[ 022/103] cpufreq: Revert commit 2f7021a8 to fix CPU hotplug regression

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Jul 23 2013 - 18:54:01 EST

3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit e8d05276f236ee6435e78411f62be9714e0b9377 upstream.

commit 2f7021a8 "cpufreq: protect 'policy->cpus' from offlining
during __gov_queue_work()" caused a regression in CPU hotplug,
because it lead to a deadlock between cpufreq governor worker thread
and the CPU hotplug writer task.

Lockdep splat corresponding to this deadlock is shown below:

[ 60.277396] ======================================================
[ 60.277400] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
[ 60.277407] 3.10.0-rc7-dbg-01385-g241fd04-dirty #1744 Not tainted
[ 60.277411] -------------------------------------------------------
[ 60.277417] bash/2225 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 60.277422] ((&(&j_cdbs->work)->work)){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff810621b5>] flush_work+0x5/0x280
[ 60.277444] but task is already holding lock:
[ 60.277449] (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81042d8b>] cpu_hotplug_begin+0x2b/0x60
[ 60.277465] which lock already depends on the new lock.

[ 60.277472] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 60.277477] -> #2 (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}:
[ 60.277490] [<ffffffff810ac6d4>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
[ 60.277503] [<ffffffff815b6157>] mutex_lock_nested+0x67/0x410
[ 60.277514] [<ffffffff81042cbc>] get_online_cpus+0x3c/0x60
[ 60.277522] [<ffffffff814b842a>] gov_queue_work+0x2a/0xb0
[ 60.277532] [<ffffffff814b7891>] cs_dbs_timer+0xc1/0xe0
[ 60.277543] [<ffffffff8106302d>] process_one_work+0x1cd/0x6a0
[ 60.277552] [<ffffffff81063d31>] worker_thread+0x121/0x3a0
[ 60.277560] [<ffffffff8106ae2b>] kthread+0xdb/0xe0
[ 60.277569] [<ffffffff815bb96c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[ 60.277580] -> #1 (&j_cdbs->timer_mutex){+.+...}:
[ 60.277592] [<ffffffff810ac6d4>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
[ 60.277600] [<ffffffff815b6157>] mutex_lock_nested+0x67/0x410
[ 60.277608] [<ffffffff814b785d>] cs_dbs_timer+0x8d/0xe0
[ 60.277616] [<ffffffff8106302d>] process_one_work+0x1cd/0x6a0
[ 60.277624] [<ffffffff81063d31>] worker_thread+0x121/0x3a0
[ 60.277633] [<ffffffff8106ae2b>] kthread+0xdb/0xe0
[ 60.277640] [<ffffffff815bb96c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[ 60.277649] -> #0 ((&(&j_cdbs->work)->work)){+.+...}:
[ 60.277661] [<ffffffff810ab826>] __lock_acquire+0x1766/0x1d30
[ 60.277669] [<ffffffff810ac6d4>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
[ 60.277677] [<ffffffff810621ed>] flush_work+0x3d/0x280
[ 60.277685] [<ffffffff81062d8a>] __cancel_work_timer+0x8a/0x120
[ 60.277693] [<ffffffff81062e53>] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x13/0x20
[ 60.277701] [<ffffffff814b89d9>] cpufreq_governor_dbs+0x529/0x6f0
[ 60.277709] [<ffffffff814b76a7>] cs_cpufreq_governor_dbs+0x17/0x20
[ 60.277719] [<ffffffff814b5df8>] __cpufreq_governor+0x48/0x100
[ 60.277728] [<ffffffff814b6b80>] __cpufreq_remove_dev.isra.14+0x80/0x3c0
[ 60.277737] [<ffffffff815adc0d>] cpufreq_cpu_callback+0x38/0x4c
[ 60.277747] [<ffffffff81071a4d>] notifier_call_chain+0x5d/0x110
[ 60.277759] [<ffffffff81071b0e>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
[ 60.277768] [<ffffffff815a0a68>] _cpu_down+0x88/0x330
[ 60.277779] [<ffffffff815a0d46>] cpu_down+0x36/0x50
[ 60.277788] [<ffffffff815a2748>] store_online+0x98/0xd0
[ 60.277796] [<ffffffff81452a28>] dev_attr_store+0x18/0x30
[ 60.277806] [<ffffffff811d9edb>] sysfs_write_file+0xdb/0x150
[ 60.277818] [<ffffffff8116806d>] vfs_write+0xbd/0x1f0
[ 60.277826] [<ffffffff811686fc>] SyS_write+0x4c/0xa0
[ 60.277834] [<ffffffff815bbbbe>] tracesys+0xd0/0xd5
[ 60.277842] other info that might help us debug this:

[ 60.277848] Chain exists of:
(&(&j_cdbs->work)->work) --> &j_cdbs->timer_mutex --> cpu_hotplug.lock

[ 60.277864] Possible unsafe locking scenario:

[ 60.277869] CPU0 CPU1
[ 60.277873] ---- ----
[ 60.277877] lock(cpu_hotplug.lock);
[ 60.277885] lock(&j_cdbs->timer_mutex);
[ 60.277892] lock(cpu_hotplug.lock);
[ 60.277900] lock((&(&j_cdbs->work)->work));
[ 60.277907] *** DEADLOCK ***

[ 60.277915] 6 locks held by bash/2225:
[ 60.277919] #0: (sb_writers#6){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff81168173>] vfs_write+0x1c3/0x1f0
[ 60.277937] #1: (&buffer->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff811d9e3c>] sysfs_write_file+0x3c/0x150
[ 60.277954] #2: (s_active#61){.+.+.+}, at: [<ffffffff811d9ec3>] sysfs_write_file+0xc3/0x150
[ 60.277972] #3: (x86_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81024cf7>] cpu_hotplug_driver_lock+0x17/0x20
[ 60.277990] #4: (cpu_add_remove_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff815a0d32>] cpu_down+0x22/0x50
[ 60.278007] #5: (cpu_hotplug.lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81042d8b>] cpu_hotplug_begin+0x2b/0x60
[ 60.278023] stack backtrace:
[ 60.278031] CPU: 3 PID: 2225 Comm: bash Not tainted 3.10.0-rc7-dbg-01385-g241fd04-dirty #1744
[ 60.278037] Hardware name: Acer Aspire 5741G /Aspire 5741G , BIOS V1.20 02/08/2011
[ 60.278042] ffffffff8204e110 ffff88014df6b9f8 ffffffff815b3d90 ffff88014df6ba38
[ 60.278055] ffffffff815b0a8d ffff880150ed3f60 ffff880150ed4770 3871c4002c8980b2
[ 60.278068] ffff880150ed4748 ffff880150ed4770 ffff880150ed3f60 ffff88014df6bb00
[ 60.278081] Call Trace:
[ 60.278091] [<ffffffff815b3d90>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
[ 60.278101] [<ffffffff815b0a8d>] print_circular_bug+0x2b6/0x2c5
[ 60.278111] [<ffffffff810ab826>] __lock_acquire+0x1766/0x1d30
[ 60.278123] [<ffffffff81067e08>] ? __kernel_text_address+0x58/0x80
[ 60.278134] [<ffffffff810ac6d4>] lock_acquire+0xa4/0x200
[ 60.278142] [<ffffffff810621b5>] ? flush_work+0x5/0x280
[ 60.278151] [<ffffffff810621ed>] flush_work+0x3d/0x280
[ 60.278159] [<ffffffff810621b5>] ? flush_work+0x5/0x280
[ 60.278169] [<ffffffff810a9b14>] ? mark_held_locks+0x94/0x140
[ 60.278178] [<ffffffff81062d77>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0x77/0x120
[ 60.278188] [<ffffffff810a9cbd>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0xfd/0x1c0
[ 60.278196] [<ffffffff81062d8a>] __cancel_work_timer+0x8a/0x120
[ 60.278206] [<ffffffff81062e53>] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x13/0x20
[ 60.278214] [<ffffffff814b89d9>] cpufreq_governor_dbs+0x529/0x6f0
[ 60.278225] [<ffffffff814b76a7>] cs_cpufreq_governor_dbs+0x17/0x20
[ 60.278234] [<ffffffff814b5df8>] __cpufreq_governor+0x48/0x100
[ 60.278244] [<ffffffff814b6b80>] __cpufreq_remove_dev.isra.14+0x80/0x3c0
[ 60.278255] [<ffffffff815adc0d>] cpufreq_cpu_callback+0x38/0x4c
[ 60.278265] [<ffffffff81071a4d>] notifier_call_chain+0x5d/0x110
[ 60.278275] [<ffffffff81071b0e>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
[ 60.278284] [<ffffffff815a0a68>] _cpu_down+0x88/0x330
[ 60.278292] [<ffffffff81024cf7>] ? cpu_hotplug_driver_lock+0x17/0x20
[ 60.278302] [<ffffffff815a0d46>] cpu_down+0x36/0x50
[ 60.278311] [<ffffffff815a2748>] store_online+0x98/0xd0
[ 60.278320] [<ffffffff81452a28>] dev_attr_store+0x18/0x30
[ 60.278329] [<ffffffff811d9edb>] sysfs_write_file+0xdb/0x150
[ 60.278337] [<ffffffff8116806d>] vfs_write+0xbd/0x1f0
[ 60.278347] [<ffffffff81185950>] ? fget_light+0x320/0x4b0
[ 60.278355] [<ffffffff811686fc>] SyS_write+0x4c/0xa0
[ 60.278364] [<ffffffff815bbbbe>] tracesys+0xd0/0xd5
[ 60.280582] smpboot: CPU 1 is now offline

The intention of that commit was to avoid warnings during CPU
hotplug, which indicated that offline CPUs were getting IPIs from the
cpufreq governor's work items. But the real root-cause of that
problem was commit a66b2e5 (cpufreq: Preserve sysfs files across
suspend/resume) because it totally skipped all the cpufreq callbacks
during CPU hotplug in the suspend/resume path, and hence it never
actually shut down the cpufreq governor's worker threads during CPU
offline in the suspend/resume path.

Reflecting back, the reason why we never suspected that commit as the
root-cause earlier, was that the original issue was reported with
just the halt command and nobody had brought in suspend/resume to the
equation.

The reason for _that_ in turn, as it turns out, is that earlier
halt/shutdown was being done by disabling non-boot CPUs while tasks
were frozen, just like suspend/resume.... but commit cf7df378a
(reboot: migrate shutdown/reboot to boot cpu) which came somewhere
along that very same time changed that logic: shutdown/halt no longer
takes CPUs offline. Thus, the test-cases for reproducing the bug
were vastly different and thus we went totally off the trail.

Overall, it was one hell of a confusion with so many commits
affecting each other and also affecting the symptoms of the problems
in subtle ways. Finally, now since the original problematic commit
(a66b2e5) has been completely reverted, revert this intermediate fix
too (2f7021a8), to fix the CPU hotplug deadlock. Phew!

Reported-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Peter Wu <lekensteyn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
#include <linux/tick.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/cpu.h>

#include "cpufreq_governor.h"

@@ -181,10 +180,8 @@ void gov_queue_work(struct dbs_data *dbs
if (!all_cpus) {
__gov_queue_work(smp_processor_id(), dbs_data, delay);
} else {
- get_online_cpus();
for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus)
__gov_queue_work(i, dbs_data, delay);
- put_online_cpus();
}
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gov_queue_work);


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