Re: PCI: Race condition in pci_create_sysfs_dev_files (can't boot)

From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Tue Feb 08 2022 - 18:40:33 EST


[+cc Koen, Dexuan from this old thread:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200716110423.xtfyb3n6tn5ixedh@pali/]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 12:56:18PM +0100, Krzysztof Hałasa wrote:
> Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Thanks. e1d3f3268b0e and related patches converted individual files
> > ("config", "rom", "vpd", etc) to static attributes, but since the
> > problem you're seeing is with a directory, it's likely different.
> >
> > I opened this bugzilla report to try to keep this from getting lost:
> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215515
>
> Ok, thanks.

Koen collected some interesting logs at
https://lore.kernel.org/all/cd4812f0-1de3-0582-936c-ba30906595af@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
They're from v5.10, which was before all of Krzysztof W's nice work
converting to static attributes, but Koen's log shows the error
happening in the pci_sysfs_init() initcall, which is *after*
imx6_pcie_probe():

imx6_pcie_probe # probably device initcall (level 6)
...
pci_create_sysfs_dev_files

pci_sysfs_init # late initcall (level 7)
pci_create_sysfs_dev_files
"sysfs: cannot create duplicate filename"

Krzysztof, you're running v5.14, which includes Krzysztof W's work,
but that shouldn't affect the imx6_pcie_probe()/pci_sysfs_init()
ordering. Your log shows the error in imx6_pcie_probe().

Would you mind adding the patch below and attaching a complete dmesg
log to the bugzilla?

Bjorn

diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
index 7bbf2673c7f2..6a2b62fe7704 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-sysfs.c
@@ -1200,6 +1200,9 @@ static int pci_create_attr(struct pci_dev *pdev, int num, int write_combine)
res_attr->attr.mode = 0600;
res_attr->size = pci_resource_len(pdev, num);
res_attr->private = (void *)(unsigned long)num;
+ pci_info(pdev, "pci_create_attr:");
+ print_hex_dump(KERN_INFO, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
+ res_attr, 64, true);
retval = sysfs_create_bin_file(&pdev->dev.kobj, res_attr);
if (retval)
kfree(res_attr);
@@ -1380,6 +1383,9 @@ static const struct attribute_group pci_dev_reset_attr_group = {

int __must_check pci_create_sysfs_dev_files(struct pci_dev *pdev)
{
+ pci_info(pdev, "pci_create_sysfs_dev_files\n");
+ dump_stack();
+
if (!sysfs_initialized)
return -EACCES;