If an i2c topology has instances of nested muxes, then a lockdep splat
is produced when when i2c_parent_lock_bus() is called. Here is an
example:
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WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
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insmod/68159 is trying to acquire lock:
(i2c_register_adapter#2){+.+.}, at: i2c_parent_lock_bus+0x32/0x50 [i2c_mux]
but task is already holding lock:
(i2c_register_adapter#2){+.+.}, at: i2c_parent_lock_bus+0x32/0x50 [i2c_mux]
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(i2c_register_adapter#2);
lock(i2c_register_adapter#2);
*** DEADLOCK ***
May be due to missing lock nesting notation
1 lock held by insmod/68159:
#0: (i2c_register_adapter#2){+.+.}, at: i2c_parent_lock_bus+0x32/0x50
[i2c_mux]
stack backtrace:
CPU: 13 PID: 68159 Comm: insmod Tainted: G O
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0x67/0x98
__lock_acquire+0x162e/0x1780
lock_acquire+0xba/0x200
rt_mutex_lock+0x44/0x60
i2c_parent_lock_bus+0x32/0x50 [i2c_mux]
i2c_parent_lock_bus+0x3e/0x50 [i2c_mux]
i2c_smbus_xfer+0xf0/0x700
i2c_smbus_read_byte+0x42/0x70
my2c_init+0xa2/0x1000 [my2c]
do_one_initcall+0x51/0x192
do_init_module+0x62/0x216
load_module+0x20f9/0x2b50
SYSC_init_module+0x19a/0x1c0
SyS_init_module+0xe/0x10
do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x1a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x42/0xb7
The warning makes sense from the lockdep detector's point-of-view because
we are locking two instances of a single lock class. Normally, this would
be addressed by using 'nested' variants of locks. But rt_mutex doesn't
expose an API for that, and it's not clear how i2c-mux can know what level
of nesting it's at anyway.
In short, I don't have an easy patch to suggest. But I'm not very
familiar with the i2c code, and maybe I'm overlooking something that
would help?
I have code for a module that emulates a chain of an i2c adapter, two
muxes, and a slave device to show the problem. On my system, with a
kernel compiled with lockdep enabled, loading the module produces the
splat. I can post it, if the issue isn't clear from my description.
