linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] USB host: Fix lockdep warning in AMD PLL quirk

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Message-ID: <20110411163711.GA20607@amd.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:37:11 +0200
From:	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>
To:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
CC:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Xu, Andiry" <Andiry.Xu@....com>,
	USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] USB host: Fix lockdep warning in AMD PLL quirk

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:25:07PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Roedel, Joerg wrote:
> 
> > > > +commit:
> > > > +
> > > > +	spin_lock_irqsave(&amd_lock, flags);
> > > > +	if (amd_chipset.probe_count > 0) {
> > > > +		/* race - someone else was faster - drop devices */
> > > > +
> > > > +		/* Mark that we where here */
> > > > +		amd_chipset.probe_count++;
> > > 
> > > This line should be moved above the "if" statement, since you always 
> > > want to increment the count.
> > 
> > No, probe_count can't be incremented here because the probe is not
> > finished yet.
> 
> I don't follow you.  Sure it is finished; this is the "commit" part of 
> the probe.

Nevermind, I thought you were refering to the spin-locked part at the
beginning of the function.

> >  If another thread jumps in after the lock is released and
> > detects probe_count > 0 while the probe hasn't happened the quirk will
> > fail. So we need to make sure that amd_chipset.probe_count does not
> > become > 0 before the probe is finished.
> 
> I meant the increment should be done before the "if" statement but
> after the spin_lock_irqsave().  That way nobody else can jump in at the
> wrong time.

In the real commit case the 

	amd_chipset = info;

line will overwrite the increment if the probe is done before the
if-statement. So incrementing amd_chipset.probe_count directly only
matters for the case where we detected a race.

> > > > +		ret = amd_chipset.probe_result;
> > > > +
> > > > +		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amd_lock, flags);
> > > > +
> > > > +		if (info.nb_dev)
> > > > +			pci_dev_put(info.nb_dev);
> > > > +		if (info.smbus_dev)
> > > > +			pci_dev_put(info.smbus_dev);
> > > > +
> > > > +	} else {
> > > > +		/* no race - commit the result */
> > > > +		info.probe_count++;
> > > 
> > > This isn't right, because info.probe_count was initialized to 0.  Maybe 
> > > amd_chipset.probe_count should be made into a separate variable, not a 
> > > part of the structure, like amd_lock.
> > 
> > The purpose of the struct is structuring of data. In theory all of its
> > members could be turned into global variables. The amd_lock is different
> > because it does not only protect the struct but also access to the
> > hardware while the quirk is applied/unapplied.
> 
> Do it however you prefer.  But as it stands now, the patch is wrong.

Hmm, I see how it can be done differently, but no real bug.

	Joerg

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