Re: [PATCH v6 13/13] riscv: Add qspinlock support

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On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 8:55 AM Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2024 at 12:19 AM Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 03:50:09PM +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> > > On 28/11/2024 15:14, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 01:41:36PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 12:56:55PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> > > > > > On Sun, Nov 03, 2024 at 03:51:53PM +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> > > > > > > In order to produce a generic kernel, a user can select
> > > > > > > CONFIG_COMBO_SPINLOCKS which will fallback at runtime to the ticket
> > > > > > > spinlock implementation if Zabha or Ziccrse are not present.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Note that we can't use alternatives here because the discovery of
> > > > > > > extensions is done too late and we need to start with the qspinlock
> > > > > > > implementation because the ticket spinlock implementation would pollute
> > > > > > > the spinlock value, so let's use static keys.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is largely based on Guo's work and Leonardo reviews at [1].
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20231225125847.2778638-1-guoren@xxxxxxxxxx/ [1]
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > This patch (now commit ab83647fadae2 ("riscv: Add qspinlock support"))
> > > > > > breaks boot on polarfire soc. It dies before outputting anything to the
> > > > > > console. My .config has:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # CONFIG_RISCV_TICKET_SPINLOCKS is not set
> > > > > > # CONFIG_RISCV_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS is not set
> > > > > > CONFIG_RISCV_COMBO_SPINLOCKS=y
> > > > > I pointed out some of the fragility during review:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241111164259.GA20042@willie-the-truck/
> > > > >
> > > > > so I'm kinda surprised it got merged tbh :/
> > > > Maybe it could be reverted rather than having a broken boot with the
> > > > default settings in -rc1.
> > >
> > >
> > > No need to rush before we know what's happening,I guess you bisected to this
> > > commit right?
> >
> > The symptom is a failure to boot, without any console output, of course
> > I bisected it before blaming something specific. But I don't think it is
> > "rushing" as having -rc1 broken with an option's default is a massive pain
> > in the arse when it comes to testing.
> >
> > > I don't have this soc, so can you provide $stval/$sepc/$scause, a config, a
> > > kernel, anything?
> >
> > I don't have the former cos it died immediately on boot. config is
> > attached. It reproduces in QEMU so you don't need any hardware.
> If QEMU could reproduce, could you provide a dmesg by the below method?
>
> Qemu cmd append: -s -S
> ref: https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/system/gdb.html
>
> Connect gdb and in console:
> 1. file vmlinux
> 2. source ./Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/gdbmacros.txt
> 3. dmesg
>
> Then, we could get the kernel's early boot logs from memory.
I've reproduced it on qemu, thx for the config.

Reading symbols from ../build-rv64lp64/vmlinux...
(gdb) tar rem:1234
Remote debugging using :1234
ticket_spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/include/asm-generic/ticket_spinlock.h:49
49              atomic_cond_read_acquire(&lock->val, ticket == (u16)VAL);
(gdb) bt
#0  ticket_spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/include/asm-generic/ticket_spinlock.h:49
#1  arch_spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/arch/riscv/include/asm/spinlock.h:28
#2  do_raw_spin_lock (lock=lock@entry=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>)
at /home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/spinlock_debug.c:116
#3  0xffffffff80b2ea0e in __raw_spin_lock_irqsave
(lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:111
#4  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave (lock=lock@entry=0xffffffff81b9a5b8
<text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162
#5  0xffffffff80b27c54 in rt_mutex_slowtrylock
(lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1393
#6  0xffffffff80b295ea in rt_mutex_try_acquire
(lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:319
#7  __rt_mutex_lock (state=2, lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1805
#8  __mutex_lock_common (ip=18446744071562135170, nest_lock=0x0,
subclass=0, state=2, lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:518
#9  mutex_lock_nested (lock=0xffffffff81b9a5b8 <text_mutex>,
subclass=subclass@entry=0) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/locking/rtmutex_api.c:529
#10 0xffffffff80010682 in arch_jump_label_transform_queue
(entry=entry@entry=0xffffffff8158da28, type=<optimized out>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/arch/riscv/kernel/jump_label.c:39
#11 0xffffffff801d86b2 in __jump_label_update
(key=key@entry=0xffffffff81a1abb0 <qspinlock_key>,
entry=0xffffffff8158da28, stop=stop@entry=0xffffffff815a5e68
<__tracepoint_ptr_initcall_finish>, init=init@entry=true)
    at /home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/jump_label.c:513
#12 0xffffffff801d890c in jump_label_update
(key=key@entry=0xffffffff81a1abb0 <qspinlock_key>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/jump_label.c:920
#13 0xffffffff801d8be8 in static_key_disable_cpuslocked
(key=key@entry=0xffffffff81a1abb0 <qspinlock_key>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/jump_label.c:240
#14 0xffffffff801d8c04 in static_key_disable
(key=key@entry=0xffffffff81a1abb0 <qspinlock_key>) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/kernel/jump_label.c:248
#15 0xffffffff80c04a1a in riscv_spinlock_init () at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c:271
#16 setup_arch (cmdline_p=cmdline_p@entry=0xffffffff81a03e88) at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c:336
#17 0xffffffff80c007a2 in start_kernel () at
/home/guoren/source/kernel/linux/init/main.c:922
#18 0xffffffff80001164 in _start_kernel ()
Backtrace stopped: frame did not save the PC
(gdb) p /x lock
$1 = 0xffffffff81b9a5b8
(gdb) p /x *lock
$2 = {{val = {counter = 0x20000}, {locked = 0x0, pending = 0x0},
{locked_pending = 0x0, tail = 0x2}}}

>
> >
> > > Does the polarfire soc provide Ziccrse?
> >
> > I don't think that is relevant because ziccrse is not listed in the dts,
> > so the kernel should not be assuming that LR/SC has a forward progress
> > guarantee. It's not even getting as far as riscv_spinlock_init() given
> > several things before that should be emitting logs, so it doesn't even
> > get to make any decisions about Ziccrse.
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
>  Guo Ren



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Best Regards
 Guo Ren





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