[PATCH] tracing/osnoise: Fix possible recursive locking for cpus_read_lock()
From: Ran Xiaokai
Date: Tue Feb 25 2025 - 07:32:58 EST
From: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
Lockdep reports this deadlock log:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
--------------------------------------------
sh/31444 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff82c51af0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at:
stop_per_cpu_kthreads+0x7/0x60
but task is already holding lock:
ffffffff82c51af0 (cpu_hotplug_lock){++++}-{0:0}, at:
start_per_cpu_kthreads+0x28/0x140
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(cpu_hotplug_lock);
lock(cpu_hotplug_lock);
Call Trace:
<TASK>
__lock_acquire+0x1612/0x29b0
lock_acquire+0xd0/0x2e0
cpus_read_lock+0x49/0x120
stop_per_cpu_kthreads+0x7/0x60
start_kthread+0x105/0x120
start_per_cpu_kthreads+0xdd/0x140
osnoise_workload_start+0x261/0x2f0
osnoise_tracer_start+0x18/0x4
In start_kthread(), when kthread_run_on_cpu() fails,
cpus_read_unlock() should be called before stop_per_cpu_kthreads(),
but both start_per_cpu_kthreads() and start_kthread() call the error
handling routine stop_per_cpu_kthreads(),
which is redundant. Only one call is necessary.
To fix this, move stop_per_cpu_kthreads() outside of start_kthread(),
use the return value of start_kthread() to determine kthread creation
error.
The same issue exists in osnoise_hotplug_workfn() too.
Reviewed-by: Yang Guang <yang.guang5@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Wang Yong <wang.yong12@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ran Xiaokai <ran.xiaokai@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
index 92e16f03fa4e..38fb0c655f5b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_osnoise.c
@@ -2029,7 +2029,6 @@ static int start_kthread(unsigned int cpu)
if (IS_ERR(kthread)) {
pr_err(BANNER "could not start sampling thread\n");
- stop_per_cpu_kthreads();
return -ENOMEM;
}
@@ -2097,7 +2096,7 @@ static void osnoise_hotplug_workfn(struct
work_struct *dummy)
return;
guard(mutex)(&interface_lock);
- guard(cpus_read_lock)();
+ cpus_read_lock();
if (!cpu_online(cpu))
return;
@@ -2105,7 +2104,12 @@ static void osnoise_hotplug_workfn(struct
work_struct *dummy)
if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &osnoise_cpumask))
return;
- start_kthread(cpu);
+ if (start_kthread(cpu)) {
+ cpus_read_unlock();
+ stop_per_cpu_kthreads();
+ return;
+ }
+ cpus_read_unlock();
}
static DECLARE_WORK(osnoise_hotplug_work, osnoise_hotplug_workfn);
--
2.15.2