On Wed 24-07-19 16:30:17, David Hildenbrand wrote: > We end up calling __add_memory() without the device hotplug lock held. > (I used a local patch to assert in __add_memory() that the > device_hotplug_lock is held - I might upstream that as well soon) > > [ 26.771684] create_memory_block_devices+0xa4/0x140 > [ 26.772952] add_memory_resource+0xde/0x200 > [ 26.773987] __add_memory+0x6e/0xa0 > [ 26.775161] acpi_memory_device_add+0x149/0x2b0 > [ 26.776263] acpi_bus_attach+0xf1/0x1f0 > [ 26.777247] acpi_bus_attach+0x66/0x1f0 > [ 26.778268] acpi_bus_attach+0x66/0x1f0 > [ 26.779073] acpi_bus_attach+0x66/0x1f0 > [ 26.780143] acpi_bus_scan+0x3e/0x90 > [ 26.780844] acpi_scan_init+0x109/0x257 > [ 26.781638] acpi_init+0x2ab/0x30d > [ 26.782248] do_one_initcall+0x58/0x2cf > [ 26.783181] kernel_init_freeable+0x1bd/0x247 > [ 26.784345] kernel_init+0x5/0xf1 > [ 26.785314] ret_from_fork+0x3a/0x50 > > So perform the locking just like in acpi_device_hotplug(). While playing with the device_hotplug_lock, can we actually document what it is protecting please? I have a bad feeling that we are adding this lock just because some other code path does rather than with a good idea why it is needed. This patch just confirms that. What exactly does the lock protect from here in an early boot stage. > Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/acpi/scan.c | 3 +++ > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c > index 0e28270b0fd8..cbc9d64b48dd 100644 > --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c > +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c > @@ -2204,7 +2204,9 @@ int __init acpi_scan_init(void) > acpi_gpe_apply_masked_gpes(); > acpi_update_all_gpes(); > > + lock_device_hotplug(); > mutex_lock(&acpi_scan_lock); > + > /* > * Enumerate devices in the ACPI namespace. > */ > @@ -2232,6 +2234,7 @@ int __init acpi_scan_init(void) > > out: > mutex_unlock(&acpi_scan_lock); > + unlock_device_hotplug(); > return result; > } > > -- > 2.21.0 -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs