Re: [PATCH 0/4] Fix issues in check_irq_usage()

[Boqun Feng]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 07:36:26PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Hi Boqun,
> 

Hello,

> Great, thanks! I'll ask the folks who could reproduce this issue to do
> so as soon as possible.
> 
> Not sure if you saw my previous posting:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8a61ecda99843307018e3e71a5540682436443fc.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#u
> 

I just replied that thread on the particular deadlock scenario there.

> That was with patch 3 of this set already applied.
> 
> 
> If I understand correctly, then you're basically saying that if we apply
> all the 3 (or 4) patches here, it'll just change the report (that you
> can see at the link above) to actually say something that I can
> understand to see where the issue is?
> 

Sort of, these patches will provide you a correct lock dependency path
on the deadlock possibility along with the correct call stacks. However,
currently I don't think it's easy for lockdep to print the 4-CPU
scenario that I post in the other email, so it will still take some
effort to decode the lockdep, so you will still need some lockdep
knowledge to understand the real issue ;-(

Regards,
Boqun

> Thanks,
> johannes
> 
>