linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] sample-trace-array: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context

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Message-ID: <53201591-082d-7e42-9043-237ae4239da6@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Jun 2020 09:29:30 -0700
From:   Divya Indi <divya.indi@...cle.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Aruna Ramakrishna <aruna.ramakrishna@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] sample-trace-array: Fix sleeping function called from
 invalid context

On 6/9/20 6:51 AM, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:935
>  in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 0, name: swapper/5
>  1 lock held by swapper/5/0:
>   #0: ffff80001002bd90 (samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c:38){+.-.}-{0:0}, at: call_timer_fn+0x8/0x3e0
>  CPU: 5 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/5 Not tainted 5.7.0+ #8
>  Hardware name: QEMU QEMU Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
>  Call trace:
>   dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1a0
>   show_stack+0x20/0x30
>   dump_stack+0xe4/0x150
>   ___might_sleep+0x160/0x200
>   __might_sleep+0x58/0x90
>   __mutex_lock+0x64/0x948
>   mutex_lock_nested+0x3c/0x58
>   __ftrace_set_clr_event+0x44/0x88
>   trace_array_set_clr_event+0x24/0x38
>   mytimer_handler+0x34/0x40 [sample_trace_array]
>
> mutex_lock() will be called in interrupt context, using workqueue to fix it.
Fixes:
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>

Reviewed-by: Divya Indi <divya.indi@...cle.com>

> ---
> v2:
> - add include of linux/workqueue.h
> - add missing cancel_work_sync() suggested by Divya Indi
>
>  samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c b/samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c
> index d523450d73eb..9e437f930280 100644
> --- a/samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c
> +++ b/samples/ftrace/sample-trace-array.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  #include <linux/timer.h>
>  #include <linux/err.h>
>  #include <linux/jiffies.h>
> +#include <linux/workqueue.h>
>  
>  /*
>   * Any file that uses trace points, must include the header.
> @@ -20,6 +21,16 @@ struct trace_array *tr;
>  static void mytimer_handler(struct timer_list *unused);
>  static struct task_struct *simple_tsk;
>  
> +static void trace_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Disable tracing for event "sample_event".
> +	 */
> +	trace_array_set_clr_event(tr, "sample-subsystem", "sample_event",
> +			false);
> +}
> +static DECLARE_WORK(trace_work, trace_work_fn);
> +
>  /*
>   * mytimer: Timer setup to disable tracing for event "sample_event". This
>   * timer is only for the purposes of the sample module to demonstrate access of
> @@ -29,11 +40,7 @@ static DEFINE_TIMER(mytimer, mytimer_handler);
>  
>  static void mytimer_handler(struct timer_list *unused)
>  {
> -	/*
> -	 * Disable tracing for event "sample_event".
> -	 */
> -	trace_array_set_clr_event(tr, "sample-subsystem", "sample_event",
> -			false);
> +	schedule_work(&trace_work);
>  }
>  
>  static void simple_thread_func(int count)
> @@ -76,6 +83,7 @@ static int simple_thread(void *arg)
>  		simple_thread_func(count++);
>  
>  	del_timer(&mytimer);
> +	cancel_work_sync(&trace_work);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * trace_array_put() decrements the reference counter associated with