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Message-ID: <550c50b8-a4dc-4b62-aff2-c90c398778d7@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:10:57 -0700
From: Paul M Stillwell Jr <paul.m.stillwell.jr@...el.com>
To: Jiwei Sun <sunjw10@...look.com>, Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>
CC: <nirmal.patel@...ux.intel.com>, <jonathan.derrick@...ux.dev>,
	<lpieralisi@...nel.org>, <kw@...ux.com>, <robh@...nel.org>,
	<bhelgaas@...gle.com>, <linux-pci@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <sunjw10@...ovo.com>, <ahuang12@...ovo.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] PCI: vmd: Use raw spinlock for cfg_lock

On 6/20/2024 1:57 AM, Jiwei Sun wrote:
> 
> 
> On 6/20/24 04:00, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
>> [+cc Thomas in case he has msi_lock comment, Keith in case he has
>> cfg_lock comment]
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 07:27:59PM +0800, Jiwei Sun wrote:
>>> From: Jiwei Sun <sunjw10@...ovo.com>
>>>
>>> If the kernel is built with the following configurations and booting
>>>    CONFIG_VMD=y
>>>    CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKDEP=y
>>>    CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK=y
>>>    CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y
>>>    CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING=y
>>>
>>> The following log appears,
>>>
>>> =============================
>>> [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
>>> 6.10.0-rc4 #80 Not tainted
>>> -----------------------------
>>> kworker/18:2/633 is trying to lock:
>>> ffff888c474e5648 (&vmd->cfg_lock){....}-{3:3}, at: vmd_pci_write+0x185/0x2a0
>>> other info that might help us debug this:
>>> context-{5:5}
>>> 4 locks held by kworker/18:2/633:
>>>   #0: ffff888100108958 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0xf78/0x1920
>>>   #1: ffffc9000ae1fd90 ((work_completion)(&wfc.work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x7fe/0x1920
>>>   #2: ffff888c483508a8 (&md->mutex){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: __pci_enable_msi_range+0x208/0x800
>>>   #3: ffff888c48329bd8 (&dev->msi_lock){....}-{2:2}, at: pci_msi_update_mask+0x91/0x170
>>> stack backtrace:
>>> CPU: 18 PID: 633 Comm: kworker/18:2 Not tainted 6.10.0-rc4 #80 7c0f2526417bfbb7579e3c3442683c5961773c75
>>> Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630/-[7X01RCZ000]-, BIOS IVEL60O-2.71 09/28/2020
>>> Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
>>> Call Trace:
>>>   <TASK>
>>>   dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xc0
>>>   __lock_acquire+0x9e5/0x1ed0
>>>   lock_acquire+0x194/0x490
>>>   _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x42/0x90
>>>   vmd_pci_write+0x185/0x2a0
>>>   pci_msi_update_mask+0x10c/0x170
>>>   __pci_enable_msi_range+0x291/0x800
>>>   pci_alloc_irq_vectors_affinity+0x13e/0x1d0
>>>   pcie_portdrv_probe+0x570/0xe60
>>>   local_pci_probe+0xdc/0x190
>>>   work_for_cpu_fn+0x4e/0xa0
>>>   process_one_work+0x86d/0x1920
>>>   process_scheduled_works+0xd7/0x140
>>>   worker_thread+0x3e9/0xb90
>>>   kthread+0x2e9/0x3d0
>>>   ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x60
>>>   ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
>>>   </TASK>
>>>
>>> The root cause is that the dev->msi_lock is a raw spinlock, but
>>> vmd->cfg_lock is a spinlock.
>>
>> Can you expand this a little bit?  This isn't enough unless one
>> already knows the difference between raw_spinlock_t and spinlock_t,
>> which I didn't.
>>
>> Documentation/locking/locktypes.rst says they are the same except when
>> CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is set (might be worth mentioning with the config
>> list above?), but that with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT, spinlock_t is based on
>> rt_mutex.
>>
>> And I guess there's a rule that you can't acquire rt_mutex while
>> holding a raw_spinlock.
> 
> Thanks for your review and comments. Sorry for not explaining this clearly.
> Yes, you are right, if CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is not set, the spinlock_t is
> based on raw_spinlock, there is no any question in the above call trace.
> 
> But as you mentioned, if CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is set, the spinlock_t is based
> on rt_mutex, a task will be scheduled when waiting for rt_mutex. For example,
> there are two threads are trying to hold a rt_mutex lock, if A hold the
> lock firstly, and B will be scheduled in rtlock_slowlock_locked() waiting
> for A to release the lock. The raw_spinlock is a real spinning lock, which
> is not allowed the task of the raw_spinlock owner is scheduled in its
> critical region. In other words, we should not try to acquire rt_mutex lock
> in the critical region of the raw_spinlock when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is set.
> 
> CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING and CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING options are
> used to detect the invalid lock nesting (the raw_spinlock vs. spinlock
> nesting checks) [1]. Here is the call path:
> 
>    pci_msi_update_mask  ---> hold raw_spinlock dev->msi_lock
>      pci_write_config_dword
>       pci_bus_write_config_dword
>         vmd_pci_write   ---> hold spinlock_t vmd->cfg_lock
> 
> The above call path is the invalid lock nesting becuase the vmd driver
> tries to acquire the vmd->cfg_lock spinlock within the raw_spinlock
> region (dev->msi_lock). That's why the message "BUG: Invalid wait contex"
> is shown.
> 

It looks like this only happens when CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT is set so I would 
mention that in the commit message (as Bjorn mentioned). I also think 
thsi level of detail is helpful and should be in the commit message as 
well since it's not obvious to the casual observer :)

Paul

> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YBBA81osV7cHN2fb@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/
> 
> Thanks,
> Regards,
> Jiwei
> 
>>
>> The dev->msi_lock was added by 77e89afc25f3 ("PCI/MSI: Protect
>> msi_desc::masked for multi-MSI") and only used in
>> pci_msi_update_mask():
>>
>>    raw_spin_lock_irqsave(lock, flags);
>>    desc->pci.msi_mask &= ~clear;
>>    desc->pci.msi_mask |= set;
>>    pci_write_config_dword(msi_desc_to_pci_dev(desc), desc->pci.mask_pos,
>> 			 desc->pci.msi_mask);
>>    raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(lock, flags);
>>
>> The vmd->cfg_lock was added by 185a383ada2e ("x86/PCI: Add driver for
>> Intel Volume Management Device (VMD)") and is only used around VMD
>> config accesses, e.g.,
>>
>>    * CPU may deadlock if config space is not serialized on some versions of this
>>    * hardware, so all config space access is done under a spinlock.
>>
>>    static int vmd_pci_read(...)
>>    {
>>      spin_lock_irqsave(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>      switch (len) {
>>      case 1:
>> 	    *value = readb(addr);
>> 	    break;
>>      case 2:
>> 	    *value = readw(addr);
>> 	    break;
>>      case 4:
>> 	    *value = readl(addr);
>> 	    break;
>>      default:
>> 	    ret = -EINVAL;
>> 	    break;
>>      }
>>      spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>    }
>>
>> IIUC those reads turn into single PCIe MMIO reads, so I wouldn't
>> expect any concurrency issues there that need locking.
>>
>> But apparently there's something weird that can deadlock the CPU.
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiwei Sun<sunjw10@...ovo.com>
>>> Suggested-by: Adrian Huang <ahuang12@...ovo.com>
>>> ---
>>>   drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c | 12 ++++++------
>>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
>>> index 87b7856f375a..45d0ebf96adc 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/vmd.c
>>> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct vmd_irq_list {
>>>   struct vmd_dev {
>>>   	struct pci_dev		*dev;
>>>   
>>> -	spinlock_t		cfg_lock;
>>> +	raw_spinlock_t		cfg_lock;
>>>   	void __iomem		*cfgbar;
>>>   
>>>   	int msix_count;
>>> @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ static int vmd_pci_read(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg,
>>>   	if (!addr)
>>>   		return -EFAULT;
>>>   
>>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>>   	switch (len) {
>>>   	case 1:
>>>   		*value = readb(addr);
>>> @@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static int vmd_pci_read(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg,
>>>   		ret = -EINVAL;
>>>   		break;
>>>   	}
>>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>>   	return ret;
>>>   }
>>>   
>>> @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static int vmd_pci_write(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg,
>>>   	if (!addr)
>>>   		return -EFAULT;
>>>   
>>> -	spin_lock_irqsave(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>> +	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>>   	switch (len) {
>>>   	case 1:
>>>   		writeb(value, addr);
>>> @@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ static int vmd_pci_write(struct pci_bus *bus, unsigned int devfn, int reg,
>>>   		ret = -EINVAL;
>>>   		break;
>>>   	}
>>> -	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>> +	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vmd->cfg_lock, flags);
>>>   	return ret;
>>>   }
>>>   
>>> @@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int vmd_probe(struct pci_dev *dev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
>>>   	if (features & VMD_FEAT_OFFSET_FIRST_VECTOR)
>>>   		vmd->first_vec = 1;
>>>   
>>> -	spin_lock_init(&vmd->cfg_lock);
>>> +	raw_spin_lock_init(&vmd->cfg_lock);
>>>   	pci_set_drvdata(dev, vmd);
>>>   	err = vmd_enable_domain(vmd, features);
>>>   	if (err)
>>> -- 
>>> 2.27.0
>>>
> 


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