+ seq = read_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(&cd.seq);
epoch_cyc = cd.epoch_cyc;
epoch_ns = cd.epoch_ns;
} while (read_seqcount_retry(&cd.seq, seq));
@@ -99,10 +99,10 @@ static void notrace update_sched_clock(void)
cd.mult, cd.shift);

raw_local_irq_save(flags);
- write_seqcount_begin(&cd.seq);
+ write_seqcount_begin_no_lockdep(&cd.seq);
cd.epoch_ns = ns;
cd.epoch_cyc = cyc;
- write_seqcount_end(&cd.seq);
+ write_seqcount_end_no_lockdep(&cd.seq);
raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
}

--
1.8.3.2

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