> commit 823430c8e9d9 ("memory tier: consolidate the initialization of
> memory tiers") introduces a locking change that use guard(mutex) to
> instead of mutex_lock/unlock() for memory_tier_lock. It unexpectedly
> expanded the locked region to include the hotplug_memory_notifier(),
> as a result, it triggers an locking dependency detected of ABBA
> deadlock. Exclude hotplug_memory_notifier() from the locked region
> to fixing it.
>
> The deadlock scenario is that when a memory online event occurs, the
> execution of memory notifier will access the read lock of the
> memory_chain.rwsem, then the reigistration of the memory notifier in
> memory_tier_init() acquires the write lock of the memory_chain.rwsem
> while holding memory_tier_lock. Then the memory online event continues
> to invoke the memory hotplug callback registered by memory_tier_init().
> Since this callback tries to acquire the memory_tier_lock, a deadlock
> occurs.
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I encountered the same message, it works for me. Thanks.
Tested-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
