* Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [240903 21:54]:
> On 9/3/24 18:18, SeongJae Park wrote:
> > On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 17:58:15 -0700 SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 20:48:53 -0400 "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > * SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> [240903 20:45]:
> > > > > damon_test_three_regions_in_vmas() initializes a maple tree with
> > > > > MM_MT_FLAGS. The flags contains MT_FLAGS_LOCK_EXTERN, which means
> > > > > mt_lock of the maple tree will not be used. And therefore the maple
> > > > > tree initialization code skips initialization of the mt_lock. However,
> > > > > __link_vmas(), which adds vmas for test to the maple tree, uses the
> > > > > mt_lock. In other words, the uninitialized spinlock is used. The
> > > > > problem becomes celar when spinlock debugging is turned on, since it
> > > > > reports spinlock bad magic bug. Fix the issue by not using the mt_lock
> > > > > as promised.
> > > >
> > > > You can't do this, lockdep will tell you this is wrong.
> > >
> > > Hmm, but lockdep was silence on my setup?
> > >
> > > > We need a lock and to use the lock for writes.
> > >
> > > This code is executed by a single-thread test code. Do we still need the lock?
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I'd suggest using different flags so the spinlock is used.
> > >
> > > The reporter mentioned simply dropping MT_FLAGS_LOCK_EXTERN from the flags
> > > causes suspicious RCU usage message. May I ask if you have a suggestion of
> > > better flags?
> >
> > I was actually thinking replacing the mt_init_flags() with mt_init(), which
> > same to mt_init_flags() with zero flag, like below.
> >
> > ```
> > --- a/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
> > +++ b/mm/damon/tests/vaddr-kunit.h
> > @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void damon_test_three_regions_in_vmas(struct kunit *test)
> > (struct vm_area_struct) {.vm_start = 307, .vm_end = 330},
> > };
> >
> > - mt_init_flags(&mm.mm_mt, MM_MT_FLAGS);
> > + mt_init(&mm.mm_mt);
> > if (__link_vmas(&mm.mm_mt, vmas, ARRAY_SIZE(vmas)))
> > kunit_skip(test, "Failed to create VMA tree");
> > ```
> >
> > And just confirmed it also convinces the reproducer. But because I'm obviously
> > not familiar with maple tree, would like to hear some comments from Liam or
> > others first.
Again, I'd use the flags "MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE | MT_FLAGS_USE_RCU"
because that gets you the gap tracking that may be necessary for tests
in the future - it's closer to the MM_MT_FLAGS, so maybe some mm
function you use depends on that.
> >
> Same here. That is why I gave up after trying MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE and
> "MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE | MT_FLAGS_USE_RCU". After all, I really don't know what
> I am doing and was just playing around ... and there isn't really a good
> explanation why initializing the maple tree with MT_FLAGS_ALLOC_RANGE (but not
> MT_FLAGS_USE_RCU) would trigger rcu warnings.
Thanks, I'll add that to my list of things to do.
Regards,
Liam
