[...] >>> During genpd_poweron, genpd->lock is acquired recursively for each >>> parent (master) domain, which are separate obejcts. This confuses >>> lockdep, which considers every operation on genpd->lock as being done on >>> the same lock class. This leads to the following false positive warning: >>> >>> ============================================= >>> [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] >>> 4.4.0-rc4-xu3s #32 Not tainted >>> --------------------------------------------- >>> swapper/0/1 is trying to acquire lock: >>> (&genpd->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c0361550>] __genpd_poweron+0x64/0x108 >>> >>> but task is already holding lock: >>> (&genpd->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c0361af8>] >>> genpd_dev_pm_attach+0x168/0x1b8 >>> >>> other info that might help us debug this: >>> Possible unsafe locking scenario: >>> >>> CPU0 >>> ---- >>> lock(&genpd->lock); >>> lock(&genpd->lock); >>> >>> *** DEADLOCK *** >>> >>> May be due to missing lock nesting notation >>> >>> 3 locks held by swapper/0/1: >>> #0: (&dev->mutex){......}, at: [<c0350910>] __driver_attach+0x48/0x98 >>> #1: (&dev->mutex){......}, at: [<c0350920>] __driver_attach+0x58/0x98 >>> #2: (&genpd->lock){+.+...}, at: [<c0361af8>] >>> genpd_dev_pm_attach+0x168/0x1b8 >>> >>> stack backtrace: >>> CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.4.0-rc4-xu3s #32 >>> Hardware name: SAMSUNG EXYNOS (Flattened Device Tree) >>> [<c0016c98>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c00139c4>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) >>> [<c00139c4>] (show_stack) from [<c0270df0>] (dump_stack+0x84/0xc4) >>> [<c0270df0>] (dump_stack) from [<c00780b8>] >>> (__lock_acquire+0x1f88/0x215c) >>> [<c00780b8>] (__lock_acquire) from [<c007886c>] (lock_acquire+0xa4/0xd0) >>> [<c007886c>] (lock_acquire) from [<c0641f2c>] >>> (mutex_lock_nested+0x70/0x4d4) >>> [<c0641f2c>] (mutex_lock_nested) from [<c0361550>] >>> (__genpd_poweron+0x64/0x108) >>> [<c0361550>] (__genpd_poweron) from [<c0361b00>] >>> (genpd_dev_pm_attach+0x170/0x1b8) >>> [<c0361b00>] (genpd_dev_pm_attach) from [<c03520a8>] >>> (platform_drv_probe+0x2c/0xac) >>> [<c03520a8>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c03507d4>] >>> (driver_probe_device+0x208/0x2fc) >>> [<c03507d4>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c035095c>] >>> (__driver_attach+0x94/0x98) >>> [<c035095c>] (__driver_attach) from [<c034ec14>] >>> (bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0x9c) >>> [<c034ec14>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c034fec8>] >>> (bus_add_driver+0x1a0/0x218) >>> [<c034fec8>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c035115c>] >>> (driver_register+0x78/0xf8) >>> [<c035115c>] (driver_register) from [<c0338488>] >>> (exynos_drm_register_drivers+0x28/0x74) >>> [<c0338488>] (exynos_drm_register_drivers) from [<c0338594>] >>> (exynos_drm_init+0x6c/0xc4) >>> [<c0338594>] (exynos_drm_init) from [<c00097f4>] >>> (do_one_initcall+0x90/0x1dc) >>> [<c00097f4>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c0895e08>] >>> (kernel_init_freeable+0x158/0x1f8) >>> [<c0895e08>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c063ecac>] >>> (kernel_init+0x8/0xe8) >>> [<c063ecac>] (kernel_init) from [<c000f7d0>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24) >>> >>> This patch replaces mutex_lock with mutex_lock_nested() and uses >>> recursion depth to annotate each genpd->lock operation with separate >>> lockdep subclass. >>> >>> Reported-by: Anand Moon <linux.amoon@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> Acked-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> You didn't send this to linux-pm so probably you should resend it, so Rafael can pick it up. [...] > > The only difference between mutex_lock_nested and mutex_lock is the way > it is interpreted by deplock. The additional argument is deplock subclass > of the lock. The name of this function is imho a bit misleading. :-) Of course you are absolutely right. Thanks! [...] Kind regards Uffe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html