[PATCH 4.14 51/51] x86/i8259: Use printk_deferred() to prevent deadlock

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Aug 03 2020 - 08:36:04 EST


From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit bdd65589593edd79b6a12ce86b3b7a7c6dae5208 upstream.

0day reported a possible circular locking dependency:

Chain exists of:
&irq_desc_lock_class --> console_owner --> &port_lock_key

Possible unsafe locking scenario:

CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&port_lock_key);
lock(console_owner);
lock(&port_lock_key);
lock(&irq_desc_lock_class);

The reason for this is a printk() in the i8259 interrupt chip driver
which is invoked with the irq descriptor lock held, which reverses the
lock operations vs. printk() from arbitrary contexts.

Switch the printk() to printk_deferred() to avoid that.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87365abt2v.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i8259.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ spurious_8259A_irq:
* lets ACK and report it. [once per IRQ]
*/
if (!(spurious_irq_mask & irqmask)) {
- printk(KERN_DEBUG
+ printk_deferred(KERN_DEBUG
"spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ%d.\n", irq);
spurious_irq_mask |= irqmask;
}