The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: a055fcc132d4c25b96d1115aea514258810dc6fc Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/a055fcc132d4c25b96d1115aea514258810dc6fc Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:48:18 +02:00 Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:28:49 +02:00 locking/rtmutex: Return success on deadlock for ww_mutex waiters ww_mutexes can legitimately cause a deadlock situation in the lock graph which is resolved afterwards by the wait/wound mechanics. The rtmutex chain walk can detect such a deadlock and returns EDEADLK which in turn skips the wait/wound mechanism and returns EDEADLK to the caller. That's wrong because both lock chains might get EDEADLK or the wrong waiter would back out. Detect that situation and return 'success' in case that the waiter which initiated the chain walk is a ww_mutex with context. This allows the wait/wound mechanics to resolve the situation according to the rules. [ tglx: Split it apart and added changelog ] Reported-by: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: add461325ec5 ("locking/rtmutex: Extend the rtmutex core to support ww_mutex") Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/YSeWjCHoK4v5OcOt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/locking/rtmutex.c | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c index 3c1ba7b..8eabdc7 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c +++ b/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c @@ -742,8 +742,21 @@ static int __sched rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(struct task_struct *task, * walk, we detected a deadlock. */ if (lock == orig_lock || rt_mutex_owner(lock) == top_task) { - raw_spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock); ret = -EDEADLK; + + /* + * When the deadlock is due to ww_mutex; also see above. Don't + * report the deadlock and instead let the ww_mutex wound/die + * logic pick which of the contending threads gets -EDEADLK. + * + * NOTE: assumes the cycle only contains a single ww_class; any + * other configuration and we fail to report; also, see + * lockdep. + */ + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && orig_waiter->ww_ctx) + ret = 0; + + raw_spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock); goto out_unlock_pi; }