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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:53:43 +0900
From: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@....com>
To: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
linux-mm@...ck.org, Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>,
rostedt@...e.goodmis.org, kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] printk: Add console owner and waiter logic to load
balance console writes
On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 04:58:16PM +0100, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Fri 2017-11-24 16:54:16, Petr Mladek wrote:
> > On Wed 2017-11-08 10:27:23, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > > If there is a waiter, then it breaks out of the loop, clears the waiter
> > > flag (because that will release the waiter from its spin), and exits.
> > > Note, it does *not* release the console semaphore. Because it is a
> > > semaphore, there is no owner.
Hello Petr,
Thank you for adding me into this thread.
You seem to change console_lock_dep_map to cross-release stuff. I will
add my opinion after reviewing it :)
Thanks,
Byungchul
> > > Index: linux-trace.git/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > ===================================================================
> > > --- linux-trace.git.orig/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > +++ linux-trace.git/kernel/printk/printk.c
> > > @@ -86,8 +86,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(console_drivers);
> > > static struct lockdep_map console_lock_dep_map = {
> > > .name = "console_lock"
> > > };
> > > +static struct lockdep_map console_owner_dep_map = {
> > > + .name = "console_owner"
> > > +};
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > +static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(console_owner_lock);
> > > +static struct task_struct *console_owner;
> > > +static bool console_waiter;
> > > +
> > > enum devkmsg_log_bits {
> > > __DEVKMSG_LOG_BIT_ON = 0,
> > > __DEVKMSG_LOG_BIT_OFF,
> > > @@ -1753,8 +1760,56 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility
> > > * semaphore. The release will print out buffers and wake up
> > > * /dev/kmsg and syslog() users.
> > > */
> > > - if (console_trylock())
> > > + if (console_trylock()) {
> > > console_unlock();
> > > + } else {
> > > + struct task_struct *owner = NULL;
> > > + bool waiter;
> > > + bool spin = false;
> > > +
> > > + printk_safe_enter_irqsave(flags);
> > > +
> > > + raw_spin_lock(&console_owner_lock);
> > > + owner = READ_ONCE(console_owner);
> > > + waiter = READ_ONCE(console_waiter);
> > > + if (!waiter && owner && owner != current) {
> > > + WRITE_ONCE(console_waiter, true);
> > > + spin = true;
> > > + }
> > > + raw_spin_unlock(&console_owner_lock);
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * If there is an active printk() writing to the
> > > + * consoles, instead of having it write our data too,
> > > + * see if we can offload that load from the active
> > > + * printer, and do some printing ourselves.
> > > + * Go into a spin only if there isn't already a waiter
> > > + * spinning, and there is an active printer, and
> > > + * that active printer isn't us (recursive printk?).
> > > + */
> > > + if (spin) {
> > > + /* We spin waiting for the owner to release us */
> > > + spin_acquire(&console_owner_dep_map, 0, 0, _THIS_IP_);
> > > + /* Owner will clear console_waiter on hand off */
> > > + while (READ_ONCE(console_waiter))
> > > + cpu_relax();
> > > +
> > > + spin_release(&console_owner_dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
> > > + printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags);
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * The owner passed the console lock to us.
> > > + * Since we did not spin on console lock, annotate
> > > + * this as a trylock. Otherwise lockdep will
> > > + * complain.
> > > + */
> > > + mutex_acquire(&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 1, _THIS_IP_);
> >
> > I am not sure that this correctly imitates the real lock
> > dependency. The trylock flag means that we are able to skip
> > this section when the lock is taken elsewhere. But it is not
> > the whole truth. In fact, we are blocked in this code path
> > when console_sem is taken by another process.
> >
> > The use of console_owner_lock is not enough. The other
> > console_sem calls a lot of code outside the section
> > guarded by console_owner_lock.
> >
> > I think that we have actually entered the cross-release bunch
> > of problems, see https://lwn.net/Articles/709849/
> >
> > IMHO, we need to use struct lockdep_map_cross for
> > console_lock_dep_map. Also we need to put somewhere
> > lock_commit_crosslock().
> >
> > I am going to play with it. Also I add Byungchul Park into CC.
> > This is why I keep most of the context in this reply (I am sorry
> > for it).
>
> See my first attempt below. I do not get any lockdep
> warning but it is possible that I just did it wrong.
>
>
> >From 0345785d4767f853ff2d733b565084c3339f9fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
> Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 16:50:25 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] printk: Try to describe real console_sem dependecies using
> the crosslock feature
>
> console_sem might be newly taken and released by different
> processes. This is an attempt to check the crossrelease
> dependencies.
> ---
> kernel/printk/printk.c | 25 +++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> index 040fb948924e..bda25feae0d5 100644
> --- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
> +++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
> @@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ struct console *console_drivers;
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(console_drivers);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
> -static struct lockdep_map console_lock_dep_map = {
> - .name = "console_lock"
> -};
> +static struct lockdep_map_cross console_lock_dep_map =
> + STATIC_CROSS_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("console_lock", &console_sem);
> +
> static struct lockdep_map console_owner_dep_map = {
> .name = "console_owner"
> };
> @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int nr_ext_console_drivers;
> */
> #define down_console_sem() do { \
> down(&console_sem);\
> - mutex_acquire(&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);\
> + mutex_acquire((struct lockdep_map *)&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 0, _RET_IP_);\
> } while (0)
>
> static int __down_trylock_console_sem(unsigned long ip)
> @@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ static int __down_trylock_console_sem(unsigned long ip)
>
> if (lock_failed)
> return 1;
> - mutex_acquire(&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 1, ip);
> + mutex_acquire((struct lockdep_map *)&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 1, ip);
> return 0;
> }
> #define down_trylock_console_sem() __down_trylock_console_sem(_RET_IP_)
> @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static void __up_console_sem(unsigned long ip)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
>
> - mutex_release(&console_lock_dep_map, 1, ip);
> + mutex_release((struct lockdep_map *)&console_lock_dep_map, 1, ip);
>
> printk_safe_enter_irqsave(flags);
> up(&console_sem);
> @@ -1797,13 +1797,6 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
> spin_release(&console_owner_dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
> printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags);
>
> - /*
> - * The owner passed the console lock to us.
> - * Since we did not spin on console lock, annotate
> - * this as a trylock. Otherwise lockdep will
> - * complain.
> - */
> - mutex_acquire(&console_lock_dep_map, 0, 1, _THIS_IP_);
> console_unlock();
> printk_safe_enter_irqsave(flags);
> }
> @@ -2334,10 +2327,10 @@ void console_unlock(void)
> /* The waiter is now free to continue */
> spin_release(&console_owner_dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
> /*
> - * Hand off console_lock to waiter. The waiter will perform
> - * the up(). After this, the waiter is the console_lock owner.
> + * Hand off console_lock to waiter. After this, the waiter
> + * is the console_lock owner.
> */
> - mutex_release(&console_lock_dep_map, 1, _THIS_IP_);
> + lock_commit_crosslock((struct lockdep_map *)&console_lock_dep_map);
> printk_safe_exit_irqrestore(flags);
> /* Note, if waiter is set, logbuf_lock is not held */
> return;
> --
> 2.13.6
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