linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] lockdep: Make LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE configs all part of PROVE

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2017 18:22:36 +0900
From:   Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, mingo@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@....com,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] lockdep: Make LOCKDEP_CROSSRELEASE configs all
 part of PROVE_LOCKING

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 11:06:03AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> So I did the below little hack, which basically wipes the entire lock
> history when we start a work and thereby disregards/looses the
> dependency on the work 'lock'.
> 
> It makes my test box able to boot and build a kernel on XFS, so while I
> see what you're saying (I think), it doesn't appear to instantly show.
> 
> Should I run xfstests or something to further verify things are OK? Does
> that need a scratch partition (I keep forgetting how to run that stuff
> :/).
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> index 66011c9f5df3..de91cdce9460 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> +++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
> @@ -4756,10 +4756,14 @@ void crossrelease_hist_start(enum xhlock_context_t c)
>  {
>  	struct task_struct *cur = current;
>  
> -	if (cur->xhlocks) {
> -		cur->xhlock_idx_hist[c] = cur->xhlock_idx;
> -		cur->hist_id_save[c] = cur->hist_id;
> -	}
> +	if (!cur->xhlocks)
> +		return;
> +
> +	if (c == XHLOCK_PROC)
> +		invalidate_xhlock(&xhlock(cur->xhlock_idx));

We have to detect dependecies if it exists, even in the following case:

oooooooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.........
  |<- range for commit ->|

  where
  o: acquisition outside of each work,
  i: acquisition inside of each work,

With yours, we can never detect dependecies wrt 'o'.

We have to remove false dependencies if we established them incorrectly.

I will also think it more.