Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757246AbaFEAw6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 20:52:58 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:39637 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751872AbaFDXUk (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jun 2014 19:20:40 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , Lai Jiangshan Subject: [PATCH 3.14 005/228] rtmutex: Fix deadlock detector for real Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 16:20:34 -0700 Message-Id: <20140604232348.257703545@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.9.0 In-Reply-To: <20140604232347.966798903@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20140604232347.966798903@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.63-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Thomas Gleixner commit 397335f004f41e5fcf7a795e94eb3ab83411a17c upstream. The current deadlock detection logic does not work reliably due to the following early exit path: /* * Drop out, when the task has no waiters. Note, * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting * mode! */ if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) || top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task))) goto out_unlock_pi; So this not only exits when the task has no waiters, it also exits unconditionally when the current waiter is not the top priority waiter of the task. So in a nested locking scenario, it might abort the lock chain walk and therefor miss a potential deadlock. Simple fix: Continue the chain walk, when deadlock detection is enabled. We also avoid the whole enqueue, if we detect the deadlock right away (A-A). It's an optimization, but also prevents that another waiter who comes in after the detection and before the task has undone the damage observes the situation and detects the deadlock and returns -EDEADLOCK, which is wrong as the other task is not in a deadlock situation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Peter Zijlstra Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt Cc: Lai Jiangshan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140522031949.725272460@linutronix.de Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c @@ -331,9 +331,16 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting * mode! */ - if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) || - top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task))) - goto out_unlock_pi; + if (top_waiter) { + if (!task_has_pi_waiters(task)) + goto out_unlock_pi; + /* + * If deadlock detection is off, we stop here if we + * are not the top pi waiter of the task. + */ + if (!detect_deadlock && top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)) + goto out_unlock_pi; + } /* * When deadlock detection is off then we check, if further @@ -349,7 +356,12 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st goto retry; } - /* Deadlock detection */ + /* + * Deadlock detection. If the lock is the same as the original + * lock which caused us to walk the lock chain or if the + * current lock is owned by the task which initiated the chain + * walk, we detected a deadlock. + */ if (lock == orig_lock || rt_mutex_owner(lock) == top_task) { debug_rt_mutex_deadlock(deadlock_detect, orig_waiter, lock); raw_spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock); @@ -515,6 +527,18 @@ static int task_blocks_on_rt_mutex(struc unsigned long flags; int chain_walk = 0, res; + /* + * Early deadlock detection. We really don't want the task to + * enqueue on itself just to untangle the mess later. It's not + * only an optimization. We drop the locks, so another waiter + * can come in before the chain walk detects the deadlock. So + * the other will detect the deadlock and return -EDEADLOCK, + * which is wrong, as the other waiter is not in a deadlock + * situation. + */ + if (detect_deadlock && owner == task) + return -EDEADLK; + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&task->pi_lock, flags); __rt_mutex_adjust_prio(task); waiter->task = task; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/