Re: [RFC v2] locking/lockdep: Don't bunch up all flush_workqueue callers into a single completion cross-release context

From: Byungchul Park
Date: Fri Oct 13 2017 - 19:44:07 EST


On Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 12:42 AM, Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> It looks like all completions as created by flush_workqueue map
> into a single lock class which creates lockdep false positives.

Hello,

It's already in progress. Please take a look at the following.

https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1487015.html

Peter said he has no time to look at it atm. I believe that's why the
review has been
dragging on. We need to wait for him to be available.

Thanks,
Byungchul

> Example of a false positive:
>
> [ 20.805315] ======================================================
> [ 20.805316] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> [ 20.805319] 4.14.0-rc4-CI-CI_DRM_3225+ #1 Tainted: G U
> [ 20.805320] ------------------------------------------------------
> [ 20.805322] kworker/6:1H/1438 is trying to acquire lock:
> [ 20.805324] (&mm->mmap_sem){++++}, at: [<ffffffffa01c8e01>] __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker+0x141/0x240 [i915]
> [ 20.805355] but now in release context of a crosslock acquired at the following:
> [ 20.805357] ((complete)&this_flusher.done){+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8190b06d>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
> [ 20.805363] which lock already depends on the new lock.
> [ 20.805365] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> [ 20.805367] -> #1 ((complete)&this_flusher.done){+.+.}:
> [ 20.805372] __lock_acquire+0x1420/0x15e0
> [ 20.805374] lock_acquire+0xb0/0x200
> [ 20.805376] wait_for_common+0x58/0x210
> [ 20.805378] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
> [ 20.805381] flush_workqueue+0x1af/0x540
> [ 20.805400] i915_gem_userptr_mn_invalidate_range_start+0x13c/0x150 [i915]
> [ 20.805404] __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start+0x76/0xc0
> [ 20.805406] unmap_vmas+0x7d/0xa0
> [ 20.805408] unmap_region+0xae/0x110
> [ 20.805410] do_munmap+0x276/0x3f0
> [ 20.805411] vm_munmap+0x67/0x90
> [ 20.805413] SyS_munmap+0xe/0x20
> [ 20.805415] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1c/0xb1
> [ 20.805416] -> #0 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++}:
> [ 20.805419] down_read+0x3e/0x70
> [ 20.805435] __i915_gem_userptr_get_pages_worker+0x141/0x240 [i915]
> [ 20.805438] process_one_work+0x233/0x660
> [ 20.805440] worker_thread+0x4e/0x3b0
> [ 20.805441] kthread+0x152/0x190
> [ 20.805442] other info that might help us debug this:
> [ 20.805445] Possible unsafe locking scenario by crosslock:
> [ 20.805447] CPU0 CPU1
> [ 20.805448] ---- ----
> [ 20.805449] lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
> [ 20.805451] lock((complete)&this_flusher.done);
> [ 20.805453] lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
> [ 20.805455] unlock((complete)&this_flusher.done);
> [ 20.805457] *** DEADLOCK ***
> [ 20.805460] 2 locks held by kworker/6:1H/1438:
> [ 20.805461] #0: (&(&pool->lock)->rlock){-.-.}, at: [<ffffffff8109c94c>] process_one_work+0x2dc/0x660
> [ 20.805465] #1: (&x->wait#10){....}, at: [<ffffffff810cd69d>] complete+0x1d/0x60
> [ 20.805469] stack backtrace:
> [ 20.805472] CPU: 6 PID: 1438 Comm: kworker/6:1H Tainted: G U 4.14.0-rc4-CI-CI_DRM_3225+ #1
> [ 20.805474] Hardware name: MSI MS-7924/Z97M-G43(MS-7924), BIOS V1.12 02/15/2016
> [ 20.805480] Call Trace:
> [ 20.805483] dump_stack+0x68/0x9f
> [ 20.805486] print_circular_bug+0x235/0x3c0
> [ 20.805488] ? HARDIRQ_verbose+0x10/0x10
> [ 20.805490] check_prev_add+0x430/0x840
> [ 20.805492] ? ret_from_fork+0x27/0x40
> [ 20.805494] lock_commit_crosslock+0x3ee/0x660
> [ 20.805496] ? lock_commit_crosslock+0x3ee/0x660
> [ 20.805498] complete+0x29/0x60
> [ 20.805500] pwq_dec_nr_in_flight+0x9c/0xa0
> [ 20.805502] ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x40/0x50
> [ 20.805504] process_one_work+0x335/0x660
> [ 20.805506] worker_thread+0x4e/0x3b0
> [ 20.805508] kthread+0x152/0x190
> [ 20.805509] ? process_one_work+0x660/0x660
> [ 20.805511] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x40/0x40
> [ 20.805513] ret_from_fork+0x27/0x40
>
> Solution here is is to create a lockdep map for completions
> together with the workqueue object, and allow the completions to
> be initialized with an external (pointer) lockdep map. This map
> is then used over the built-in lockdep_map structure.
>
> This way the completion cross-release context is tied with it's
> parent workqueue and should still catch all issues without being
> susceptible to false positives.
>
> v2: Simplify by always having a valid map pointer. (Chris Wilson)
>
> Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Wilson <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: byungchul.park@xxxxxxx
> Cc: david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx
> --
> Borrowed the Cc list from a recent fix in the same area.
> Apologies if it is too wide.
> ---
> include/linux/completion.h | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> include/linux/workqueue.h | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
> kernel/workqueue.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
> 3 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/completion.h b/include/linux/completion.h
> index cae5400022a3..de4ee32ede0f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/completion.h
> +++ b/include/linux/completion.h
> @@ -29,24 +29,41 @@ struct completion {
> unsigned int done;
> wait_queue_head_t wait;
> #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_COMPLETIONS
> + struct lockdep_map_cross *pmap;
> struct lockdep_map_cross map;
> #endif
> };
>
> +/**
> + * init_completion - Initialize a dynamically allocated completion
> + * @x: pointer to completion structure that is to be initialized
> + *
> + * This inline function will initialize a dynamically created completion
> + * structure.
> + */
> +static inline void __init_completion(struct completion *x)
> +{
> + x->done = 0;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_COMPLETIONS
> + x->pmap = &x->map;
> +#endif
> + init_waitqueue_head(&x->wait);
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_COMPLETIONS
> static inline void complete_acquire(struct completion *x)
> {
> - lock_acquire_exclusive((struct lockdep_map *)&x->map, 0, 0, NULL, _RET_IP_);
> + lock_acquire_exclusive((struct lockdep_map *)x->pmap, 0, 0, NULL, _RET_IP_);
> }
>
> static inline void complete_release(struct completion *x)
> {
> - lock_release((struct lockdep_map *)&x->map, 0, _RET_IP_);
> + lock_release((struct lockdep_map *)x->pmap, 0, _RET_IP_);
> }
>
> static inline void complete_release_commit(struct completion *x)
> {
> - lock_commit_crosslock((struct lockdep_map *)&x->map);
> + lock_commit_crosslock((struct lockdep_map *)x->pmap);
> }
>
> #define init_completion(x) \
> @@ -57,8 +74,16 @@ do { \
> &__key, 0); \
> __init_completion(x); \
> } while (0)
> +
> +static inline void init_completion_map(struct completion *x,
> + struct lockdep_map_cross *map)
> +{
> + __init_completion(x);
> + x->pmap = map;
> +}
> #else
> #define init_completion(x) __init_completion(x)
> +#define init_completion_map(x, m) __init_completion(x)
> static inline void complete_acquire(struct completion *x) {}
> static inline void complete_release(struct completion *x) {}
> static inline void complete_release_commit(struct completion *x) {}
> @@ -66,7 +91,7 @@ static inline void complete_release_commit(struct completion *x) {}
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_COMPLETIONS
> #define COMPLETION_INITIALIZER(work) \
> - { 0, __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER((work).wait), \
> + { 0, __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER((work).wait), &(work).map, \
> STATIC_CROSS_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("(complete)" #work, &(work)) }
> #else
> #define COMPLETION_INITIALIZER(work) \
> @@ -107,19 +132,6 @@ static inline void complete_release_commit(struct completion *x) {}
> #endif
>
> /**
> - * init_completion - Initialize a dynamically allocated completion
> - * @x: pointer to completion structure that is to be initialized
> - *
> - * This inline function will initialize a dynamically created completion
> - * structure.
> - */
> -static inline void __init_completion(struct completion *x)
> -{
> - x->done = 0;
> - init_waitqueue_head(&x->wait);
> -}
> -
> -/**
> * reinit_completion - reinitialize a completion structure
> * @x: pointer to completion structure that is to be reinitialized
> *
> diff --git a/include/linux/workqueue.h b/include/linux/workqueue.h
> index 1c49431f3121..c6d801d47535 100644
> --- a/include/linux/workqueue.h
> +++ b/include/linux/workqueue.h
> @@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ extern struct workqueue_struct *system_freezable_power_efficient_wq;
>
> extern struct workqueue_struct *
> __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
> - struct lock_class_key *key, const char *lock_name, ...) __printf(1, 6);
> + struct lock_class_key *key, const char *lock_name,
> + struct lock_class_key *c_key, const char *c_lock_name,
> + ...) __printf(1, 8);
>
> /**
> * alloc_workqueue - allocate a workqueue
> @@ -392,7 +394,21 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
> * RETURNS:
> * Pointer to the allocated workqueue on success, %NULL on failure.
> */
> -#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> +#if defined(CONFIG_LOCKDEP_COMPLETIONS)
> +#define alloc_workqueue(fmt, flags, max_active, args...) \
> +({ \
> + static struct lock_class_key __key, __c_key; \
> + const char *__lock_name, *__c_lock_name; \
> + \
> + __lock_name = #fmt#args; \
> + __c_lock_name = #fmt#args"c"; \
> + \
> + __alloc_workqueue_key((fmt), (flags), (max_active), \
> + &__key, __lock_name, \
> + &__c_key, __c_lock_name, \
> + ##args); \
> +})
> +#elif defined(CONFIG_LOCKDEP)
> #define alloc_workqueue(fmt, flags, max_active, args...) \
> ({ \
> static struct lock_class_key __key; \
> @@ -401,12 +417,14 @@ __alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
> __lock_name = #fmt#args; \
> \
> __alloc_workqueue_key((fmt), (flags), (max_active), \
> - &__key, __lock_name, ##args); \
> + &__key, __lock_name, \
> + NULL, NULL, \
> + ##args); \
> })
> #else
> #define alloc_workqueue(fmt, flags, max_active, args...) \
> __alloc_workqueue_key((fmt), (flags), (max_active), \
> - NULL, NULL, ##args)
> + NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, ##args)
> #endif
>
> /**
> diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
> index 64d0edf428f8..c267fa7ad1ec 100644
> --- a/kernel/workqueue.c
> +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
> @@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ struct workqueue_struct {
> #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> struct lockdep_map lockdep_map;
> #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP_COMPLETIONS
> + struct lockdep_map_cross completion_lockdep_map;
> +#endif
> char name[WQ_NAME_LEN]; /* I: workqueue name */
>
> /*
> @@ -2611,13 +2614,14 @@ void flush_workqueue(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
> struct wq_flusher this_flusher = {
> .list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(this_flusher.list),
> .flush_color = -1,
> - .done = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(this_flusher.done),
> };
> int next_color;
>
> if (WARN_ON(!wq_online))
> return;
>
> + init_completion_map(&this_flusher.done, &wq->completion_lockdep_map);
> +
> lock_map_acquire(&wq->lockdep_map);
> lock_map_release(&wq->lockdep_map);
>
> @@ -3962,11 +3966,11 @@ static int wq_clamp_max_active(int max_active, unsigned int flags,
> return clamp_val(max_active, 1, lim);
> }
>
> -struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt,
> - unsigned int flags,
> - int max_active,
> - struct lock_class_key *key,
> - const char *lock_name, ...)
> +struct workqueue_struct *
> +__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt, unsigned int flags, int max_active,
> + struct lock_class_key *key, const char *lock_name,
> + struct lock_class_key *c_key, const char *c_lock_name,
> + ...)
> {
> size_t tbl_size = 0;
> va_list args;
> @@ -4001,7 +4005,7 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt,
> goto err_free_wq;
> }
>
> - va_start(args, lock_name);
> + va_start(args, c_lock_name);
> vsnprintf(wq->name, sizeof(wq->name), fmt, args);
> va_end(args);
>
> @@ -4019,6 +4023,8 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__alloc_workqueue_key(const char *fmt,
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wq->maydays);
>
> lockdep_init_map(&wq->lockdep_map, lock_name, key, 0);
> + lockdep_init_map_crosslock((struct lockdep_map *)&wq->completion_lockdep_map,
> + c_lock_name, c_key, 0);
> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wq->list);
>
> if (alloc_and_link_pwqs(wq) < 0)
> --
> 2.9.5
>



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Thanks,
Byungchul