rcu: fix classic RCU locking cleanup lockdep problem
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 04:24:30PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> one of your two recent RCU patches caused this lockdep splat in -tip
> testing:
>
> ------------------->
> Brought up 2 CPUs
> Total of 2 processors activated (6850.87 BogoMIPS).
> PM: Adding info for No Bus:platform
> khelper used greatest stack depth: 3124 bytes left
>
> =================================
> [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ]
> 2.6.27-rc3-tip #1
> ---------------------------------
> inconsistent {softirq-on-W} -> {in-softirq-W} usage.
> ksoftirqd/0/4 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes:
> (&rcu_ctrlblk.lock){-+..}, at: [<
c016d91c>] __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1ac/0x1f0
> {softirq-on-W} state was registered at:
> [<
c01528e4>] __lock_acquire+0x3f4/0x5b0
> [<
c0152b29>] lock_acquire+0x89/0xc0
> [<
c076142b>] _spin_lock+0x3b/0x70
> [<
c016d649>] rcu_init_percpu_data+0x29/0x80
> [<
c075e43f>] rcu_cpu_notify+0xaf/0xd0
> [<
c076458d>] notifier_call_chain+0x2d/0x60
> [<
c0145ede>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0x1e/0x30
> [<
c075db29>] _cpu_up+0x79/0x110
> [<
c075dc0d>] cpu_up+0x4d/0x70
> [<
c0a769e1>] kernel_init+0xb1/0x200
> [<
c01048a3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
> [<
ffffffff>] 0xffffffff
> irq event stamp: 14
> hardirqs last enabled at (14): [<
c01534db>] trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0x10
> hardirqs last disabled at (13): [<
c014dbeb>] trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0x10
> softirqs last enabled at (0): [<
c012b186>] copy_process+0x276/0x1190
> softirqs last disabled at (11): [<
c0105c0a>] call_on_stack+0x1a/0x30
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
> no locks held by ksoftirqd/0/4.
>
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 4, comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 2.6.27-rc3-tip #1
> [<
c01504dc>] print_usage_bug+0x16c/0x1b0
> [<
c0152455>] mark_lock+0xa75/0xb10
> [<
c0108b75>] ? sched_clock+0x15/0x30
> [<
c015289d>] __lock_acquire+0x3ad/0x5b0
> [<
c0152b29>] lock_acquire+0x89/0xc0
> [<
c016d91c>] ? __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1ac/0x1f0
> [<
c076142b>] _spin_lock+0x3b/0x70
> [<
c016d91c>] ? __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1ac/0x1f0
> [<
c016d91c>] __rcu_process_callbacks+0x1ac/0x1f0
> [<
c016d986>] rcu_process_callbacks+0x26/0x50
> [<
c0132305>] __do_softirq+0x95/0x120
> [<
c0132270>] ? __do_softirq+0x0/0x120
> [<
c0105c0a>] call_on_stack+0x1a/0x30
> [<
c0132426>] ? ksoftirqd+0x96/0x110
> [<
c0132390>] ? ksoftirqd+0x0/0x110
> [<
c01411f7>] ? kthread+0x47/0x80
> [<
c01411b0>] ? kthread+0x0/0x80
> [<
c01048a3>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
> =======================
> calling init_cpufreq_transition_notifier_list+0x0/0x20
> initcall init_cpufreq_transition_notifier_list+0x0/0x20 returned 0 after 0 msecs
> calling net_ns_init+0x0/0x190
> net_namespace: 676 bytes
> initcall net_ns_init+0x0/0x190 returned 0 after 0 msecs
> calling cpufreq_tsc+0x0/0x20
> initcall cpufreq_tsc+0x0/0x20 returned 0 after 0 msecs
> calling reboot_init+0x0/0x20
> initcall reboot_init+0x0/0x20 returned 0 after 0 msecs
> calling print_banner+0x0/0x10
> Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
>
> <-----------------------
>
> my guess is on:
>
> commit
1f7b94cd3d564901f9e04a8bc5832ae7bfd690a0
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Tue Aug 5 09:21:44 2008 -0700
>
> rcu: classic RCU locking and memory-barrier cleanups
>
> Ingo
Fixes a problem detected by lockdep in which rcu->lock was acquired
both in irq context and in process context, but without disabling from
process context.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>