The following commit has been merged into the locking/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 28bc55f654de49f6122c7475b01b5d5ef4bdf0d4 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/28bc55f654de49f6122c7475b01b5d5ef4bdf0d4 Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:22:48 +02:00 Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:31:11 +02:00 sched: Constrain locks in sched_submit_work() Even though sched_submit_work() is ran from preemptible context, it is discouraged to have it use blocking locks due to the recursion potential. Enforce this. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230908162254.999499-2-bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- kernel/sched/core.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 2299a5c..d555640 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -6720,11 +6720,18 @@ void __noreturn do_task_dead(void) static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk) { + static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(sched_map, LD_WAIT_CONFIG); unsigned int task_flags; if (task_is_running(tsk)) return; + /* + * Establish LD_WAIT_CONFIG context to ensure none of the code called + * will use a blocking primitive -- which would lead to recursion. + */ + lock_map_acquire_try(&sched_map); + task_flags = tsk->flags; /* * If a worker goes to sleep, notify and ask workqueue whether it @@ -6749,6 +6756,8 @@ static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk) * make sure to submit it to avoid deadlocks. */ blk_flush_plug(tsk->plug, true); + + lock_map_release(&sched_map); } static void sched_update_worker(struct task_struct *tsk)