Re: [PATCH] coresight: cti: write regsiters directly in cti_enable_hw()

From: Mathieu Poirier
Date: Mon Aug 31 2020 - 16:28:27 EST


On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 11:18:18AM +0800, Tingwei Zhang wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 02:12:53AM +0800, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
> > Hi Tingwei,
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 07:10:57PM +0800, Tingwei Zhang wrote:
> > > Deadlock as below is triggered by one CPU holds drvdata->spinlock
> > > and calls cti_enable_hw(). Smp_call_function_single() is called
> > > in cti_enable_hw() and tries to let another CPU write CTI registers.
> > > That CPU is trying to get drvdata->spinlock in cti_cpu_pm_notify()
> > > and doesn't response to IPI from smp_call_function_single().
> > >
> > > [ 988.335937] CPU: 6 PID: 10258 Comm: sh Tainted: G W L
> > > 5.8.0-rc6-mainline-16783-gc38daa79b26b-dirty #1
> > > [ 988.346364] Hardware name: Thundercomm Dragonboard 845c (DT)
> > > [ 988.352073] pstate: 20400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO BTYPE=--)
> > > [ 988.357689] pc : smp_call_function_single+0x158/0x1b8
> > > [ 988.362782] lr : smp_call_function_single+0x124/0x1b8
> > > ...
> > > [ 988.451638] Call trace:
> > > [ 988.454119] smp_call_function_single+0x158/0x1b8
> > > [ 988.458866] cti_enable+0xb4/0xf8 [coresight_cti]
> > > [ 988.463618] coresight_control_assoc_ectdev+0x6c/0x128 [coresight]
> > > [ 988.469855] coresight_enable+0x1f0/0x364 [coresight]
> > > [ 988.474957] enable_source_store+0x5c/0x9c [coresight]
> > > [ 988.480140] dev_attr_store+0x14/0x28
> > > [ 988.483839] sysfs_kf_write+0x38/0x4c
> > > [ 988.487532] kernfs_fop_write+0x1c0/0x2b0
> > > [ 988.491585] vfs_write+0xfc/0x300
> > > [ 988.494931] ksys_write+0x78/0xe0
> > > [ 988.498283] __arm64_sys_write+0x18/0x20
> > > [ 988.502240] el0_svc_common+0x98/0x160
> > > [ 988.506024] do_el0_svc+0x78/0x80
> > > [ 988.509377] el0_sync_handler+0xd4/0x270
> > > [ 988.513337] el0_sync+0x164/0x180
> > >
> >
> > Was this the full log or you did cut some of it?
> >
>
> I cut some CPU registers' value since it's too long and not relevant.
> The Call trace is full.
>
> > > This change write CTI registers directly in cti_enable_hw().
> > > Config->hw_powered has been checked to be true with spinlock holded.
> > > CTI is powered and can be programmed until spinlock is released.
> > >
> >
> > From your explanation above it seems that cti_enable_hw() was called from,
> > say
> > CPUy, to enable the CTI associated to CPUx. CTIx's drvdata->spinlock was
> > taken
> > and smp_call_function_single() called right after. That woke up CPUx and
> > cti_cpu_pm_notify() was executed on CPUx in interrupt context, trying to
> > take
> > CTIx's drvdata->spinlock. That hung CPUx and the kernel got angry. Is my
> > assessment correct?
> >
>
> Most of them is correct. The only difference is CPUx is power on when
> cti_enable_hw() is called. Otherwise it will goto cti_state_unchanged:
> and won't call cti_enable_hw_smp_call(). cti_cpu_pm_notify() is called
> when CPUx tries to suspend instead of resume.
>
> > If so I don't think the fix suggested in this patch will work. The same
> > condition will happen whenever cti_enable_hw() is called on a CPU to
> > enable a
> > CTI that belongs to another CPU and that cti_cpu_pm_notify() is called on
> > latter
> > CPU at the same time.
> >
>
> I'm not sure I understand this correctly. Let me clarify it a little bit.
> It's a deadlock since cti_enable_hw() holds the spinlock and calls
> cti_enable_hw_smp_call() from CPUx to enable CTI associated to CPUy. It
> waits for cti_enable_hw_smp_call() to return. IPI is sent to CPUy while
> CPUy is in cti_cpu_pm_notify() and waits for spinlock. In this patch,
> I remove cti_enable_hw_smp_call() and write CTI CPU directly on CPUx.
> It won't wait for CPUy and release spinlock after program registers of
> CTI. After cti_enable_hw() releases spinlock, cti_cpu_pm_notify() will
> continue to run. Since spinlock is held and config->hw_powered is true,
> we don't need to worry about CPUy power down when we program CTI on CPUx.
>
> > I think a better solution is to grab the lock in cti_enable_hw() and check
> > the
> > value of ->ctidev.cpu. If not a global CPU, i.e >= 0, then release the
> > lock and
> > call smp_call_function_single(). In cti_enable_hw_smp_call() take the
> > lock
> > again and move forward from there.
> >
>
> After cti_enable_hw() releases the lock, it's possible that CPU is offline
> by user, cti_enable_hw_smp_call() will fail in this case.
>
>

I took another look at your solution and you are correct, CPUy won't lock but
rather spin waiting for cti_enable_hw() to finish on CPUx. To make sure CPUx is
not interrupted while executing cti_enable_hw() I suggest to use
spin_lock_irq().

Thanks,
Mathieu

>
> > I have applied the other two patches in this set so no need to send them
> > again.
> >
> Thanks,
> Tingwei
> > Thanks,
> > Mathieu
> >
> > > Fixes: 6a0953ce7de9 ("coresight: cti: Add CPU idle pm notifer to CTI
> > devices")
> > > Signed-off-by: Tingwei Zhang <tingwei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.c | 17 +----------------
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.c
> > b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.c
> > > index 3ccc703dc940..869569eb8c7f 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-cti.c
> > > @@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ void cti_write_all_hw_regs(struct cti_drvdata
> > *drvdata)
> > > CS_LOCK(drvdata->base);
> > > }
> > >
> > > -static void cti_enable_hw_smp_call(void *info)
> > > -{
> > > - struct cti_drvdata *drvdata = info;
> > > -
> > > - cti_write_all_hw_regs(drvdata);
> > > -}
> > > -
> > > /* write regs to hardware and enable */
> > > static int cti_enable_hw(struct cti_drvdata *drvdata)
> > > {
> > > @@ -112,15 +105,7 @@ static int cti_enable_hw(struct cti_drvdata
> > *drvdata)
> > > if (rc)
> > > goto cti_err_not_enabled;
> > >
> > > - if (drvdata->ctidev.cpu >= 0) {
> > > - rc = smp_call_function_single(drvdata->ctidev.cpu,
> > > - cti_enable_hw_smp_call,
> > > - drvdata, 1);
> > > - if (rc)
> > > - goto cti_err_not_enabled;
> > > - } else {
> > > - cti_write_all_hw_regs(drvdata);
> > > - }
> > > + cti_write_all_hw_regs(drvdata);
> > >
> > > config->hw_enabled = true;
> > > atomic_inc(&drvdata->config.enable_req_count);
> > > --
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