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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] iio: Use per-device lockdep class for mlock
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:27:54 +0300
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 29, 2022 at 12:18 PM Vincent Whitchurch
> <vincent.whitchurch@axis.com> wrote:
> >
> > If an IIO driver uses callbacks from another IIO driver and calls
> > iio_channel_start_all_cb() from one of its buffer setup ops, then
> > lockdep complains due to the lock nesting, as in the below example with
> > lmp91000.
> >
> > Since the locks are being taken on different IIO devices, there is no
> > actual deadlock. Fix the warning by telling lockdep to use a different
> > class for each iio_device.
> >
> > ============================================
> > WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
> > --------------------------------------------
> > python3/23 is trying to acquire lock:
> > (&indio_dev->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: iio_update_buffers
> >
> > but task is already holding lock:
> > (&indio_dev->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: enable_store
> >
> > other info that might help us debug this:
> > Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> >
> > CPU0
> > ----
> > lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
> > lock(&indio_dev->mlock);
> >
> > *** DEADLOCK ***
> >
> > May be due to missing lock nesting notation
> >
> > 5 locks held by python3/23:
> > #0: (sb_writers#5){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: ksys_write
> > #1: (&of->mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter
> > #2: (kn->active#14){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: kernfs_fop_write_iter
> > #3: (&indio_dev->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: enable_store
> > #4: (&iio_dev_opaque->info_exist_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: iio_update_buffers
> >
> > Call Trace:
> > __mutex_lock
> > iio_update_buffers
> > iio_channel_start_all_cb
> > lmp91000_buffer_postenable
> > __iio_update_buffers
> > enable_store
>
>
> This looks much better than the previous version, thanks!
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
>
> > Fixes: 67e17300dc1d76 ("iio: potentiostat: add LMP91000 support")
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@axis.com>

Given we only have one known effected driver (and that has other issues),
I'm going to take this the slow route and queue it up for next merge window.

Applied to the togreg branch of iio.git and pushed out as testing for
0-day to poke at it.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> > ---
> >
> > Notes:
> > v2:
> > - Use a different lockdep class for each iio_device, instead of using
> > mutex_lock_nested.
> > - Add fixes tag pointing to first IIO driver which used this API.
> > - Trim call stack in commit message.
> >
> > drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 5 +++++
> > include/linux/iio/iio-opaque.h | 2 ++
> > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > index 0f4dbda3b9d3..921d8e8643a2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
> > @@ -1621,6 +1621,8 @@ static void iio_dev_release(struct device *device)
> >
> > iio_device_detach_buffers(indio_dev);
> >
> > + lockdep_unregister_key(&iio_dev_opaque->mlock_key);
> > +
> > ida_free(&iio_ida, iio_dev_opaque->id);
> > kfree(iio_dev_opaque);
> > }
> > @@ -1680,6 +1682,9 @@ struct iio_dev *iio_device_alloc(struct device *parent, int sizeof_priv)
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iio_dev_opaque->buffer_list);
> > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&iio_dev_opaque->ioctl_handlers);
> >
> > + lockdep_register_key(&iio_dev_opaque->mlock_key);
> > + lockdep_set_class(&indio_dev->mlock, &iio_dev_opaque->mlock_key);
> > +
> > return indio_dev;
> > }
> > EXPORT_SYMBOL(iio_device_alloc);
> > diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio-opaque.h b/include/linux/iio/iio-opaque.h
> > index 6b3586b3f952..d1f8b30a7c8b 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/iio/iio-opaque.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/iio/iio-opaque.h
> > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
> > * checked by device drivers but should be considered
> > * read-only as this is a core internal bit
> > * @driver_module: used to make it harder to undercut users
> > + * @mlock_key: lockdep class for iio_dev lock
> > * @info_exist_lock: lock to prevent use during removal
> > * @trig_readonly: mark the current trigger immutable
> > * @event_interface: event chrdevs associated with interrupt lines
> > @@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ struct iio_dev_opaque {
> > int currentmode;
> > int id;
> > struct module *driver_module;
> > + struct lock_class_key mlock_key;
> > struct mutex info_exist_lock;
> > bool trig_readonly;
> > struct iio_event_interface *event_interface;
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
>

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