When enable lockdep engine, a lockdep warning can be observed when
reboot or shutdown system,
[ 3142.764557][ T1] bcache: bcache_reboot() Stopping all devices:
[ 3142.776265][ T2649]
[ 3142.777159][ T2649] ======================================================
[ 3142.780039][ T2649] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 3142.782869][ T2649] 5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1 Tainted: G W
[ 3142.785684][ T2649] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 3142.788479][ T2649] kworker/3:67/2649 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 3142.790738][ T2649] 00000000aaf02291 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}, at: flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.794678][ T2649]
[ 3142.794678][ T2649] but task is already holding lock:
[ 3142.797402][ T2649] 000000004fcf89c5 (&bch_register_lock){+.+.}, at: cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.801462][ T2649]
[ 3142.801462][ T2649] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[ 3142.801462][ T2649]
[ 3142.805277][ T2649]
[ 3142.805277][ T2649] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 3142.808902][ T2649]
[ 3142.808902][ T2649] -> #2 (&bch_register_lock){+.+.}:
[ 3142.812396][ T2649] __mutex_lock+0x7a/0x9d0
[ 3142.814184][ T2649] cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.816415][ T2649] process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.818413][ T2649] worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.820276][ T2649] kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.822061][ T2649] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.823965][ T2649]
[ 3142.823965][ T2649] -> #1 ((work_completion)(&cl->work)#2){+.+.}:
[ 3142.827244][ T2649] process_one_work+0x277/0x640
[ 3142.829160][ T2649] worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.830958][ T2649] kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.832674][ T2649] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.834915][ T2649]
[ 3142.834915][ T2649] -> #0 ((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq){+.+.}:
[ 3142.838121][ T2649] lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.840025][ T2649] flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[ 3142.842035][ T2649] drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.844042][ T2649] destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[ 3142.846142][ T2649] cached_dev_free+0x52/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.848530][ T2649] process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.850663][ T2649] worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.852464][ T2649] kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.854106][ T2649] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.855880][ T2649]
[ 3142.855880][ T2649] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 3142.855880][ T2649]
[ 3142.859663][ T2649] Chain exists of:
[ 3142.859663][ T2649] (wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq --> (work_completion)(&cl->work)#2 --> &bch_register_lock
[ 3142.859663][ T2649]
[ 3142.865424][ T2649] Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 3142.865424][ T2649]
[ 3142.868022][ T2649] CPU0 CPU1
[ 3142.869885][ T2649] ---- ----
[ 3142.871751][ T2649] lock(&bch_register_lock);
[ 3142.873379][ T2649] lock((work_completion)(&cl->work)#2);
[ 3142.876399][ T2649] lock(&bch_register_lock);
[ 3142.879727][ T2649] lock((wq_completion)bcache_writeback_wq);
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]
[ 3142.882064][ T2649] *** DEADLOCK ***
[ 3142.882064][ T2649]
[ 3142.885060][ T2649] 3 locks held by kworker/3:67/2649:
[ 3142.887245][ T2649] #0: 00000000e774cdd0 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[ 3142.890815][ T2649] #1: 00000000f7df89da ((work_completion)(&cl->work)#2){+.+.}, at: process_one_work+0x21e/0x640
[ 3142.894884][ T2649] #2: 000000004fcf89c5 (&bch_register_lock){+.+.}, at: cached_dev_free+0x17/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.898797][ T2649]
[ 3142.898797][ T2649] stack backtrace:
[ 3142.900961][ T2649] CPU: 3 PID: 2649 Comm: kworker/3:67 Tainted: G W 5.2.0-rc4-lp151.20-default+ #1
[ 3142.904789][ T2649] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 04/13/2018
[ 3142.909168][ T2649] Workqueue: events cached_dev_free [bcache]
[ 3142.911422][ T2649] Call Trace:
[ 3142.912656][ T2649] dump_stack+0x85/0xcb
[ 3142.914181][ T2649] print_circular_bug+0x19a/0x1f0
[ 3142.916193][ T2649] __lock_acquire+0x16cd/0x1850
[ 3142.917936][ T2649] ? __lock_acquire+0x6a8/0x1850
[ 3142.919704][ T2649] ? lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.921335][ T2649] ? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0
[ 3142.923052][ T2649] lock_acquire+0xb4/0x1c0
[ 3142.924635][ T2649] ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.926375][ T2649] flush_workqueue+0xae/0x4c0
[ 3142.928047][ T2649] ? flush_workqueue+0x87/0x4c0
[ 3142.929824][ T2649] ? drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.931686][ T2649] drain_workqueue+0xa9/0x180
[ 3142.933534][ T2649] destroy_workqueue+0x17/0x250
[ 3142.935787][ T2649] cached_dev_free+0x52/0x120 [bcache]
[ 3142.937795][ T2649] process_one_work+0x2a4/0x640
[ 3142.939803][ T2649] worker_thread+0x39/0x3f0
[ 3142.941487][ T2649] ? process_one_work+0x640/0x640
[ 3142.943389][ T2649] kthread+0x125/0x140
[ 3142.944894][ T2649] ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x70/0x70
[ 3142.947744][ T2649] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50
[ 3142.970358][ T2649] bcache: bcache_device_free() bcache0 stopped
Here is how the deadlock happens.
1) bcache_reboot() calls bcache_device_stop(), then inside
bcache_device_stop() BCACHE_DEV_CLOSING bit is set on d->flags.
Then closure_queue(&d->cl) is called to invoke cached_dev_flush().
2) In cached_dev_flush(), cached_dev_free() is called by continu_at().
3) In cached_dev_free(), when stopping the writeback kthread of the
cached device by kthread_stop(), dc->writeback_thread will be waken
up to quite the kthread while-loop, then cached_dev_put() is called
in bch_writeback_thread().
4) Calling cached_dev_put() in writeback kthread may drop dc->count to
0, then dc->detach kworker is scheduled, which is initialized as
cached_dev_detach_finish().
5) Inside cached_dev_detach_finish(), the last line of code is to call
closure_put(&dc->disk.cl), which drops the last reference counter of
closrure dc->disk.cl, then the callback cached_dev_flush() gets
called.
Now cached_dev_flush() is called for second time in the code path, the
first time is in step 2). And again bch_register_lock will be acquired
again, and a A-A lock (lockdep terminology) is happening.
The root cause of the above A-A lock is in cached_dev_free(), mutex
bch_register_lock is held before stopping writeback kthread and other
kworkers. Fortunately now we have variable 'bcache_is_reboot', which may
prevent device registration or unregistration during reboot/shutdown
time, so it is unncessary to hold bch_register_lock such early now.
This is how this patch fixes the reboot/shutdown time A-A lock issue:
After moving mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock) to a later location where
before atomic_read(&dc->running) in cached_dev_free(), such A-A lock
problem can be solved without any reboot time registration race.
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 15916b3ec8bf..f376ba7e4d3f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1223,8 +1223,6 @@ static void cached_dev_free(struct closure *cl)
{
struct cached_dev *dc = container_of(cl, struct cached_dev, disk.cl);
- mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock);
-
if (test_and_clear_bit(BCACHE_DEV_WB_RUNNING, &dc->disk.flags))
cancel_writeback_rate_update_dwork(dc);
@@ -1235,6 +1233,8 @@ static void cached_dev_free(struct closure *cl)
if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dc->status_update_thread))
kthread_stop(dc->status_update_thread);
+ mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock);
+
if (atomic_read(&dc->running))
bd_unlink_disk_holder(dc->bdev, dc->disk.disk);
bcache_device_free(&dc->disk);
--
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