Re: [GIT PULL rcu/urgent] Fix two more 4.3 regressions

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Sun Sep 27 2015 - 13:42:25 EST


On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 07:24:22PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Paul E. McKenney
> <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 05:55:43PM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Paul E. McKenney
> >> <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 09:37:05AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> >> >> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Paul E. McKenney
> >> >> <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> > On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 08:28:39AM +0200, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> >
> > [ . . . ]
> >
> >> Hi Paul :-),
> >>
> >> Here is the stack trace.
> >>
> >> [ 23.045871] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
> >> kernel/workqueue.c:2678
> >> [ 23.045982] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 1399, name: acpid
> >> [ 23.046064] 3 locks held by acpid/1399:
> >> [ 23.046066] #0: (&evdev->mutex){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8174ac7c>]
> >> evdev_release+0xbc/0xf0
> >> [ 23.046081] #1: (&dev->mutex#2){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81742397>]
> >> input_close_device+0x27/0x70
> >> [ 23.046093] #2: (hid_open_mut){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffffa0056388>]
> >> usbhid_close+0x28/0xb0 [usbhid]
> >> [ 23.046106] irq event stamp: 3306
> >> [ 23.046109] hardirqs last enabled at (3305): [<ffffffff8192ae32>]
> >> _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x32/0x60
> >> [ 23.046115] hardirqs last disabled at (3306): [<ffffffff81121017>]
> >> del_timer_sync+0x37/0x110
> >> [ 23.046122] softirqs last enabled at (2704): [<ffffffff818b12c9>]
> >> local_bh_enable+0x9/0x20
> >> [ 23.046128] softirqs last disabled at (2702): [<ffffffff818b12a9>]
> >> local_bh_disable+0x9/0x20
> >> [ 23.046136] CPU: 2 PID: 1399 Comm: acpid Not tainted
> >> 4.3.0-rc3-3-llvmlinux-amd64 #1
> >> [ 23.046139] Hardware name: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
> >> 530U3BI/530U4BI/530U4BH/530U3BI/530U4BI/530U4BH, BIOS 13XK 03/28/2013
> >> [ 23.046143] ffff8800d36ee948 0000000000000092 0000000000000000
> >> ffff8800bbacfae8
> >> [ 23.046151] ffffffff8149adad ffff8800bbacfb18 ffffffff810cd1ea
> >> ffffffff81c56f0a
> >> [ 23.046158] ffff8800c22dc400 0000000000000000 0000000000000a76
> >> ffff8800bbacfb58
> >> [ 23.046165] Call Trace:
> >> [ 23.046172] [<ffffffff8149adad>] dump_stack+0x7d/0xa0
> >> [ 23.046177] [<ffffffff810cd1ea>] ___might_sleep+0x28a/0x2a0
> >> [ 23.046182] [<ffffffff810cceef>] __might_sleep+0x4f/0xc0
> >> [ 23.046187] [<ffffffff810afbff>] start_flush_work+0x2f/0x290
> >> [ 23.046192] [<ffffffff810afbac>] flush_work+0x5c/0x80
> >> [ 23.046195] [<ffffffff810afb6a>] ? flush_work+0x1a/0x80
> >> [ 23.046202] [<ffffffff810eed0d>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0x10
> >> [ 23.046206] [<ffffffff810aecc8>] ? try_to_grab_pending+0x48/0x360
> >> [ 23.046211] [<ffffffff8192ac53>] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x73/0x80
> >> [ 23.046216] [<ffffffff810afff9>] __cancel_work_timer+0x179/0x260
> >> [ 23.046221] [<ffffffff8192add2>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x52/0x80
> >> [ 23.046226] [<ffffffff81120fcd>] ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0xad/0xc0
> >> [ 23.046230] [<ffffffff810afe78>] cancel_work_sync+0x18/0x20
> >> [ 23.046237] [<ffffffffa00563d5>] usbhid_close+0x75/0xb0 [usbhid]
> >> [ 23.046245] [<ffffffffa00394d1>] hidinput_close+0x31/0x40 [hid]
> >> [ 23.046251] [<ffffffffa00394a0>] ? hidinput_open+0x40/0x40 [hid]
> >> [ 23.046256] [<ffffffff817423b8>] input_close_device+0x48/0x70
> >> [ 23.046261] [<ffffffff8174ac96>] evdev_release+0xd6/0xf0
> >> [ 23.046267] [<ffffffff812728c7>] __fput+0x107/0x240
> >> [ 23.046271] [<ffffffff81272756>] ____fput+0x16/0x20
> >> [ 23.046276] [<ffffffff810b945c>] task_work_run+0x6c/0xe0
> >> [ 23.046282] [<ffffffff81003aa7>] prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x117/0x120
> >> [ 23.046287] [<ffffffff81003ce1>] syscall_return_slowpath+0x231/0x2a0
> >> [ 23.046292] [<ffffffff8126efa5>] ? filp_close+0x65/0x90
> >> [ 23.046298] [<ffffffff810ef1c9>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x19/0x290
> >> [ 23.046303] [<ffffffff81003017>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x17/0x19
> >> [ 23.046308] [<ffffffff8192bb62>] int_ret_from_sys_call+0x25/0x9f
> >>
> >> Can you give help on how to "debug" this?
> >>
> >> I switched from full-dynticks to simple cpu-accounting which did not help.
> >> But this was only a suspicion as Jiri pointed to the possibility
> >> del_timer_sync() could have get some mis-optimization.
> >>
> >> So, more empty head here.
> >
> > I am not familiar with the "hardirqs last enabled" debug output, but
> > I am guessing that hardirqs are disabled because the "last disabled"
> > number is greater than the "last enabled" number. So if I understand
> > correctly, something somewhere up the call stack has irqs disabled,
> > but is calling a function that needs them enabled.
> >
> > A quick look at usbhid_close() shows no problem, but then again, I am
> > looking at the v4.2 version rather than whatever you are testing.
> > But v4.3-rc2 looks the same.
> >
> > Looks like you are already in contact with Jiri, which is good.
> >
> > Another thing to try would be to insert might_sleep() calls, after
> > usbhid_close(), since it enables irqs explicitly, but before the call
> > to flush_work(). Jiri's comment can be interpreted as a suggestion
> > to insert a might_sleep() in try_to_del_timer_sync(), though
> > __cancel_work_timer() wouldn't be a bad place to try as well,
> > just before its call to flush_work().
>
> With...
>
> --- a/kernel/time/timer.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
> @@ -1026,6 +1026,8 @@ int try_to_del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
> unsigned long flags;
> int ret = -1;
>
> + might_sleep();
> +
> debug_assert_init(timer);
>
> base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
>
> ...I get now...
>
> [ 53.104411] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
> kernel/time/timer.c:1029
> [ 53.104417] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, pid: 2100, name: fusermount
> [ 53.104419] 1 lock held by fusermount/2100:
> [ 53.104420] #0: (&type->s_umount_key#33){+.+...}, at:
> [<ffffffff812746ab>] deactivate_super+0x5b/0x70
> [ 53.104432] irq event stamp: 3734
> [ 53.104433] hardirqs last enabled at (3733): [<ffffffff810aefb8>]
> mod_delayed_work_on+0x78/0xa0
> [ 53.104438] hardirqs last disabled at (3734): [<ffffffff810b045f>]
> flush_delayed_work+0x1f/0x70
> [ 53.104441] softirqs last enabled at (3730): [<ffffffff81204997>]
> wb_shutdown+0x47/0xb0
> [ 53.104444] softirqs last disabled at (3728): [<ffffffff81204976>]
> wb_shutdown+0x26/0xb0
> [ 53.104449] CPU: 3 PID: 2100 Comm: fusermount Not tainted
> 4.3.0-rc3-4-llvmlinux-amd64 #2
> [ 53.104451] Hardware name: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
> 530U3BI/530U4BI/530U4BH/530U3BI/530U4BI/530U4BH, BIOS 13XK 03/28/2013
> [ 53.104453] 000000000000000a 0000000000000096 0000000000000000
> ffff8800af39bb28
> [ 53.104457] ffffffff8149cadd ffff8800af39bb58 ffffffff810cd5aa
> ffffffff81c5f2e8
> [ 53.104461] ffff8800c5785940 0000000000000000 0000000000000405
> ffff8800af39bb98
> [ 53.104465] Call Trace:
> [ 53.104470] [<ffffffff8149cadd>] dump_stack+0x7d/0xa0
> [ 53.104473] [<ffffffff810cd5aa>] ___might_sleep+0x28a/0x2a0
> [ 53.104475] [<ffffffff810cd2af>] __might_sleep+0x4f/0xc0
> [ 53.104480] [<ffffffff81122055>] try_to_del_timer_sync+0x25/0xe0
> [ 53.104483] [<ffffffff81122204>] del_timer_sync+0xf4/0x110
> [ 53.104486] [<ffffffff8112214b>] ? del_timer_sync+0x3b/0x110
> [ 53.104497] [<ffffffff810b0468>] flush_delayed_work+0x28/0x70
> [ 53.104499] [<ffffffff812049cb>] wb_shutdown+0x7b/0xb0
> [ 53.104501] [<ffffffff812046fd>] bdi_destroy+0x7d/0x2d0
> [ 53.104505] [<ffffffff810efe2d>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0x10
> [ 53.104509] [<ffffffff813b7b08>] fuse_put_super+0xf8/0x140
> [ 53.104511] [<ffffffff813b7a10>] ? fuse_evict_inode+0x80/0x80
> [ 53.104513] [<ffffffff81274778>] generic_shutdown_super+0x68/0x120
> [ 53.104515] [<ffffffff81275a80>] kill_anon_super+0x20/0x70
> [ 53.104518] [<ffffffff813b6fcd>] fuse_kill_sb_anon+0x4d/0x60
> [ 53.104520] [<ffffffff812745dd>] deactivate_locked_super+0x4d/0xc0
> [ 53.104522] [<ffffffff812746b3>] deactivate_super+0x63/0x70
> [ 53.104525] [<ffffffff8129fa02>] cleanup_mnt+0xb2/0x140
> [ 53.104528] [<ffffffff8129f93a>] __cleanup_mnt+0x1a/0x30
> [ 53.104531] [<ffffffff810b97bc>] task_work_run+0x6c/0xe0
> [ 53.104534] [<ffffffff81003b8a>] prepare_exit_to_usermode+0x13a/0x140
> [ 53.104537] [<ffffffff81003e11>] syscall_return_slowpath+0x281/0x2f0
> [ 53.104540] [<ffffffff8129c121>] ? SyS_umount+0x341/0x620
> [ 53.104542] [<ffffffff810f02d9>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x19/0x290
> [ 53.104545] [<ffffffff81003017>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x17/0x19
> [ 53.104550] [<ffffffff8192da22>] int_ret_from_sys_call+0x25/0x9f
>
> A problem in fuse?

Or there is a need to qualify might_sleep() by its caller. So perhaps
set a per-CPU variable in the caller and only call might_sleep() if that
per-CPU variable is set. Of course, have the caller clear it on return.

Thanx, Paul

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