linux-kernel - Re: deadlock in synchronize

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Date:   Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:47:04 +0100
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Nicolai Stange <nicstange@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Paul E.McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        gregkh <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: deadlock in synchronize_srcu() in debugfs?

Hi,

> Not yet. How reproducible is this?

Apparently quite. I haven't tried myself - it happens during some
automated test that I need to analyse further.

> > We're observing that with our (backported, but very recent) driver
> > against 4.9 (and 4.10, I think),
> 
> Do I understand it correctly that this driver has been backported
> from 4.11-rcX to 4.9/10

Yes.

>  and that there isn't any issue with 4.11-rcX?

No, I can't say this, we haven't run that test.

> > but there are no backports of any debugfs things so the backport
> > itself doesn't seem like a likely problem.
> 
> Right, there haven't been any SRCU related changes to debugfs after
> 4.8.

Right.

> > sysrq-w shows a lot of tasks blocked on various locks (e.g. RTNL),
> > but
> > the ultimate problem is the wireless stack getting blocked on
> > debugfs_remove_recursive(), in __synchronize_srcu(), in
> > wait_for_completion() (while holding lots of locks, hence the other
> > tasks getting stuck).
> 
> Could you share a complete backtrace? For example, is the
> debugfs_remove_recursive() called from any debugfs file's fops and
> thus, possibly from within a SRCU read side critical section?

No, it's called from netlink:

[  884.634857] wpa_supplicant  D    0  1769   1005 0x00000000
[  884.634874]  0000000000000000 ffff8ca50633d140 ffff8ca507b219c0 ffff8ca5455d4cc0
[  884.634898]  ffff8ca54f599d98 ffff97df431c36a0 ffffffff878dadf3 ffff8ca500000001
[  884.634927]  81ed67337c8469e4 ffff8ca54f599d98 0000932a07b219c0 ffff8ca507b219c0
[  884.634952] Call Trace:
[  884.634969]  [<ffffffff878dadf3>] ? __schedule+0x303/0xb00
[  884.634985]  [<ffffffff878db62d>] schedule+0x3d/0x90
[  884.635002]  [<ffffffff878e022c>] schedule_timeout+0x2fc/0x600
[  884.635021]  [<ffffffff870e8b06>] ? mark_held_locks+0x66/0x90
[  884.635041]  [<ffffffff878e16bc>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2c/0x40
[  884.635059]  [<ffffffff878dc8cc>] wait_for_completion+0xdc/0x110
[  884.635073]  [<ffffffff870bff90>] ? wake_up_q+0x80/0x80
[  884.635091]  [<ffffffff8710a46e>] __synchronize_srcu+0x11e/0x1c0
[  884.635109]  [<ffffffff87109510>] ? trace_raw_output_rcu_utilization+0x60/0x60
[  884.635131]  [<ffffffff8710a542>] synchronize_srcu+0x32/0x40
[  884.635145]  [<ffffffff873899ed>] debugfs_remove_recursive+0x17d/0x190
[  884.635239]  [<ffffffffc087b3be>] ieee80211_debugfs_key_remove+0x1e/0x30 [mac80211]
[  884.635333]  [<ffffffffc0840773>] __ieee80211_key_destroy+0x1b3/0x480 [mac80211]
[  884.635440]  [<ffffffffc0841807>] ieee80211_free_sta_keys+0x117/0x170 [mac80211]
[  884.635524]  [<ffffffffc0807b0c>] __sta_info_destroy_part2+0x4c/0x200 [mac80211]
[  884.635597]  [<ffffffffc0807fbd>] __sta_info_flush+0x10d/0x1a0 [mac80211]
[  884.635706]  [<ffffffffc086634b>] ieee80211_set_disassoc+0xcb/0x530 [mac80211]
[  884.635802]  [<ffffffffc086e3b6>] ieee80211_mgd_deauth+0x2e6/0x7b0 [mac80211]
[  884.635901]  [<ffffffffc08237c8>] ieee80211_deauth+0x18/0x20 [mac80211]
[  884.636024]  [<ffffffffc0673e8f>] cfg80211_mlme_deauth+0x14f/0x3b0 [cfg80211]
[  884.636110]  [<ffffffffc0649265>] nl80211_deauthenticate+0xe5/0x130 [cfg80211]
[  884.636133]  [<ffffffff877dc52c>] genl_family_rcv_msg+0x1bc/0x370
[  884.636151]  [<ffffffff877dc6e0>] ? genl_family_rcv_msg+0x370/0x370
[  884.636262]  [<ffffffff877dc760>] genl_rcv_msg+0x80/0xc0
[  884.636275]  [<ffffffff877dba87>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xa7/0xc0
[  884.636289]  [<ffffffff877dc148>] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
[  884.636303]  [<ffffffff877db45b>] netlink_unicast+0x15b/0x210
[  884.636318]  [<ffffffff877db82a>] netlink_sendmsg+0x31a/0x3a0
[  884.636335]  [<ffffffff8777bb48>] sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x50
[  884.636354]  [<ffffffff8777c41c>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x26c/0x280
[  884.636378]  [<ffffffff8717b042>] ? ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x32/0x290
[  884.636393]  [<ffffffff8718122e>] ? __buffer_unlock_commit+0x1e/0x40
[  884.636407]  [<ffffffff87181d12>] ? tracing_mark_write+0x162/0x2b0
[  884.636423]  [<ffffffff870e7419>] ? __lock_is_held+0x49/0x70
[  884.636440]  [<ffffffff8777d0a5>] __sys_sendmsg+0x45/0x80
[  884.636459]  [<ffffffff8777d0f2>] SyS_sendmsg+0x12/0x20
[  884.636477]  [<ffffffff878e1e45>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc6


johannes