Re: [PATCH] PM-runtime: fix deadlock when canceling hrtimer

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Feb 21 2019 - 04:35:45 EST


On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 8:59 AM Vincent Guittot
<vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When rpm_resume() desactivates the autosuspend timer, it should only try
> to cancel hrtimer but not wait for the handler to finish because both
> rpm_resume() and pm_suspend_timer_fn() are taking the power.lock.
> We can have the deadlock sequence:
> CPU0 CPU1
> rpm_resume()
> spin_lock_irqsave
> pm_suspend_timer_fn()
> spin_lock_irqsave
> pm_runtime_deactivate_timer()
> hrtimer_cancel()

Everybody has missed this, not good.

> hrtimer_try_to_cancel() is enough because dev->power.timer_expires is also
> set to 0.
>
> Fixes: 8234f6734c5d ("PM-runtime: Switch autosuspend over to using hrtimers")
> Reported-by: Sunzhaosheng Sun(Zhaosheng) <sunzhaosheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/base/power/runtime.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
> index 04407d9..78937c4 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/power/runtime.c
> @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pm_runtime_suspended_time);
> static void pm_runtime_deactivate_timer(struct device *dev)
> {
> if (dev->power.timer_expires > 0) {
> - hrtimer_cancel(&dev->power.suspend_timer);
> + hrtimer_try_to_cancel(&dev->power.suspend_timer);
> dev->power.timer_expires = 0;
> }
> }
> --

Applied with some changelog modifications, thanks!