linux-kernel - Re: [syzbot] possible deadlock in worker

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Date:   Sat, 12 Feb 2022 14:31:53 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        syzbot <syzbot+831661966588c802aae9@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        jgg@...pe.ca, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [syzbot] possible deadlock in worker_thread

On 2022/02/12 3:59, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 2/10/22 11:27, syzbot wrote:
>> ======================================================
>> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
>> 5.17.0-rc2-syzkaller-00398-gd8ad2ce873ab #0 Not tainted
>> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Since the SRP initiator driver is involved, I will take a look.
> However, I'm not sure yet when I will have the time to post a fix.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bart.
> 

This problem was already handled by commit bf23747ee0532090 ("loop:
revert "make autoclear operation asynchronous"").

But this report might be suggesting us that we should consider
deprecating (and eventually getting rid of) system-wide workqueues
(declared in include/linux/workqueue.h), for since flush_workqueue()
synchronously waits for completion, sharing system-wide workqueues
among multiple modules can generate unexpected locking dependency
chain (like this report).

If some module needs flush_workqueue() or flush_*_work(), shouldn't
such module create and use their own workqueues?

Tejun, what do you think?