linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] serial: stm32: optimize spin lock usage

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Message-ID: <CAL9mu0JF-9hy3Z_ytpEO+hzKh0D+f-0gYaUBEA0v28EOHpC80w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 22:04:06 +0800
From:   dillon min <dillon.minfei@...il.com>
To:     Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, jirislaby@...nel.org,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kbuild-all@...ts.01.org, clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Gerald Baeza <gerald.baeza@...s.st.com>,
        Erwan Le Ray <erwan.leray@...s.st.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] serial: stm32: optimize spin lock usage

Hi Johan,

Yes, there is no deadlock. my fault.
I forget the local_irq_save() plus spin_lock() is spin_lock_irqsave().

Thanks for your review. please ignore this patch.

Best regards

Dillon

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 9:08 PM Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 05:31:38PM +0800, dillon.minfei@...il.com wrote:
> > From: dillon min <dillon.minfei@...il.com>
> >
> > To avoid potential deadlock in spin_lock usage, use spin_lock_irqsave,
> > spin_trylock_irqsave(), spin_unlock_irqrestore() in process context.
>
> This doesn't make much sense as console_write can be called in any
> context. And where's the deadlock you claim to be fixing here?
>
> > remove unused local_irq_save/restore call.
> >
> > Cc: Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>
> > Cc: Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>
> > Cc: Gerald Baeza <gerald.baeza@...s.st.com>
> > Cc: Erwan Le Ray <erwan.leray@...s.st.com>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> > Signed-off-by: dillon min <dillon.minfei@...il.com>
> > ---
> > v2: remove unused code from stm32_usart_threaded_interrupt() according from
> >     Greg's review.
> >
> >  drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c | 8 +++-----
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
> > index b3675cf25a69..b1ba5e36e36e 100644
> > --- a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
> > +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
> > @@ -1354,13 +1354,12 @@ static void stm32_usart_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
> >       u32 old_cr1, new_cr1;
> >       int locked = 1;
> >
> > -     local_irq_save(flags);
> >       if (port->sysrq)
> >               locked = 0;
> >       else if (oops_in_progress)
> > -             locked = spin_trylock(&port->lock);
> > +             locked = spin_trylock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> >       else
> > -             spin_lock(&port->lock);
> > +             spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
> >
> >       /* Save and disable interrupts, enable the transmitter */
> >       old_cr1 = readl_relaxed(port->membase + ofs->cr1);
> > @@ -1374,8 +1373,7 @@ static void stm32_usart_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
> >       writel_relaxed(old_cr1, port->membase + ofs->cr1);
> >
> >       if (locked)
> > -             spin_unlock(&port->lock);
> > -     local_irq_restore(flags);
> > +             spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
> >  }
> >
> >  static int stm32_usart_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
>
> Johan