linux-kernel - Re: [RT WARNING] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(rt_mutex_owner(lock) != current) with fsfreeze (4.19.25-rt16)

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:50:43 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, jack@...e.com,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Subject: Re: [RT WARNING] DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(rt_mutex_owner(lock) !=
 current) with fsfreeze (4.19.25-rt16)


Sorry, I seem to have missed this email.

On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 06:50:09PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 05/03, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >
> > -static void lockdep_sb_freeze_release(struct super_block *sb)
> > -{
> > -	int level;
> > -
> > -	for (level = SB_FREEZE_LEVELS - 1; level >= 0; level--)
> > -		percpu_rwsem_release(sb->s_writers.rw_sem + level, 0, _THIS_IP_);
> > -}
> > -
> > -/*
> > - * Tell lockdep we are holding these locks before we call ->unfreeze_fs(sb).
> > - */
> > -static void lockdep_sb_freeze_acquire(struct super_block *sb)
> > -{
> > -	int level;
> > -
> > -	for (level = 0; level < SB_FREEZE_LEVELS; ++level)
> > -		percpu_rwsem_acquire(sb->s_writers.rw_sem + level, 0, _THIS_IP_);
> > +	percpu_down_write_non_owner(sb->s_writers.rw_sem + level-1);
> >  }
> 
> I'd suggest to not change fs/super.c, keep these helpers, and even not introduce
> xxx_write_non_owner().
> 
> freeze_super() takes other locks, it calls sync_filesystem(), freeze_fs(), lockdep
> should know that this task holds SB_FREEZE_XXX locks for writing.

Bah, I so hate these games. But OK, I suppose.

> > @@ -80,14 +83,8 @@ int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_
> >  	 * and reschedule on the preempt_enable() in percpu_down_read().
> >  	 */
> >  	preempt_enable_no_resched();
> > -
> > -	/*
> > -	 * Avoid lockdep for the down/up_read() we already have them.
> > -	 */
> > -	__down_read(&sem->rw_sem);
> > +	wait_event(sem->waiters, !atomic_read(&sem->block));
> >  	this_cpu_inc(*sem->read_count);
> 
> Argh, this looks racy :/
> 
> Suppose that sem->block == 0 when wait_event() is called, iow the writer released
> the lock.
> 
> Now suppose that this __percpu_down_read() races with another percpu_down_write().
> The new writer can set sem->block == 1 and call readers_active_check() in between,
> after wait_event() and before this_cpu_inc(*sem->read_count).


CPU0			CPU1			CPU2

percpu_up_write()
  sem->block = 0;

			__percpu_down_read()
			  wait_event(, !sem->block);

						percpu_down_write()
						  wait_event_exclusive(, xchg(sem->block,1)==0);
						  readers_active_check()

			  this_cpu_inc();

			  *whoopsy* reader while write owned.



I suppose we can 'patch' that by checking blocking again after we've
incremented, something like the below.

But looking at percpu_down_write() we have two wait_event*() on the same
queue back to back, which is 'odd' at best. Let me ponder that a little
more.


---

--- a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_
 	 * writer missed them.
 	 */
 
+again:
 	smp_mb(); /* A matches D */
 
 	/*
@@ -87,7 +88,13 @@ int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_
 	wait_event(sem->waiters, !atomic_read_acquire(&sem->block));
 	this_cpu_inc(*sem->read_count);
 	preempt_disable();
-	return 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * percpu_down_write() could've set ->blocked right after we've seen it
+	 * 0 but missed our this_cpu_inc(), which is exactly the condition we
+	 * get called for from percpu_down_read().
+	 */
+	goto again;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_down_read);