linux-kernel - Re: 3.0.4 + rt12: deadlock

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Date:	Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:52:12 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@...ma.Stanford.EDU>,
	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>, efault@....de
Subject: Re: 3.0.4 + rt12: deadlock

On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 21:38 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > =============================================
> > [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
> > 3.0.4-1.rt12.1.fc14.ccrma.i686.rtPAE #1
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > swapper/0 is trying to acquire lock:
> >  (&parent->list_lock){+.+...}, at: [<c05054ce>]
> > __cache_free.clone.27+0x45/0xc4
> > 
> > but task is already holding lock:
> >  (&parent->list_lock){+.+...}, at: [<c050662c>] do_tune_cpucache
> +0xf0/0x2b0
> > 
> > other info that might help us debug this:
> >  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> > 
> >        CPU0
> >        ----
> >   lock(&parent->list_lock);
> >   lock(&parent->list_lock);
> 

> 
>  
> >  *** DEADLOCK ***
> > 
> >  May be due to missing lock nesting notation
> > 
> > 3 locks held by swapper/0:
> >  #0:  (cache_chain_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<c0bedb96>]
> > kmem_cache_init_late+0x15/0x61
> >  #1:  (&per_cpu(slab_lock, __cpu).lock){+.+...}, at: [<c0504a53>]
> > __local_lock_irq+0x1e/0x5b
> >  #2:  (&parent->list_lock){+.+...}, at: [<c050662c>]
> > do_tune_cpucache+0xf0/0x2b0 

> That's something which has to do with debugging options (debugobjects
> IIRC). There was some attempt to fix that, but that might have gone
> lost in my vacation and the following futile attempt to take care of
> the resulting backlog. Peter ???

Looks like the one supposedly cured by:

patches/peter_zijlstra-slab_lockdep-annotate_the_locks_before_using.patch

which should be in -rt12

will have a peek, never reproduced for me though..
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