linux-kernel - Q: __lockdep_no_validate__ (Was: [PATCH -mm 0/3] percpu_rw

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Date:	Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:54:12 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Anton Arapov <anton@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Q: __lockdep_no_validate__ (Was: [PATCH -mm 0/3]
	percpu_rw_semaphore: lockdep + config)

On 11/18, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> On 11/11, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> It turns out, lockdep annotations are not that simple due to internal
> locks used by percpu_rw_semaphore. To clarify, it is actually simple
> but lockdep_set_novalidate_class() doesn't seem to actually work, and
> more importantly, it must not be used according to checkpatch.pl.

Still, is __lockdep_no_validate__ logic correct? I am just curious.

Consider the following code,


	DEFINE_MUTEX(m1);
	DEFINE_MUTEX(m2);
	DEFINE_MUTEX(mx);

	static void trigger_lockdep_bug(bool novalidate)
	{
		if (novalidate)
			lockdep_set_novalidate_class(&mx);

		// m1 -> mx -> m2
		mutex_lock(&m1);
			mutex_lock(&mx);
		mutex_lock(&m2);
		mutex_unlock(&m2);
			mutex_unlock(&mx);
		mutex_unlock(&m1);


		// m2 -> m1 ; should trigger the warning

		mutex_lock(&m2);
		mutex_lock(&m1);
		mutex_unlock(&m1);
		mutex_unlock(&m2);

	}

trigger_lockdep_bug(false) works correctly, but novalidate => true
confuses (I think) lockdep and it doesn't detect the trivial deadlock.

check_prev_add(m1, mx) still adds the new dependency, but then it is
ignored because of __lockdep_no_validate__ check.

Certainly I do not understand this code (and I am sure I will never
understand it even if I try ;) But perhaps something like below makes
sense? Or I misunderstood the purpose of lockdep_set_novalidate_class?

Thanks,

Oleg.

--- x/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ x/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -1935,7 +1939,8 @@ check_prevs_add(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *next)
 		 * Only non-recursive-read entries get new dependencies
 		 * added:
 		 */
-		if (hlock->read != 2) {
+		if (hlock->read != 2 &&
+		    hlock->instance->key != &__lockdep_no_validate__) {
 			if (!check_prev_add(curr, hlock, next,
 						distance, trylock_loop))
 				return 0;

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