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syzbot is reporting circular locking dependency which involves
zonelist_update_seq seqlock [1], for this lock is checked by memory
allocation requests which do not need to be retried.
One deadlock scenario is kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC) from an interrupt handler.
CPU0
----
__build_all_zonelists() {
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq); // makes zonelist_update_seq.seqcount odd
// e.g. timer interrupt handler runs at this moment
some_timer_func() {
kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC) {
__alloc_pages_slowpath() {
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) {
// spins forever because zonelist_update_seq.seqcount is odd
}
}
}
}
// e.g. timer interrupt handler finishes
write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq); // makes zonelist_update_seq.seqcount even
}
This deadlock scenario can be easily eliminated by not calling
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) from !__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation
requests, for retry is applicable to only __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation
requests. But Michal Hocko does not know whether we should go with this
approach.
Another deadlock scenario which syzbot is reporting is a race between
kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC) from tty_insert_flip_string_and_push_buffer() with
port->lock held and printk() from __build_all_zonelists() with
zonelist_update_seq held.
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
pty_write() {
tty_insert_flip_string_and_push_buffer() {
__build_all_zonelists() {
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq);
build_zonelists() {
printk() {
vprintk() {
vprintk_default() {
vprintk_emit() {
console_unlock() {
console_flush_all() {
console_emit_next_record() {
con->write() = serial8250_console_write() {
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
tty_insert_flip_string() {
tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag() {
__tty_buffer_request_room() {
tty_buffer_alloc() {
kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN) {
__alloc_pages_slowpath() {
zonelist_iter_begin() {
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq); // spins forever because zonelist_update_seq.seqcount is odd
spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags); // spins forever because port->lock is held
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
// message is printed to console
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq);
}
}
}
This deadlock scenario can be eliminated by
preventing interrupt context from calling kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC)
and
preventing printk() from calling console_flush_all()
while zonelist_update_seq.seqcount is odd.
Since Petr Mladek thinks that __build_all_zonelists() can become a
candidate for deferring printk() [2], let's address this problem by
disabling local interrupts in order to avoid kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC)
and
disabling synchronous printk() in order to avoid console_flush_all()
.
As a side effect of minimizing duration of zonelist_update_seq.seqcount
being odd by disabling synchronous printk(), latency at
read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) for both !__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM and
__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM allocation requests will be reduced. Although, from
lockdep perspective, not calling read_seqbegin(&zonelist_update_seq) (i.e.
do not record unnecessary locking dependency) from interrupt context is
still preferable, even if we don't allow calling kmalloc(GFP_ATOMIC)
inside
write_seqlock(&zonelist_update_seq)/write_sequnlock(&zonelist_update_seq)
section...
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/8796b95c-3da3-5885-fddd-6ef55f30e4d3@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
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