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Date:	Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:06:11 +0530
From:	Anand Moon <linux.amoon@...il.com>
To:	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@....samsung.com>
Cc:	Krzysztof Kozłowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
	Lukasz Majewski <l.majewski@...sung.com>,
	"linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org" 
	<linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Odroid XU4 deadlock

hi Javier,

On 8 April 2016 at 20:25, Javier Martinez Canillas
<javier@....samsung.com> wrote:
> Hello Anand,
>
> On 04/08/2016 09:51 AM, Anand Moon wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am observing this deadlock or warning on my Odroid XU4.
>> I thinks the is related to clk from exynos5_i2c_xfer .... clk_prepare_enable
>> but I am not able to figure out which clk.
>>
>
> By reading your logs, it seems the problem is a possible ABBA deadlock since
> the S3C RTC driver grabs the prepare_lock and then the regmap->lock, and the
> CPUFreq driver leads to the locks being grabbed in the inverse order.
>
>> [   11.640221] ======================================================
>> [   11.646343] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
>> [   11.652590] 4.6.0-rc2-xu4ml #35 Not tainted
>> [   11.656749] -------------------------------------------------------
>> [   11.662992] kworker/1:1/85 is trying to acquire lock:
>> [   11.668010]  (prepare_lock){+.+...}, at: [<c05bfed8>]
>> clk_prepare_lock+0x50/0xf8
>> [   11.675375]
>> [   11.675375] but task is already holding lock:
>> [   11.681185]  (sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock){+.+...}, at:
>> [<c0481aec>] regmap_read+0x2c/0x5c
>> [   11.689417]
>> [   11.689417] which lock already depends on the new lock.
>> [   11.689417]
>> [   11.697561]
>> [   11.697561] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>> [   11.705008]
>> [   11.705008] -> #1 (sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock){+.+...}:
>> [   11.710467]        [<c0482d30>] regmap_update_bits_base+0x30/0x70
>> [   11.716545]        [<c05c617c>] s2mps11_clk_prepare+0x30/0x38
>> [   11.722262]        [<c05c01f0>] clk_core_prepare+0x98/0xbc
>> [   11.727711]        [<c05c12bc>] clk_prepare+0x1c/0x2c
>> [   11.732734]        [<c0556fe4>] s3c_rtc_probe+0x2d0/0x43c
>
> the S3C RTC driver tries to prepare the RTC source clock S2MPS11_CLK_AP
> and that leads to the prepare_lock to be held and then the regmap->lock
> since s2mps11_clk_prepare() calls regmap_update_bits().
>
>> [   11.738108]        [<c046b9fc>] platform_drv_probe+0x4c/0xb0
>> [   11.743749]        [<c046a1fc>] driver_probe_device+0x20c/0x2b8
>> [   11.749641]        [<c0468594>] bus_for_each_drv+0x60/0x94
>> [   11.755103]        [<c0469f10>] __device_attach+0xb4/0x118
>> [   11.760558]        [<c04693b4>] bus_probe_device+0x88/0x90
>> [   11.766020]        [<c0469850>] deferred_probe_work_func+0x6c/0x9c
>> [   11.772169]        [<c013b52c>] process_one_work+0x1a8/0x514
>> [   11.777806]        [<c013b8d0>] worker_thread+0x38/0x56c
>> [   11.783082]        [<c0141d14>] kthread+0xf4/0x10c
>> [   11.787847]        [<c0107950>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
>> [   11.793050]
>> [   11.793050] -> #0 (prepare_lock){+.+...}:
>> [   11.797212]        [<c0768dd8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x78/0x4dc
>> [   11.802845]        [<c05bfed8>] clk_prepare_lock+0x50/0xf8
>> [   11.808304]        [<c05c19c4>] clk_unprepare+0x1c/0x2c
>> [   11.813499]        [<c055d720>] exynos5_i2c_xfer+0x1dc/0x304
>
> and here the locks are grabbed in the inverse order, since the regulator
> driver uses regmap read (grabbing the regmap->lock) and then a clock is
> prepared in exynos5_i2c_xfer.
>
>> [   11.819129]        [<c0559620>] __i2c_transfer+0x13c/0x278
>> [   11.824589]        [<c05597f0>] i2c_transfer+0x94/0xc4
>> [   11.829701]        [<c04868f0>] regmap_i2c_read+0x48/0x64
>> [   11.835074]        [<c0482048>] _regmap_raw_read+0xb4/0x114
>> [   11.840630]        [<c04820cc>] _regmap_bus_read+0x24/0x58
>> [   11.846084]        [<c0481a68>] _regmap_read+0x60/0xb8
>> [   11.851201]        [<c0481afc>] regmap_read+0x3c/0x5c
>> [   11.856224]        [<c03e2354>] regulator_get_voltage_sel_regmap+0x20/0x54
>> [   11.863109]        [<c03dc5d4>] _regulator_get_voltage+0x20/0xb8
>> [   11.863141]        [<c03df058>] _regulator_do_set_voltage+0x240/0x370
>> [   11.863173]        [<c03df254>] regulator_set_voltage_unlocked+0xcc/0x230
>> [   11.863205]        [<c03df3e0>] regulator_set_voltage+0x28/0x54
>> [   11.863234]        [<c0478a94>] _set_opp_voltage+0x30/0x98
>> [   11.863264]        [<c0479ba8>] dev_pm_opp_set_rate+0x1e0/0x540
>> [   11.863337]        [<c0580824>] __cpufreq_driver_target+0x168/0x290
>> [   11.863375]        [<c0583b48>] od_dbs_timer+0xdc/0x164
>> [   11.863407]        [<c0584114>] dbs_work_handler+0x30/0x58
>> [   11.863437]        [<c013b52c>] process_one_work+0x1a8/0x514
>> [   11.863465]        [<c013b8d0>] worker_thread+0x38/0x56c
>> [   11.863496]        [<c0141d14>] kthread+0xf4/0x10c
>> [   11.863528]        [<c0107950>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
>> [   11.863538]
>> [   11.863538] other info that might help us debug this:
>> [   11.863538]
>> [   11.863548]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>> [   11.863548]
>> [   11.863557]        CPU0                    CPU1
>> [   11.863565]        ----                    ----
>> [   11.863589]   lock(sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock);
>> [   11.863612]                                lock(prepare_lock);
>> [   11.863634]                                lock(sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock);
>> [   11.863655]   lock(prepare_lock);
>> [   11.863664]
>> [   11.863664]  *** DEADLOCK ***
>> [   11.863664]
>
> I should take a look in deep to the regmap and clock subsystems to better
> understand the issue on how to solve it. But AFAICT the problem is that
> the prepare_lock is a global mutex and the same regmap is used for both
> the s2mps11 clocks and regulators, so the ABBA deadlock described below
> can happen.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Javier Martinez Canillas
> Open Source Group
> Samsung Research America

Thanks for this quick analysis.
I was just wondering where it's going wrong.

Best Regards
-Anand Moon

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