Hello Anand, On 04/08/2016 09:51 AM, Anand Moon wrote: > Hi All, > > I am observing this deadlock or warning on my Odroid XU4. > I thinks the is related to clk from exynos5_i2c_xfer .... clk_prepare_enable > but I am not able to figure out which clk. > By reading your logs, it seems the problem is a possible ABBA deadlock since the S3C RTC driver grabs the prepare_lock and then the regmap->lock, and the CPUFreq driver leads to the locks being grabbed in the inverse order. > [ 11.640221] ====================================================== > [ 11.646343] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] > [ 11.652590] 4.6.0-rc2-xu4ml #35 Not tainted > [ 11.656749] ------------------------------------------------------- > [ 11.662992] kworker/1:1/85 is trying to acquire lock: > [ 11.668010] (prepare_lock){+.+...}, at: [<c05bfed8>] > clk_prepare_lock+0x50/0xf8 > [ 11.675375] > [ 11.675375] but task is already holding lock: > [ 11.681185] (sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock){+.+...}, at: > [<c0481aec>] regmap_read+0x2c/0x5c > [ 11.689417] > [ 11.689417] which lock already depends on the new lock. > [ 11.689417] > [ 11.697561] > [ 11.697561] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: > [ 11.705008] > [ 11.705008] -> #1 (sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock){+.+...}: > [ 11.710467] [<c0482d30>] regmap_update_bits_base+0x30/0x70 > [ 11.716545] [<c05c617c>] s2mps11_clk_prepare+0x30/0x38 > [ 11.722262] [<c05c01f0>] clk_core_prepare+0x98/0xbc > [ 11.727711] [<c05c12bc>] clk_prepare+0x1c/0x2c > [ 11.732734] [<c0556fe4>] s3c_rtc_probe+0x2d0/0x43c the S3C RTC driver tries to prepare the RTC source clock S2MPS11_CLK_AP and that leads to the prepare_lock to be held and then the regmap->lock since s2mps11_clk_prepare() calls regmap_update_bits(). > [ 11.738108] [<c046b9fc>] platform_drv_probe+0x4c/0xb0 > [ 11.743749] [<c046a1fc>] driver_probe_device+0x20c/0x2b8 > [ 11.749641] [<c0468594>] bus_for_each_drv+0x60/0x94 > [ 11.755103] [<c0469f10>] __device_attach+0xb4/0x118 > [ 11.760558] [<c04693b4>] bus_probe_device+0x88/0x90 > [ 11.766020] [<c0469850>] deferred_probe_work_func+0x6c/0x9c > [ 11.772169] [<c013b52c>] process_one_work+0x1a8/0x514 > [ 11.777806] [<c013b8d0>] worker_thread+0x38/0x56c > [ 11.783082] [<c0141d14>] kthread+0xf4/0x10c > [ 11.787847] [<c0107950>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24 > [ 11.793050] > [ 11.793050] -> #0 (prepare_lock){+.+...}: > [ 11.797212] [<c0768dd8>] mutex_lock_nested+0x78/0x4dc > [ 11.802845] [<c05bfed8>] clk_prepare_lock+0x50/0xf8 > [ 11.808304] [<c05c19c4>] clk_unprepare+0x1c/0x2c > [ 11.813499] [<c055d720>] exynos5_i2c_xfer+0x1dc/0x304 and here the locks are grabbed in the inverse order, since the regulator driver uses regmap read (grabbing the regmap->lock) and then a clock is prepared in exynos5_i2c_xfer. > [ 11.819129] [<c0559620>] __i2c_transfer+0x13c/0x278 > [ 11.824589] [<c05597f0>] i2c_transfer+0x94/0xc4 > [ 11.829701] [<c04868f0>] regmap_i2c_read+0x48/0x64 > [ 11.835074] [<c0482048>] _regmap_raw_read+0xb4/0x114 > [ 11.840630] [<c04820cc>] _regmap_bus_read+0x24/0x58 > [ 11.846084] [<c0481a68>] _regmap_read+0x60/0xb8 > [ 11.851201] [<c0481afc>] regmap_read+0x3c/0x5c > [ 11.856224] [<c03e2354>] regulator_get_voltage_sel_regmap+0x20/0x54 > [ 11.863109] [<c03dc5d4>] _regulator_get_voltage+0x20/0xb8 > [ 11.863141] [<c03df058>] _regulator_do_set_voltage+0x240/0x370 > [ 11.863173] [<c03df254>] regulator_set_voltage_unlocked+0xcc/0x230 > [ 11.863205] [<c03df3e0>] regulator_set_voltage+0x28/0x54 > [ 11.863234] [<c0478a94>] _set_opp_voltage+0x30/0x98 > [ 11.863264] [<c0479ba8>] dev_pm_opp_set_rate+0x1e0/0x540 > [ 11.863337] [<c0580824>] __cpufreq_driver_target+0x168/0x290 > [ 11.863375] [<c0583b48>] od_dbs_timer+0xdc/0x164 > [ 11.863407] [<c0584114>] dbs_work_handler+0x30/0x58 > [ 11.863437] [<c013b52c>] process_one_work+0x1a8/0x514 > [ 11.863465] [<c013b8d0>] worker_thread+0x38/0x56c > [ 11.863496] [<c0141d14>] kthread+0xf4/0x10c > [ 11.863528] [<c0107950>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24 > [ 11.863538] > [ 11.863538] other info that might help us debug this: > [ 11.863538] > [ 11.863548] Possible unsafe locking scenario: > [ 11.863548] > [ 11.863557] CPU0 CPU1 > [ 11.863565] ---- ---- > [ 11.863589] lock(sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock); > [ 11.863612] lock(prepare_lock); > [ 11.863634] lock(sec_core:428:(regmap)->lock); > [ 11.863655] lock(prepare_lock); > [ 11.863664] > [ 11.863664] *** DEADLOCK *** > [ 11.863664] I should take a look in deep to the regmap and clock subsystems to better understand the issue on how to solve it. But AFAICT the problem is that the prepare_lock is a global mutex and the same regmap is used for both the s2mps11 clocks and regulators, so the ABBA deadlock described below can happen. Best regards, -- Javier Martinez Canillas Open Source Group Samsung Research America -- 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