The following lockdep splat has been noticed during LTP testing
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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
4.13.0-rc3-next-20170807 #12 Not tainted
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a.out/4771 is trying to acquire lock:
(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff812b4668>] drain_all_stock.part.35+0x18/0x140
but task is already holding lock:
(&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff8106eb35>] __do_page_fault+0x175/0x530
which lock already depends on the new lock.
the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
-> #3 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}:
lock_acquire+0xc9/0x230
__might_fault+0x70/0xa0
_copy_to_user+0x23/0x70
filldir+0xa7/0x110
xfs_dir2_sf_getdents.isra.10+0x20c/0x2c0 [xfs]
xfs_readdir+0x1fa/0x2c0 [xfs]
xfs_file_readdir+0x30/0x40 [xfs]
iterate_dir+0x17a/0x1a0
SyS_getdents+0xb0/0x160
entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1f/0xbe
-> #2 (&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3){++++++}:
lock_acquire+0xc9/0x230
down_read+0x51/0xb0
lookup_slow+0xde/0x210
walk_component+0x160/0x250
link_path_walk+0x1a6/0x610
path_openat+0xe4/0xd50
do_filp_open+0x91/0x100
file_open_name+0xf5/0x130
filp_open+0x33/0x50
kernel_read_file_from_path+0x39/0x80
_request_firmware+0x39f/0x880
request_firmware_direct+0x37/0x50
request_microcode_fw+0x64/0xe0
reload_store+0xf7/0x180
dev_attr_store+0x18/0x30
sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x60
kernfs_fop_write+0x113/0x1a0
__vfs_write+0x37/0x170
vfs_write+0xc7/0x1c0
SyS_write+0x58/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x1f0
return_from_SYSCALL_64+0x0/0x7a
-> #1 (microcode_mutex){+.+.+.}:
lock_acquire+0xc9/0x230
__mutex_lock+0x88/0x960
mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x20
microcode_init+0xbb/0x208
do_one_initcall+0x51/0x1a9
kernel_init_freeable+0x208/0x2a7
kernel_init+0xe/0x104
ret_from_fork+0x2a/0x40
-> #0 (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++++}:
__lock_acquire+0x153c/0x1550
lock_acquire+0xc9/0x230
cpus_read_lock+0x4b/0x90
drain_all_stock.part.35+0x18/0x140
try_charge+0x3ab/0x6e0
mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x7f/0x2c0
shmem_getpage_gfp+0x25f/0x1050
shmem_fault+0x96/0x200
__do_fault+0x1e/0xa0
__handle_mm_fault+0x9c3/0xe00
handle_mm_fault+0x16e/0x380
__do_page_fault+0x24a/0x530
do_page_fault+0x30/0x80
page_fault+0x28/0x30
other info that might help us debug this:
Chain exists of:
cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem --> &type->i_mutex_dir_key#3 --> &mm->mmap_sem
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
lock(&type->i_mutex_dir_key#3);
lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
lock(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem);
*** DEADLOCK ***
2 locks held by a.out/4771:
#0: (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff8106eb35>] __do_page_fault+0x175/0x530
#1: (percpu_charge_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff812b4c97>] try_charge+0x397/0x6e0
The problem is very similar to the one fixed by commit a459eeb7b8
("mm, page_alloc: do not depend on cpu hotplug locks inside the
allocator"). We are taking hotplug locks while we can be sitting on top
of basically arbitrary locks. This just calls for problems.
We can get rid of {get,put}_online_cpus, fortunately. We do not have to
be worried about races with memory hotplug because drain_local_stock,
which is called from both the WQ draining and the memory hotplug
contexts, is always operating on the local cpu stock with IRQs disabled.
The only thing to be careful about is that the target memcg doesn't
vanish while we are still in drain_all_stock so take a reference on it.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170913090023.28322-1-mhocko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Reported-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@redhat.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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