linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lockdep: make lock held while freezing check optional

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Date:	Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:03:06 +0100
From:	Maarten Lankhorst <m.b.lankhorst@...il.com>
To:	Mandeep Singh Baines <msb@...omium.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>,
	"Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lockdep: make lock held while freezing check optional

Op 06-03-13 01:30, Mandeep Singh Baines schreef:
> This check is turning up a lot of code paths which need to be
> fixed so while those paths are fixed, let's make this check
> optional so that folks can still use lockdep.
I think the config option should be inverted, and make it more clear that
you're not just not reporting some real bugs by disabling a check that should be on by default.
> CC: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> CC: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> CC: "Myklebust, Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
> CC: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> CC: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>
> CC: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/freezer.h |  2 ++
>  lib/Kconfig.debug       | 12 ++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/freezer.h b/include/linux/freezer.h
> index 043a5cf..03bdc54 100644
> --- a/include/linux/freezer.h
> +++ b/include/linux/freezer.h
> @@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ extern void thaw_kernel_threads(void);
>  
>  static inline bool try_to_freeze(void)
>  {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_HELD_FREEZING
>  	if (!(current->flags & PF_NOFREEZE))
>  		debug_check_no_locks_held();
> +#endif
>  	might_sleep();
>  	if (likely(!freezing(current)))
>  		return false;
> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> index 28be08c..bddda5f 100644
> --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> @@ -547,6 +547,18 @@ config DEBUG_MUTEXES
>  	 This feature allows mutex semantics violations to be detected and
>  	 reported.
>  
> +config DEBUG_LOCK_HELD_FREEZING
> +	bool "Lock debugging: detect when locks are held during freeze"
> +	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
> +	select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
> +	select DEBUG_MUTEXES
> +	select LOCKDEP
> +	help
> +	 This feature will check whether any lock is incorrectly held
> +	 while freezing. If a task freezes with a lock held it will
> +	 block any other task that is waiting on that lock from freezing.
> +	 In the case of cgroup_freezer, this can cause a deadlock.
> +
>  config DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
>  	bool "Lock debugging: detect incorrect freeing of live locks"
>  	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT

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