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Date:	Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:18:27 +0159
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: workqueue lockdep bug.

Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Andrew Morton wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:33:19 -0400
>> Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew,
>>>  I merged the workqueue changes from -mm into the Fedora-devel kernel to
>>> kill off those billion cpufreq lockdep warnings.  The bug has now 
>>> mutated
>>> into this:
>>>
>>> (Trimmed version of log from  
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=202223)
>>>
>>
>> I don't get it.
> 
> Let me extend the output a little bit:
> 
> clock = mutex_lock(cpu_add_remove_lock)
> wqlock = mutex_lock(workqueue_mutex)
> slock = mutex_lock(cpu_chain.rwsem)
> similar for cunlock, wqunlock, sunlock.
> 
> The number after colon is linenumber, where the mutex_XXX lies.
> Prints are _after_ mutex_lock and _before_ mutex_unlock calls.
> 
> So here it comes:
> 
> [   30.947289] clock: 268
> [   30.947340] Disabling non-boot CPUs ...
> [   30.947392] slock: 334
> [   30.964622] wqlock: 689
> [   30.964659] sunlock: 336
> 
> Isn't this strange for validator (lock1-lock2-unlock1 + 
> (below)lock1-unlock2-unlock1)?
> 
> [   30.966762] Breaking affinity for irq 0
> [   30.968116] CPU 1 is now offline
> [   30.968155] lockdep: not fixing up alternatives.
> [   30.968200]
> [   30.968201] =======================================================
> [   30.968269] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> [   30.968307] 2.6.18-rc4-mm1-bug #11
> [   30.968342] -------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
>>>  > Breaking affinity for irq 185
>>>  > Breaking affinity for irq 193
>>>  > Breaking affinity for irq 209
>>>  > CPU 1 is now offline
>>>  > lockdep: not fixing up alternatives.
>>>  >
>>>  > =======================================================
>>>  > [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>>>  > 2.6.17-1.2548.fc6 #1
>>>  > -------------------------------------------------------
>>>  > pm-hibernate/4335 is trying to acquire lock:
>>>  >  ((cpu_chain).rwsem){..--}, at: [<c0430fa4>] 
>>> blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x2d
>>>  >
>>>  > but task is already holding lock:
>>>  >  (workqueue_mutex){--..}, at: [<c0612820>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
>>>  >
>>>  > which lock already depends on the new lock.
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  > the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>>>  >
>>>  > -> #1 (workqueue_mutex){--..}:
>>>  >        [<c043c08e>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d
>>>  >        [<c06126b1>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xbc/0x20a
>>>  >        [<c0612820>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
>>>  >        [<c0433c25>] workqueue_cpu_callback+0xfd/0x1ee
>>>  >        [<c0614ef5>] notifier_call_chain+0x20/0x31
>>>  >        [<c0430fb0>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x1d/0x2d
>>>  >        [<c043f4c5>] _cpu_down+0x47/0x1c4
>>>  >        [<c043f805>] disable_nonboot_cpus+0x9b/0x11a
>>>  >        [<c0445b32>] prepare_processes+0xe/0x41
>>>  >        [<c0445d87>] pm_suspend_disk+0x9/0xf3
>>>  >        [<c0444e12>] enter_state+0x54/0x1b7
>>>  >        [<c0444ffb>] state_store+0x86/0x9c
>>>  >        [<c04a9f88>] subsys_attr_store+0x20/0x25
>>>  >        [<c04aa08c>] sysfs_write_file+0xab/0xd1
>>>  >        [<c04732cb>] vfs_write+0xab/0x157
>>>  >        [<c0473910>] sys_write+0x3b/0x60
>>>  >        [<c0403faf>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
>>
>> cpu_add_remove_lock -> cpu_chain.rwsem -> workqueue_mutex
>>
>>>  > -> #0 ((cpu_chain).rwsem){..--}:
>>>  >        [<c043c08e>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d
>>>  >        [<c04390a0>] down_read+0x2d/0x40
>>>  >        [<c0430fa4>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x2d
>>>  >        [<c043f5aa>] _cpu_down+0x12c/0x1c4
>>>  >        [<c043f805>] disable_nonboot_cpus+0x9b/0x11a
>>>  >        [<c0445b32>] prepare_processes+0xe/0x41
>>>  >        [<c0445d87>] pm_suspend_disk+0x9/0xf3
>>>  >        [<c0444e12>] enter_state+0x54/0x1b7
>>>  >        [<c0444ffb>] state_store+0x86/0x9c
>>>  >        [<c04a9f88>] subsys_attr_store+0x20/0x25
>>>  >        [<c04aa08c>] sysfs_write_file+0xab/0xd1
>>>  >        [<c04732cb>] vfs_write+0xab/0x157
>>>  >        [<c0473910>] sys_write+0x3b/0x60
>>>  >        [<c0403faf>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
>>
>> cpu_add_remove_lock -> cpu_chain.rwsem
>>
>>>  > other info that might help us debug this:
>>>  >
>>>  > 2 locks held by pm-hibernate/4335:
>>>  >  #0:  (cpu_add_remove_lock){--..}, at: [<c0612820>] 
>>> mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
>>>  >  #1:  (workqueue_mutex){--..}, at: [<c0612820>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
>>>  >
>>>  > stack backtrace:
>>>  >  [<c04051ee>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x159
>>>  >  [<c04057ea>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
>>>  >  [<c0405903>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
>>>  >  [<c043b176>] print_circular_bug_tail+0x59/0x64
>>>  >  [<c043b98e>] __lock_acquire+0x80d/0x99c
>>>  >  [<c043c08e>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d
>>>  >  [<c04390a0>] down_read+0x2d/0x40
>>>  >  [<c0430fa4>] blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x11/0x2d
>>>  >  [<c043f5aa>] _cpu_down+0x12c/0x1c4
>>>  >  [<c043f805>] disable_nonboot_cpus+0x9b/0x11a
>>>  >  [<c0445b32>] prepare_processes+0xe/0x41
>>>  >  [<c0445d87>] pm_suspend_disk+0x9/0xf3
>>>  >  [<c0444e12>] enter_state+0x54/0x1b7
>>>  >  [<c0444ffb>] state_store+0x86/0x9c
>>>  >  [<c04a9f88>] subsys_attr_store+0x20/0x25
>>>  >  [<c04aa08c>] sysfs_write_file+0xab/0xd1
>>>  >  [<c04732cb>] vfs_write+0xab/0x157
>>>  >  [<c0473910>] sys_write+0x3b/0x60
>>>  >  [<c0403faf>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> 
> [   30.981176]  [<c0170514>] sys_write+0x47/0x6e
> [   30.981249]  [<c01031fb>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> [   30.981322]  =======================
> [   30.981378] slock: 334
> 
> The one, that failed.
> 
> [   30.981882] wqunlock: 702
> [   30.981939] sunlock: 336
> [   30.981996] CPU1 is down
> [   30.982036] cunlock: 309
> [   30.982075] Stopping tasks: ============
> [   31.149008] ==================|
> 
>> cpu_add_remove_lock -> cpu_chain.rwsem
>>
>> I don't see anywhere where this process took workqueue_mutex.
> 
> Hope this helps?

I can't see any difference in 2.6.18-rc6-mm1. Was this somehow processed?

thanks,
-- 
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~xslaby/            Jiri Slaby
faculty of informatics, masaryk university, brno, cz
e-mail: jirislaby gmail com, gpg pubkey fingerprint:
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