linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH] serial: amba-pl011: Make sure we initialize the port.lock spinlock

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Vemw6UKZRK7A9AiOwgbvWLCD2VzOkdGw688Nmc=gVsQYw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:05:45 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        "open list:SERIAL DRIVERS" <linux-serial@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] serial: amba-pl011: Make sure we initialize the
 port.lock spinlock

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 1:06 AM John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> Valentine reported seeing:
>
> [    3.626638] INFO: trying to register non-static key.
> [    3.626639] the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
> [    3.626640] turning off the locking correctness validator.
> [    3.626644] CPU: 7 PID: 51 Comm: kworker/7:1 Not tainted 5.7.0-rc2-00115-g8c2e9790f196 #116
> [    3.626646] Hardware name: HiKey960 (DT)
> [    3.626656] Workqueue: events deferred_probe_work_func
> [    3.632476] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Optimal transfer size 8192 bytes not a multiple of physical block size (16384 bytes)
> [    3.640220] Call trace:
> [    3.640225]  dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1b8
> [    3.640227]  show_stack+0x20/0x30
> [    3.640230]  dump_stack+0xec/0x158
> [    3.640234]  register_lock_class+0x598/0x5c0
> [    3.640235]  __lock_acquire+0x80/0x16c0
> [    3.640236]  lock_acquire+0xf4/0x4a0
> [    3.640241]  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x70/0xa8
> [    3.640245]  uart_add_one_port+0x388/0x4b8
> [    3.640248]  pl011_register_port+0x70/0xf0
> [    3.640250]  pl011_probe+0x184/0x1b8
> [    3.640254]  amba_probe+0xdc/0x180
> [    3.640256]  really_probe+0xe0/0x338
> [    3.640257]  driver_probe_device+0x60/0xf8
> [    3.640259]  __device_attach_driver+0x8c/0xd0
> [    3.640260]  bus_for_each_drv+0x84/0xd8
> [    3.640261]  __device_attach+0xe4/0x140
> [    3.640263]  device_initial_probe+0x1c/0x28
> [    3.640265]  bus_probe_device+0xa4/0xb0
> [    3.640266]  deferred_probe_work_func+0x7c/0xb8
> [    3.640269]  process_one_work+0x2c0/0x768
> [    3.640271]  worker_thread+0x4c/0x498
> [    3.640272]  kthread+0x14c/0x158
> [    3.640275]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x1c
>
> Which seems to be due to the fact that after allocating the uap
> structure, the pl011 code doesn't initialize the spinlock.
>
> This patch fixes it by initializing the spinlock and the warning
> has gone away.
>

I think it's step to the right direction. FWIW,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>

> CC: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
> Cc: linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
> ---
>  drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> index 2296bb0f9578..458fc3d9d48c 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
> @@ -2575,6 +2575,7 @@ static int pl011_setup_port(struct device *dev, struct uart_amba_port *uap,
>         uap->port.has_sysrq = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE);
>         uap->port.flags = UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
>         uap->port.line = index;
> +       spin_lock_init(&uap->port.lock);
>
>         amba_ports[index] = uap;
>
> --
> 2.17.1
>


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko