Re: [PATCH 2/5] of: dynamic: Refactor action prints to not use "%pOF" inside devtree_lock
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Tue Aug 01 2023 - 23:36:26 EST
On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 06:28:48AM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2023 at 03:54:45PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> > While originally it was fine to format strings using "%pOF" while
> > holding devtree_lock, this now causes a deadlock. Lockdep reports:
> >
> > of_get_parent from of_fwnode_get_parent+0x18/0x24
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > of_fwnode_get_parent from fwnode_count_parents+0xc/0x28
> > fwnode_count_parents from fwnode_full_name_string+0x18/0xac
> > fwnode_full_name_string from device_node_string+0x1a0/0x404
> > device_node_string from pointer+0x3c0/0x534
> > pointer from vsnprintf+0x248/0x36c
> > vsnprintf from vprintk_store+0x130/0x3b4
> >
> > To fix this, move the printing in __of_changeset_entry_apply() outside the
> > lock. As there's already similar printing of the same changeset actions,
> > refactor all of them to use a common action print function. This has the
> > side benefit of getting rid of some ifdefs.
...
> > v3:
> > - Add missing 'static' reported by 0-day
>
> It reported two issues (at least what I see).
...
> > + if (pr_debug("notify "))
>
> This is weird. How did you compile it?
Urgh, you need to fix dynamic debug macros to return an error code.
> > + of_changeset_action_print(action, pr->dn, pr->prop ? pr->prop->name : NULL);
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko