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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/11] [BUGFIX] ftrace, kprobes: Fix a deadlock on ftrace_regex_lock
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On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 14:44 +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> Fix a deadlock on ftrace_regex_lock which happens when setting
> an enable_event trigger on dynamic kprobe event as below.
>
> ----
> sh-2.05b# echo p vfs_symlink > kprobe_events
> sh-2.05b# echo vfs_symlink:enable_event:kprobes:p_vfs_symlink_0 > set_ftrace_filter
>
> =============================================
> [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
> 3.9.0+ #35 Not tainted
> ---------------------------------------------
> sh/72 is trying to acquire lock:
> (ftrace_regex_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810ba6c1>] ftrace_set_hash+0x81/0x1f0
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> (ftrace_regex_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff810b7cbd>] ftrace_regex_write.isra.29.part.30+0x3d/0x220
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
> Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> CPU0
> ----
> lock(ftrace_regex_lock);
> lock(ftrace_regex_lock);

Ouch! I'm surprised I didn't trigger this in my tests. I have lockdep
enabled, and I did run kprobe testing. I'll have to look at how this was
missed :-/

>
> *** DEADLOCK ***
> ----
>
> To fix that, this introduces a finer regex_lock for each ftrace_ops.
> ftrace_regex_lock seems that a big lock which protect all
> filter/notrace_hash operation, but it doesn't need to be a global
> lock after supporting multiple ftrace_ops because each ftrace_ops
> has its own filter/notrace_hash.

OK, I'll test this patch out and see how it goes. I first need to see
how it broke without this patch.

Thanks,

-- Steve




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