linux-kernel - Re: [v2.6.30 nfs+fscache] swapper: possible circular locking dependency detected

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Date:	Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:43:30 -0400
From:	Bart Trojanowski <bart@...ie.net>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [v2.6.30 nfs+fscache] swapper: possible circular locking
	dependency detected

It's me again.

I am tyring to decipher the lockdep report...

* Bart Trojanowski <bart@...ie.net> [090614 10:15]:
> =======================================================
> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> 2.6.30-kvm3-dirty #4
> -------------------------------------------------------
> swapper/0 is trying to acquire lock:
>  (&cwq->lock){..-...}, at: [<ffffffff80256c37>] __queue_work+0x1d/0x43
> 
> but task is already holding lock:
>  (&q->lock){-.-.-.}, at: [<ffffffff80235b6a>] __wake_up+0x27/0x55
> 
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
> 
> 
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> 
> -> #1 (&q->lock){-.-.-.}:
>        [<ffffffff8026b7f6>] __lock_acquire+0x1350/0x16b4
>        [<ffffffff8026bc21>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0xf3
>        [<ffffffff805a22e1>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x4f/0x86
>        [<ffffffff80235b6a>] __wake_up+0x27/0x55
>        [<ffffffff8025620b>] insert_work+0x9a/0xa6
>        [<ffffffff80256c49>] __queue_work+0x2f/0x43
>        [<ffffffff80256cec>] queue_work_on+0x4a/0x53
>        [<ffffffff80256e49>] queue_work+0x1f/0x21
<snip>

So, here I can see that we take the cwq->lock first, when __queue_work
does:

        spin_lock_irqsave(&cwq->lock, flags);
        insert_work(cwq, work, &cwq->worklist);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cwq->lock, flags);

and later take the q->lock when insert_work calls to __wake_up:

        spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
        __wake_up_common(q, mode, nr_exclusive, 0, key);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);

But previously the order was reversed:

> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.30-kvm3-dirty #4
> Call Trace:
>  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff80269ffe>] print_circular_bug_tail+0xc1/0xcc
>  [<ffffffff8026b52b>] __lock_acquire+0x1085/0x16b4
>  [<ffffffff802685b4>] ? save_trace+0x3f/0xa6
>  [<ffffffff8026ba78>] ? __lock_acquire+0x15d2/0x16b4
>  [<ffffffff8026bc21>] lock_acquire+0xc7/0xf3
>  [<ffffffff80256c37>] ? __queue_work+0x1d/0x43
>  [<ffffffff805a22e1>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x4f/0x86
>  [<ffffffff80256c37>] ? __queue_work+0x1d/0x43
>  [<ffffffff80256c37>] __queue_work+0x1d/0x43
>  [<ffffffff80256cec>] queue_work_on+0x4a/0x53
>  [<ffffffff80256e49>] queue_work+0x1f/0x21
>  [<ffffffff80256e66>] schedule_work+0x1b/0x1d
>  [<ffffffffa00e9268>] fscache_enqueue_operation+0xec/0x11e [fscache]
>  [<ffffffffa00fd662>] cachefiles_read_waiter+0xee/0x102 [cachefiles]
>  [<ffffffff80233a55>] __wake_up_common+0x4b/0x7a
>  [<ffffffff80235b80>] __wake_up+0x3d/0x55
>  [<ffffffff8025a2f1>] __wake_up_bit+0x31/0x33
>  [<ffffffff802a52af>] unlock_page+0x27/0x2b

Here the __wake_up happens first, which takes the q->lock, and later the
__queue_work would take the cwq->lock.

I am guessing that it's not safe for fscache to call out to queue_work
from this cachefiles_read_waiter() context (more specifically
fscache_enqueue_operation calls schedule_work).  I don't have much
experience with lockdep...  does that make any sense?

-Bart

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