Re: [PATCH v2] x86/apic/vector: Move pr_warn() out of vector_lock

[Waiman Long]

On 3/29/21 8:42 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Waiman,
>
> On Sun, Mar 28 2021 at 20:52, Waiman Long wrote:
> > It was found that the following circular locking dependency warning
> > could happen in some systems:
> >
> > [  218.097878] ======================================================
> > [  218.097879] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> > [  218.097880] 4.18.0-228.el8.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted
> Reports have to be against latest mainline and not against the random
> distro frankenkernel of the day. That's nothing new.
>
> Plus I was asking you to provide a full splat to look at so this can be
> discussed _upfront_. Oh well...

That was the full splat that I can see except the following trailing data:

[  218.098064] RIP: 0033:0x7ff4ee7620d6
[  218.098066] Code: 89 54 24 08 e8 9b f4 ff ff 8b 74 24 0c 48 8b 3c 24 
41 89 c0 44 8b 54 24 08 b8 01 01 00 00 89 f2 48 89 fe bf 9c ff ff ff 0f 
05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 30 44 89 c7 89 44 24 08 e8 c6 f4 ff ff 8b 44
[  218.098067] RSP: 002b:00007ffdda1116a0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 
0000000000000101
[  218.098069] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000564733953f70 RCX: 
00007ff4ee7620d6
[  218.098070] RDX: 0000000000080902 RSI: 00005647339560e0 RDI: 
00000000ffffff9c
[  218.098071] RBP: 0000000000000015 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 
000000000000004b
[  218.098072] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 
0000000000080902
[  218.098074] R13: 00005647339560e0 R14: 0000564733953a90 R15: 
0000000000000002
[  218.098460] irq 3: Affinity broken due to vector space exhaustion.


> > [  218.097914] -> #2 (&irq_desc_lock_class){-.-.}:
> > [  218.097917]        _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x48/0x81
> > [  218.097918]        __irq_get_desc_lock+0xcf/0x140
> > [  218.097919]        __dble_irq_nosync+0x6e/0x110
> This function does not even exist in mainline and never existed...
>
> > [  218.097967]
> > [  218.097967] Chain exists of:
> > [  218.097968]   console_oc_lock_class --> vector_lock
> > [  218.097972]
> > [  218.097973]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> > [  218.097973]
> > [  218.097974]        CPU0                    CPU1
> > [  218.097975]        ----                    ----
> > [  218.097975]   lock(vector_lock);
> > [  218.097977]                                lock(&irq_desc_lock_class);
> > [  218.097980]                                lock(vector_lock);
> > [  218.097981]   lock(console_owner);
> > [  218.097983]
> > [  218.097984]  *** DEADLOCK ***
> > [  218.097984]
> > [  218.097985] 6 locks held by systemd/1:
> > [  218.097986]  #0: ffff88822b5cc1e8 (&tty->legacy_mutex){+.+.}, at: tty_init_dev+0x79/0x440
> > [  218.097989]  #1: ffff88832ee00770 (&port->mutex){+.+.}, at: tty_port_open+0x85/0x190
> > [  218.097993]  #2: ffff88813be85a88 (&desc->request_mutex){+.+.}, at: __setup_irq+0x249/0x1e60
> > [  218.097996]  #3: ffff88813be858c0 (&irq_desc_lock_class){-.-.}, at: __setup_irq+0x2d9/0x1e60
> > [  218.098000]  #4: ffffffff84afca78 (vector_lock){-.-.}, at: x86_vector_activate+0xca/0xab0
> > [  218.098003]  #5: ffffffff84c27e20 (console_lock){+.+.}, at: vprintk_emit+0x13a/0x450
> This is a more fundamental problem than just vector lock and the same
> problem exists with any other printk over serial which is nested in the
> interrupt activation chain not only on X86.

That is true. This problem is more generic than just that. I am hoping 
that the new printk rewrite may address this problem. I have been 
waiting for a while and that work is still not upstream yet. So what is 
your current timeline for that? If that will happen soon, I probably 
don't need this patch. I send this patch out as I am uncertain about it.


> > -static int activate_reserved(struct irq_data *irqd)
> > +static int activate_reserved(struct irq_data *irqd, char *wbuf, size_t wsize)
> >   {
> ...
>
> >   	if (!cpumask_subset(irq_data_get_effective_affinity_mask(irqd),
> >   			    irq_data_get_affinity_mask(irqd))) {
> > -		pr_warn("irq %u: Affinity broken due to vector space exhaustion.\n",
> > -			irqd->irq);
> > +		snprintf(wbuf, wsize, KERN_WARNING
> > +			 "irq %u: Affinity broken due to vector space exhaustion.\n",
> > +			 irqd->irq);
> This is not really any more tasteful than the previous one and it does
> not fix the fundamental underlying problem.
>
> But, because I'm curious and printk is a constant source of trouble, I
> just added unconditional pr_warns into those functions under vector_lock
> on 5.12-rc5.
>
> Still waiting for the lockdep splat to show up while enjoying the
> trickle of printks over serial.
>
> If you really think this is an upstream problem then please provide a
> corresponding lockdep splat on plain 5.12-rc5 along with a .config and
> the scenario which triggers this. Not less, not more.

I will try to reproduce this problem with an upstream kernel.

Thanks,
Longman