Thank you Andy for the heads up. I might need to rebase my work (http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180629182541.6735-1-pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx) based on this change. But, it is possible it is going to be harder to parallelize based on device tree. I will need to think about it. Pavel On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 6:59 AM Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I think Pavel would be interested to see this as well (he is doing > some parallel device shutdown stuff) > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > commit 52cdbdd49853 ("driver core: correct device's shutdown order") > > places an assumption of supplier<-consumer order on the process of probe. > > But it turns out to break down the parent <- child order in some scene. > > E.g in pci, a bridge is enabled by pci core, and behind it, the devices > > have been probed. Then comes the bridge's module, which enables extra > > feature(such as hotplug) on this bridge. This will break the > > parent<-children order and cause failure when "kexec -e" in some scenario. > > > > The detailed description of the scenario: > > An IBM Power9 machine on which, two drivers portdrv_pci and shpchp(a mod) > > match the PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_PCI, but neither of them success to probe due > > to some issue. For this case, the bridge is moved after its children in > > devices_kset. Then, when "kexec -e", a ata-disk behind the bridge can not > > write back buffer in flight due to the former shutdown of the bridge which > > clears the BusMaster bit. > > > > It is a little hard to impose both "parent<-child" and "supplier<-consumer" > > order on devices_kset. Take the following scene: > > step0: before a consumer's probing, (note child_a is supplier of consumer_a) > > [ consumer-X, child_a, ...., child_z] [... consumer_a, ..., consumer_z, ...] supplier-X > > ^^^^^^^^^^ affected range ^^^^^^^^^^ > > step1: when probing, moving consumer-X after supplier-X > > [ child_a, ...., child_z] [.... consumer_a, ..., consumer_z, ...] supplier-X, consumer-X > > step2: the children of consumer-X should be re-ordered to maintain the seq > > [... consumer_a, ..., consumer_z, ....] supplier-X [consumer-X, child_a, ...., child_z] > > step3: the consumer_a should be re-ordered to maintain the seq > > [... consumer_z, ...] supplier-X [ consumer-X, child_a, consumer_a ..., child_z] > > > > It requires two nested recursion to drain out all out-of-order item in > > "affected range". To avoid such complicated code, this patch suggests > > to utilize the info in device tree, instead of using the order of > > devices_kset during shutdown. It iterates the device tree, and firstly > > shutdown a device's children and consumers. After this patch, the buggy > > commit is hollow and left to clean. > > > > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx> > > Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: linux-pci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > drivers/base/core.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- > > include/linux/device.h | 1 + > > 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c > > index a48868f..684b994 100644 > > --- a/drivers/base/core.c > > +++ b/drivers/base/core.c > > @@ -1446,6 +1446,7 @@ void device_initialize(struct device *dev) > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->links.consumers); > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->links.suppliers); > > dev->links.status = DL_DEV_NO_DRIVER; > > + dev->shutdown = false; > > } > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_initialize); > > > > @@ -2811,7 +2812,6 @@ static void __device_shutdown(struct device *dev) > > * lock is to be held > > */ > > parent = get_device(dev->parent); > > - get_device(dev); > > /* > > * Make sure the device is off the kset list, in the > > * event that dev->*->shutdown() doesn't remove it. > > @@ -2842,23 +2842,60 @@ static void __device_shutdown(struct device *dev) > > dev_info(dev, "shutdown\n"); > > dev->driver->shutdown(dev); > > } > > - > > + dev->shutdown = true; > > device_unlock(dev); > > if (parent) > > device_unlock(parent); > > > > - put_device(dev); > > put_device(parent); > > spin_lock(&devices_kset->list_lock); > > } > > > > +/* shutdown dev's children and consumer firstly, then itself */ > > +static int device_for_each_child_shutdown(struct device *dev) > > +{ > > + struct klist_iter i; > > + struct device *child; > > + struct device_link *link; > > + > > + /* already shutdown, then skip this sub tree */ > > + if (dev->shutdown) > > + return 0; > > + > > + if (!dev->p) > > + goto check_consumers; > > + > > + /* there is breakage of lock in __device_shutdown(), and the redundant > > + * ref++ on srcu protected consumer is harmless since shutdown is not > > + * hot path. > > + */ > > + get_device(dev); > > + > > + klist_iter_init(&dev->p->klist_children, &i); > > + while ((child = next_device(&i))) > > + device_for_each_child_shutdown(child); > > + klist_iter_exit(&i); > > + > > +check_consumers: > > + list_for_each_entry_rcu(link, &dev->links.consumers, s_node) { > > + if (!link->consumer->shutdown) > > + device_for_each_child_shutdown(link->consumer); > > + } > > + > > + __device_shutdown(dev); > > + put_device(dev); > > + return 0; > > +} > > + > > /** > > * device_shutdown - call ->shutdown() on each device to shutdown. > > */ > > void device_shutdown(void) > > { > > struct device *dev; > > + int idx; > > > > + idx = device_links_read_lock(); > > spin_lock(&devices_kset->list_lock); > > /* > > * Walk the devices list backward, shutting down each in turn. > > @@ -2866,11 +2903,12 @@ void device_shutdown(void) > > * devices offline, even as the system is shutting down. > > */ > > while (!list_empty(&devices_kset->list)) { > > - dev = list_entry(devices_kset->list.prev, struct device, > > + dev = list_entry(devices_kset->list.next, struct device, > > kobj.entry); > > - __device_shutdown(dev); > > + device_for_each_child_shutdown(dev); > > } > > spin_unlock(&devices_kset->list_lock); > > + device_links_read_unlock(idx); > > } > > > > /* > > diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h > > index 055a69d..8a0f784 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/device.h > > +++ b/include/linux/device.h > > @@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ struct device { > > bool offline:1; > > bool of_node_reused:1; > > bool dma_32bit_limit:1; > > + bool shutdown:1; /* one direction: false->true */ > > }; > > > > static inline struct device *kobj_to_dev(struct kobject *kobj) > > -- > > 2.7.4 > > > > > > -- > With Best Regards, > Andy Shevchenko