linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] mailbox: PCC: Fix lockdep warning when request PCC channel

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Message-ID: <7194620.HeEvFEaecv@vostro.rjw.lan>
Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:28:57 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     "Prakash, Prashanth" <pprakash@...eaurora.org>,
        Hoan Tran <hotran@....com>
Cc:     "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>,
        linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        lho@....com, Duc Dang <dhdang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] mailbox: PCC: Fix lockdep warning when request PCC channel

On Monday, November 14, 2016 01:50:02 PM Prakash, Prashanth wrote:
> Hi Hoan,
> 
> On 11/14/2016 12:19 PM, Hoan Tran wrote:
> > This patch fixes the lockdep warning below
> >
> > [    7.229767] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(irqs_disabled_flags(flags))
> > [    7.229776] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [    7.229787] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at linux-next/kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2876 loc
> > kdep_trace_alloc+0xe0/0xf0
> > [    7.229790] Modules linked in:
> > [    7.229793]
> > [    7.229798] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.8.0-11756-g86c5152 #46
> > ...
> > [    7.229900] Call trace:
> > [    7.229903] Exception stack(0xffff8007da837890 to 0xffff8007da8379c0)
> > [    7.229906] 7880:                                   ffff8007da834000 0001000000000000
> > [    7.229909] 78a0: ffff8007da837a70 ffff0000081111a0 00000000600000c5 000000000000003d
> > [    7.229912] 78c0: 9374bc6a7f3c7832 0000000000381878 ffff000009db7ab8 000000000000002f
> > [    7.229915] 78e0: ffff00000811aabc ffff000008be2548 ffff8007da837990 ffff00000811adf8
> > [    7.229918] 7900: ffff8007da834000 00000000024080c0 00000000000000c0 ffff000009021000
> > [    7.229921] 7920: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff000008c8f7c8 ffff8007da579810
> > [    7.229923] 7940: 000000000000002f ffff8007da858000 0000000000000000 0000000000000001
> > [    7.229926] 7960: 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 ffff00000811a468 0000000000000002
> > [    7.229929] 7980: 656c62617369645f 0000000000038187 00000000000000ee ffff8007da837850
> > [    7.229932] 79a0: ffff000009db50c0 ffff000009db569d 0000000000000006 ffff000089db568f
> > [    7.229936] [<ffff0000081111a0>] lockdep_trace_alloc+0xe0/0xf0
> > [    7.229940] [<ffff0000081f4950>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x50/0x250
> > [    7.229945] [<ffff00000857c088>] devres_alloc_node+0x28/0x60
> > [    7.229949] [<ffff0000081220e0>] devm_request_threaded_irq+0x50/0xe0
> > [    7.229955] [<ffff0000087e6220>] pcc_mbox_request_channel+0x110/0x170
> > [    7.229960] [<ffff0000084b2660>] acpi_cppc_processor_probe+0x264/0x414
> > [    7.229963] [<ffff0000084ae9f4>] __acpi_processor_start+0x28/0xa0
> > [    7.229966] [<ffff0000084aeab0>] acpi_processor_start+0x44/0x54
> > [    7.229970] [<ffff00000857897c>] driver_probe_device+0x1fc/0x2b0
> > [    7.229974] [<ffff000008578ae4>] __driver_attach+0xb4/0xc0
> > [    7.229977] [<ffff00000857683c>] bus_for_each_dev+0x5c/0xa0
> > [    7.229980] [<ffff000008578110>] driver_attach+0x20/0x30
> > [    7.229983] [<ffff000008577c20>] bus_add_driver+0x110/0x230
> > [    7.229987] [<ffff000008579320>] driver_register+0x60/0x100
> > [    7.229991] [<ffff000008d478b8>] acpi_processor_driver_init+0x2c/0xb0
> > [    7.229996] [<ffff000008083168>] do_one_initcall+0x38/0x130
> > [    7.230000] [<ffff000008d20d6c>] kernel_init_freeable+0x210/0x2b4
> > [    7.230004] [<ffff000008945d90>] kernel_init+0x10/0x110
> > [    7.230007] [<ffff000008082e80>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x50
> >
> > It's because the spinlock inside pcc_mbox_request_channel() is
> > kept too long. This patch releases spinlock before request_irq()
> > and free_irq() to fix this issue  as spinlock is only needed to
> > protect the channel data.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Hoan Tran <hotran@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Prashanth Prakash <pprakash@...eaurora.org>

Applied.

Thanks,
Rafael