On Thu, Sep 05, 2019 at 09:41:12AM -0700, Stephen Boyd wrote:
> Sebastian reports that after commit ff296293b353 ("random: Support freezable
> kthreads in add_hwgenerator_randomness()") we can call might_sleep() when the
> task state is TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE (state=1). This leads to the following warning.
>
> do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at [<00000000349d1489>] prepare_to_wait_event+0x5a/0x180
> WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 828 at kernel/sched/core.c:6741 __might_sleep+0x6f/0x80
> Modules linked in:
>
> CPU: 0 PID: 828 Comm: hwrng Not tainted 5.3.0-rc7-next-20190903+ #46
> RIP: 0010:__might_sleep+0x6f/0x80
>
> Call Trace:
> kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x1b/0x60
> add_hwgenerator_randomness+0xdd/0x130
> hwrng_fillfn+0xbf/0x120
> kthread+0x10c/0x140
> ret_from_fork+0x27/0x50
>
> We shouldn't call kthread_freezable_should_stop() from deep within the
> wait_event code because the task state is still set as
> TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE instead of TASK_RUNNING and
> kthread_freezable_should_stop() will try to call into the freezer with
> the task in the wrong state. Use wait_event_freezable() instead so that
> it calls schedule() in the right place and tries to enter the freezer
> when the task state is TASK_RUNNING instead.
>
> Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Keerthy <j-keerthy@xxxxxx>
> Fixes: ff296293b353 ("random: Support freezable kthreads in add_hwgenerator_randomness()")
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> See https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190904110038.2bx25byitrejlteu@flow for
> context on the bug report.
>
> drivers/char/random.c | 12 +++++-------
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
Patch applied. Thanks.
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