linux-kernel - Re: [Patch 2/2] block: add sysfs lockdep class for iosched

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Date:	Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:56:12 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Miles Lane <miles.lane@...il.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Patch 2/2] block: add sysfs lockdep class for iosched

Larry Finger wrote:
> On 02/08/2010 03:52 AM, Amerigo Wang wrote:
>> Similar to the previous PM case, in iosched, we hold an s_active
>> lock to store "scheduler", meanwhile we want to remove "iosched/*"
>> files.
>>
>> This patch depends on the previous one. I tested it on my machine,
>> it fixes the problem.
>>
>> Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>
>> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
> 
> After applying the 2 patches to 2.6.33-rc7, I get the following:
> 
> ACPI: bus type pci registered
> PCI: MMCONFIG for domain 0000 [bus 00-09] at [mem 0xe0000000-0xe09fffff] (base
> 0xe0000000)
> PCI: MMCONFIG at [mem 0xe0000000-0xe09fffff] reserved in E820
> PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
> INFO: trying to register non-static key.
> the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
> turning off the locking correctness validator.
> Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.33-rc7-Linus-00010-g6339204-dirty #181
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8107c6e6>] __lock_acquire+0xf86/0x1d30
>  [<ffffffff81078e7f>] ? lockdep_init_map+0x5f/0x5d0
>  [<ffffffff8107d52b>] lock_acquire+0x9b/0x120
>  [<ffffffff81167a93>] ? sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
>  [<ffffffff81167243>] sysfs_deactivate+0xc3/0x110
>  [<ffffffff81167a93>] ? sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
>  [<ffffffff813124d3>] ? mutex_lock_nested+0x243/0x300
>  [<ffffffff81167a93>] sysfs_addrm_finish+0x43/0x70
>  [<ffffffff81167af6>] remove_dir+0x36/0x40
>  [<ffffffff81167b09>] sysfs_remove_subdir+0x9/0x10
>  [<ffffffff81168ff6>] sysfs_remove_group+0x66/0xf0
>  [<ffffffff81861555>] param_sysfs_init+0x102/0x277
>  [<ffffffff8124a5bd>] ? sysdev_create_file+0xd/0x10
>  [<ffffffff8130fe46>] ? register_cpu+0xa3/0xa5
>  [<ffffffff81861453>] ? param_sysfs_init+0x0/0x277
>  [<ffffffff810001d7>] do_one_initcall+0x37/0x190
>  [<ffffffff8184c6d0>] kernel_init+0x14f/0x1a5
>  [<ffffffff81003bd4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
>  [<ffffffff8131417c>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
>  [<ffffffff8184c581>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x1a5
>  [<ffffffff81003bd0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
> 
> This dump does not occur with standard 2.6.33-rc7. As the above turns off the
> locking correctness validator, I cannot really test to see what happens when
> suspending.
> 

Ouch! I forgot to add the annotations to sysfs dirs...

Thanks much for the report, I will send an updated version soon!

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