linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] locking/ww_mutex: Treat ww_mutex

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Message-Id: <20210316153119.13802-4-longman@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:31:18 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] locking/ww_mutex: Treat ww_mutex_lock() like a trylock

It was found that running the ww_mutex_lock-torture test produced the
following lockdep splat almost immediately:

[  103.892638] ======================================================
[  103.892639] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[  103.892641] 5.12.0-rc3-debug+ #2 Tainted: G S      W
[  103.892643] ------------------------------------------------------
[  103.892643] lock_torture_wr/3234 is trying to acquire lock:
[  103.892646] ffffffffc0b35b10 (torture_ww_mutex_2.base){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: torture_ww_mutex_lock+0x316/0x720 [locktorture]
[  103.892660]
[  103.892660] but task is already holding lock:
[  103.892661] ffffffffc0b35cd0 (torture_ww_mutex_0.base){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: torture_ww_mutex_lock+0x3e2/0x720 [locktorture]
[  103.892669]
[  103.892669] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[  103.892669]
[  103.892670]
[  103.892670] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[  103.892671]
[  103.892671] -> #2 (torture_ww_mutex_0.base){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[  103.892675]        lock_acquire+0x1c5/0x830
[  103.892682]        __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.15+0x1d1/0x2e50
[  103.892687]        ww_mutex_lock+0x4b/0x180
[  103.892690]        torture_ww_mutex_lock+0x316/0x720 [locktorture]
[  103.892694]        lock_torture_writer+0x142/0x3a0 [locktorture]
[  103.892698]        kthread+0x35f/0x430
[  103.892701]        ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[  103.892706]
[  103.892706] -> #1 (torture_ww_mutex_1.base){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[  103.892709]        lock_acquire+0x1c5/0x830
[  103.892712]        __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.15+0x1d1/0x2e50
[  103.892715]        ww_mutex_lock+0x4b/0x180
[  103.892717]        torture_ww_mutex_lock+0x316/0x720 [locktorture]
[  103.892721]        lock_torture_writer+0x142/0x3a0 [locktorture]
[  103.892725]        kthread+0x35f/0x430
[  103.892727]        ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[  103.892730]
[  103.892730] -> #0 (torture_ww_mutex_2.base){+.+.}-{3:3}:
[  103.892733]        check_prevs_add+0x3fd/0x2470
[  103.892736]        __lock_acquire+0x2602/0x3100
[  103.892738]        lock_acquire+0x1c5/0x830
[  103.892740]        __ww_mutex_lock.constprop.15+0x1d1/0x2e50
[  103.892743]        ww_mutex_lock+0x4b/0x180
[  103.892746]        torture_ww_mutex_lock+0x316/0x720 [locktorture]
[  103.892749]        lock_torture_writer+0x142/0x3a0 [locktorture]
[  103.892753]        kthread+0x35f/0x430
[  103.892755]        ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[  103.892757]
[  103.892757] other info that might help us debug this:
[  103.892757]
[  103.892758] Chain exists of:
[  103.892758]   torture_ww_mutex_2.base --> torture_ww_mutex_1.base --> torture_ww_mutex_0.base
[  103.892758]
[  103.892763]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[  103.892763]
[  103.892764]        CPU0                    CPU1
[  103.892765]        ----                    ----
[  103.892765]   lock(torture_ww_mutex_0.base);
[  103.892767] 				      lock(torture_ww_mutex_1.base);
[  103.892770] 				      lock(torture_ww_mutex_0.base);
[  103.892772]   lock(torture_ww_mutex_2.base);
[  103.892774]
[  103.892774]  *** DEADLOCK ***

Since ww_mutex is supposed to be deadlock-proof if used properly, such
deadlock scenario should not happen. To avoid this false positive splat,
treat ww_mutex_lock() like a trylock().

After applying this patch, the locktorture test can run for a long time
without triggering the circular locking dependency splat.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/locking/mutex.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 622ebdfcd083..bb89393cd3a2 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -946,7 +946,10 @@ __mutex_lock_common(struct mutex *lock, long state, unsigned int subclass,
 	}
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	mutex_acquire_nest(&lock->dep_map, subclass, 0, nest_lock, ip);
+	/*
+	 * Treat as trylock for ww_mutex.
+	 */
+	mutex_acquire_nest(&lock->dep_map, subclass, !!ww_ctx, nest_lock, ip);
 
 	if (__mutex_trylock(lock) ||
 	    mutex_optimistic_spin(lock, ww_ctx, NULL)) {
-- 
2.18.1