Hi all,
The following spew seems to occur when passing KSM_RUN_UNMERGE to the 'run' sysfs file.
As far as I can tell, this looks like a valid possibility of a deadlock, although I can't
figure out how to deal with it without adding an extra layer of locks.
[ 116.570745] ======================================================
[ 116.571884] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
[ 116.572880] 3.13.0-rc2-next-20131206-sasha-00005-g8be2375-dirty #4052 Not tainted
[ 116.574142] -------------------------------------------------------
[ 116.575449] ksmd/3929 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 116.576378] (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff812a887a>] scan_get_next_rmap_item+0x13a/0x4d0
[ 116.578354]
[ 116.578354] but task is already holding lock:
[ 116.579238] (ksm_thread_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff812a948e>] ksm_scan_thread+0x5e/0x270
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] which lock already depends on the new lock.
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
[ 116.580669]
-> #2 (ksm_thread_mutex){+.+...}:
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194833>] validate_chain+0x6c3/0x7b0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194dcd>] __lock_acquire+0x4ad/0x580
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81195022>] lock_acquire+0x182/0x1d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8439825f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x6f/0x520
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a85cb>] run_store+0x5b/0x100
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81ab2547>] kobj_attr_store+0x17/0x20
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8136014f>] sysfs_kf_write+0x4f/0x70
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81363fbb>] kernfs_file_write+0xdb/0x140
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812d7463>] vfs_write+0xf3/0x1e0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812d7652>] SyS_write+0x62/0xa0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff843a6810>] tracesys+0xdd/0xe2
[ 116.580669]
-> #1 (&of->mutex){+.+.+.}:
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194833>] validate_chain+0x6c3/0x7b0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194dcd>] __lock_acquire+0x4ad/0x580
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81195022>] lock_acquire+0x182/0x1d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8439825f>] mutex_lock_nested+0x6f/0x520
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff813639e9>] kernfs_file_mmap+0x49/0x120
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81286d70>] mmap_region+0x310/0x5c0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812873be>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x39e/0x440
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8126d054>] vm_mmap_pgoff+0x94/0xe0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81284078>] SyS_mmap_pgoff+0x1b8/0x210
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff810725a2>] SyS_mmap+0x22/0x30
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff843a6810>] tracesys+0xdd/0xe2
[ 116.580669]
-> #0 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}:
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81193d5f>] check_prev_add+0x13f/0x550
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194833>] validate_chain+0x6c3/0x7b0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194dcd>] __lock_acquire+0x4ad/0x580
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81195022>] lock_acquire+0x182/0x1d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8439ae4c>] down_read+0x4c/0xa0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a887a>] scan_get_next_rmap_item+0x13a/0x4d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a93e0>] ksm_do_scan+0x50/0xa0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a94b4>] ksm_scan_thread+0x84/0x270
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8115da15>] kthread+0x105/0x110
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff843a653c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] Chain exists of:
&mm->mmap_sem --> &of->mutex --> ksm_thread_mutex
[ 116.580669] Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] CPU0 CPU1
[ 116.580669] ---- ----
[ 116.580669] lock(ksm_thread_mutex);
[ 116.580669] lock(&of->mutex);
[ 116.580669] lock(ksm_thread_mutex);
[ 116.580669] lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] *** DEADLOCK ***
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] 1 lock held by ksmd/3929:
[ 116.580669] #0: (ksm_thread_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff812a948e>] ksm_scan_thread+0x5e/0x270
[ 116.580669]
[ 116.580669] stack backtrace:
[ 116.580669] CPU: 3 PID: 3929 Comm: ksmd Not tainted
3.13.0-rc2-next-20131206-sasha-00005-g8be2375-dirty #4052
[ 116.580669] 0000000000000000 ffff880fc5d9ba98 ffffffff843956f7 0000000000000000
[ 116.580669] 0000000000000000 ffff880fc5d9bae8 ffffffff81191909 ffff880fc5d9bb08
[ 116.580669] ffffffff87667f80 ffff880fc5d9bae8 ffff880fcb37bbd8 ffff880fcb37bc10
[ 116.580669] Call Trace:
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff843956f7>] dump_stack+0x52/0x7f
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81191909>] print_circular_bug+0x129/0x160
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81193d5f>] check_prev_add+0x13f/0x550
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194833>] validate_chain+0x6c3/0x7b0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff811755b8>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x108/0x120
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81194dcd>] __lock_acquire+0x4ad/0x580
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81195022>] lock_acquire+0x182/0x1d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a887a>] ? scan_get_next_rmap_item+0x13a/0x4d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8439ae4c>] down_read+0x4c/0xa0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a887a>] ? scan_get_next_rmap_item+0x13a/0x4d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8439d085>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x35/0x60
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a887a>] scan_get_next_rmap_item+0x13a/0x4d0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a93e0>] ksm_do_scan+0x50/0xa0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a94b4>] ksm_scan_thread+0x84/0x270
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff81185990>] ? bit_waitqueue+0xc0/0xc0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff812a9430>] ? ksm_do_scan+0xa0/0xa0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8115da15>] kthread+0x105/0x110
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8115d910>] ? set_kthreadd_affinity+0x30/0x30
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff843a653c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[ 116.580669] [<ffffffff8115d910>] ? set_kthreadd_affinity+0x30/0x30
Thanks,
Sasha
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