Re: [PATCH] softirq/preempt: add missing current->preempt_disable_ip update

[Heiko Carstens]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 03:16:19PM +0100, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> While debugging some "sleeping function called from invalid context" bug I
> realized that the debug message "Preemption disabled at:" pointed to an
> incorrect function.
> In particular if the function/action that disabled preemption was
> spin_lock_bh() then current->preempt_disable_ip won't be updated.
> 
> The reason for this is that __local_bh_disable_ip() will increase
> preempt_count manually instead of calling preempt_count_add(), which
> would handle the update correctly.
> It look like the manual handling was done to work around some lockdep issue.
> 
> So add the missing update of current->preempt_disable_ip to
> __local_bh_disable_ip() as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/softirq.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
> index 501baa9ac1be..edd51027e3ab 100644
> --- a/kernel/softirq.c
> +++ b/kernel/softirq.c
> @@ -114,8 +114,13 @@ void __local_bh_disable_ip(unsigned long ip, unsigned int cnt)
>  		trace_softirqs_off(ip);
>  	raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
>  
> -	if (preempt_count() == cnt)
> -		trace_preempt_off(CALLER_ADDR0, get_parent_ip(CALLER_ADDR1));
> +	if (preempt_count() == cnt) {
> +		unsigned long ip = get_parent_ip(CALLER_ADDR1);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT
> +		current->preempt_disable_ip = ip;
> +#endif
> +		trace_preempt_off(CALLER_ADDR0, ip);
> +	}
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__local_bh_disable_ip);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS */

*ping*

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