linux-kernel - [PATCH] watchdog/core: Fix AA deadlock causeb by watchdog

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Date: Tue,  4 Jun 2024 11:57:36 +0000
From: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@...weicloud.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH] watchdog/core: Fix AA deadlock causeb by watchdog

We found an AA deadlock problem as shown belowed:

TaskA				TaskB				WatchDog			system_wq

...
css_killed_work_fn:
P(cgroup_mutex)
...
								...
								__lockup_detector_reconfigure:
								P(cpu_hotplug_lock.read)
								...
				...
				percpu_down_write:
				P(cpu_hotplug_lock.write)
												...
												cgroup_bpf_release:
												P(cgroup_mutex)
								smp_call_on_cpu:
								Wait system_wq

cpuset_css_offline:
P(cpu_hotplug_lock.read)

WatchDog is waitting for system_wq, who is waitting for cgroup_mutex, to finish
the jobs, but the owner of the cgroup_mutex is waitting for cpu_hotplug_lock.
The key point is the cpu_hotplug_lock, cause the system_wq may be waitting other
lock. What's more, it seems that smp_call_on_cpu doesn't need protection from
cpu_hotplug_lock. I try to revert the old patch to fix this problem, but I
encountered some conflicts. Or I should just release and acquire cpu_hotplug_lock
during between smp_call_on_cpu? I'm looking forward any suggestion :).

Fixes: e31d6883f21c ("watchdog/core, powerpc: Lock cpus across reconfiguration")

Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@...weicloud.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c | 4 ++++
 kernel/watchdog.c              | 9 ---------
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
index 8c464a5d8246..f33f532ea7fa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -550,17 +550,21 @@ void watchdog_hardlockup_stop(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, &wd_cpus_enabled)
 		stop_watchdog_on_cpu(cpu);
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void watchdog_hardlockup_start(void)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	watchdog_calc_timeouts();
 	for_each_cpu_and(cpu, cpu_online_mask, &watchdog_cpumask)
 		start_watchdog_on_cpu(cpu);
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 51915b44ac73..13303a932cde 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -867,7 +867,6 @@ int lockup_detector_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 
 static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 {
-	cpus_read_lock();
 	watchdog_hardlockup_stop();
 
 	softlockup_stop_all();
@@ -877,12 +876,6 @@ static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 		softlockup_start_all();
 
 	watchdog_hardlockup_start();
-	cpus_read_unlock();
-	/*
-	 * Must be called outside the cpus locked section to prevent
-	 * recursive locking in the perf code.
-	 */
-	__lockup_detector_cleanup();
 }
 
 void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
@@ -916,11 +909,9 @@ static __init void lockup_detector_setup(void)
 #else /* CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR */
 static void __lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 {
-	cpus_read_lock();
 	watchdog_hardlockup_stop();
 	lockup_detector_update_enable();
 	watchdog_hardlockup_start();
-	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 void lockup_detector_reconfigure(void)
 {
-- 
2.34.1