This patch adds a fake lock to each workqueue in order to debug things where you have something like my_function() -> lock(); ...; flush_workqueue(); ... vs run_workqueue() -> my_work() -> ...; lock(); ... which can obviously deadlock if my_work is scheduled when my_function() is invoked (but hasn't locked yet.) Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- I'm not sure if this is correct on SMP because then might it complain that the fake lock is locked at the same time from multiple CPUs? I haven't (on my quad G5), however, had it print out anything but the trace below which is legitimate. This is sort of a regression test for an actual deadlock in mac80211 I found by experiencing it, apparently it's really hard to trigger. Then I wanted to see if I could add lockdep support to debug cases like it. Here's the output with my patch: [ 171.522236] ======================================================= [ 171.522248] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] [ 171.522257] 2.6.22-rc6 #163 [ 171.522266] ------------------------------------------------------- [ 171.522275] khubd/1922 is trying to acquire lock: [ 171.522283] (khelper){--..}, at: [<c000000000060c8c>] .flush_workqueue+0x48/0xf4 [ 171.522318] [ 171.522320] but task is already holding lock: [ 171.522330] (rtnl_mutex){--..}, at: [<c0000000003a4784>] .mutex_lock+0x3c/0x58 [ 171.522366] [ 171.522368] which lock already depends on the new lock. [ 171.522371] [ 171.522383] [ 171.522386] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: [ 171.522396] [ 171.522398] -> #1 (rtnl_mutex){--..}: [ 171.522424] [<c000000000072434>] .__lock_acquire+0xb8c/0xd68 [ 171.522476] [<c0000000000726b0>] .lock_acquire+0xa0/0xe8 [ 171.522527] [<c0000000003a44b0>] .__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x138/0x3d0 [ 171.522579] [<c0000000003a4784>] .mutex_lock+0x3c/0x58 [ 171.522629] [<c000000000327208>] .rtnl_lock+0x24/0x40 [ 171.522677] [<c000000000328fb4>] .linkwatch_event+0x20/0x70 [ 171.522725] [<c00000000005fe38>] .run_workqueue+0x114/0x22c [ 171.522774] [<c0000000000612f8>] .worker_thread+0x11c/0x140 [ 171.522822] [<c000000000066230>] .kthread+0x84/0xd4 [ 171.522872] [<c0000000000235ec>] .kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68 [ 171.522922] [ 171.522924] -> #0 (khelper){--..}: [ 171.522947] [<c000000000072324>] .__lock_acquire+0xa7c/0xd68 [ 171.523000] [<c0000000000726b0>] .lock_acquire+0xa0/0xe8 [ 171.523051] [<c000000000060cbc>] .flush_workqueue+0x78/0xf4 [ 171.523102] [<d000000000498374>] .ieee80211_stop+0x1fc/0x3a4 [mac80211] [ 171.523176] [<c00000000031b8bc>] .dev_close+0xb8/0xfc [ 171.523222] [<c00000000031b9c0>] .unregister_netdevice+0xc0/0x254 [ 171.523275] [<d0000000004a828c>] .__ieee80211_if_del+0x34/0x50 [mac80211] [ 171.523352] [<d000000000497654>] .ieee80211_unregister_hw+0xf8/0x2d8 [mac80211] [ 171.523421] [<d00000000045cfa8>] .disconnect+0x3c/0x98 [zd1211rw_mac80211] [ 171.523483] [<d0000000000ff650>] .usb_unbind_interface+0x6c/0xcc [usbcore] [ 171.523555] [<c00000000027bcdc>] .__device_release_driver+0xcc/0x110 [ 171.523605] [<c00000000027c430>] .device_release_driver+0x70/0xbc [ 171.523655] [<c00000000027b270>] .bus_remove_device+0xa0/0xcc [ 171.523708] [<c0000000002782f0>] .device_del+0x2f4/0x3d4 [ 171.523758] [<d0000000000fbd68>] .usb_disable_device+0xa0/0x150 [usbcore] [ 171.523833] [<d0000000000f6eac>] .usb_disconnect+0xfc/0x1a4 [usbcore] [ 171.523907] [<d0000000000f77d4>] .hub_thread+0x3d8/0xc70 [usbcore] [ 171.523984] [<c000000000066230>] .kthread+0x84/0xd4 [ 171.524039] [<c0000000000235ec>] .kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68 [ 171.524093] [ 171.524096] other info that might help us debug this: [ 171.524099] [ 171.524109] 1 lock held by khubd/1922: [ 171.524117] #0: (rtnl_mutex){--..}, at: [<c0000000003a4784>] .mutex_lock+0x3c/0x58 [ 171.524155] [ 171.524157] stack backtrace: [ 171.524165] Call Trace: [ 171.524174] [c0000000086af130] [c00000000000f624] .show_stack+0x70/0x1bc (unreliable) [ 171.524203] [c0000000086af1e0] [c00000000000f790] .dump_stack+0x20/0x34 [ 171.524228] [c0000000086af260] [c000000000070310] .print_circular_bug_tail+0x84/0xa8 [ 171.524256] [c0000000086af330] [c000000000072324] .__lock_acquire+0xa7c/0xd68 [ 171.524281] [c0000000086af420] [c0000000000726b0] .lock_acquire+0xa0/0xe8 [ 171.524307] [c0000000086af4e0] [c000000000060cbc] .flush_workqueue+0x78/0xf4 [ 171.524332] [c0000000086af580] [d000000000498374] .ieee80211_stop+0x1fc/0x3a4 [mac80211] [ 171.524376] [c0000000086af640] [c00000000031b8bc] .dev_close+0xb8/0xfc [ 171.524401] [c0000000086af6d0] [c00000000031b9c0] .unregister_netdevice+0xc0/0x254 [ 171.524425] [c0000000086af760] [d0000000004a828c] .__ieee80211_if_del+0x34/0x50 [mac80211] [ 171.524475] [c0000000086af7f0] [d000000000497654] .ieee80211_unregister_hw+0xf8/0x2d8 [mac80211] [ 171.524522] [c0000000086af8c0] [d00000000045cfa8] .disconnect+0x3c/0x98 [zd1211rw_mac80211] [ 171.524558] [c0000000086af960] [d0000000000ff650] .usb_unbind_interface+0x6c/0xcc [usbcore] [ 171.524611] [c0000000086afa00] [c00000000027bcdc] .__device_release_driver+0xcc/0x110 [ 171.524635] [c0000000086afa90] [c00000000027c430] .device_release_driver+0x70/0xbc [ 171.524662] [c0000000086afb20] [c00000000027b270] .bus_remove_device+0xa0/0xcc [ 171.524687] [c0000000086afbb0] [c0000000002782f0] .device_del+0x2f4/0x3d4 [ 171.524713] [c0000000086afc50] [d0000000000fbd68] .usb_disable_device+0xa0/0x150 [usbcore] [ 171.524763] [c0000000086afcf0] [d0000000000f6eac] .usb_disconnect+0xfc/0x1a4 [usbcore] [ 171.524811] [c0000000086afdb0] [d0000000000f77d4] .hub_thread+0x3d8/0xc70 [usbcore] [ 171.524860] [c0000000086aff00] [c000000000066230] .kthread+0x84/0xd4 [ 171.524887] [c0000000086aff90] [c0000000000235ec] .kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68 [actually from a previous version of the patch] In the actual case I experienced #1 wasn't from linkwatch_event() but from something else in mac80211 but they both do rtnl_lock(). And finally, the patch: --- kernel/workqueue.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) --- linux-2.6-git.orig/kernel/workqueue.c 2007-06-27 19:10:35.183199046 +0200 +++ linux-2.6-git/kernel/workqueue.c 2007-06-27 20:30:00.896667168 +0200 @@ -61,8 +61,15 @@ struct workqueue_struct { const char *name; int singlethread; int freezeable; /* Freeze threads during suspend */ +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP + struct lockdep_map lockdep_map; +#endif }; +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP +static struct lock_class_key wq_lockdep_key; +#endif + /* All the per-cpu workqueues on the system, for hotplug cpu to add/remove threads to each one as cpus come/go. */ static DEFINE_MUTEX(workqueue_mutex); @@ -257,7 +264,9 @@ static void run_workqueue(struct cpu_wor BUG_ON(get_wq_data(work) != cwq); work_clear_pending(work); + lock_acquire(&cwq->wq->lockdep_map, 0, 0, 0, 2, _THIS_IP_); f(work); + lock_release(&cwq->wq->lockdep_map, 0, _THIS_IP_); if (unlikely(in_atomic() || lockdep_depth(current) > 0)) { printk(KERN_ERR "BUG: workqueue leaked lock or atomic: " @@ -342,6 +351,9 @@ static int flush_cpu_workqueue(struct cp } else { struct wq_barrier barr; + lock_acquire(&cwq->wq->lockdep_map, 0, 0, 0, 2, _THIS_IP_); + lock_release(&cwq->wq->lockdep_map, 0, _THIS_IP_); + active = 0; spin_lock_irq(&cwq->lock); if (!list_empty(&cwq->worklist) || cwq->current_work != NULL) { @@ -376,6 +388,8 @@ void fastcall flush_workqueue(struct wor int cpu; might_sleep(); + lock_acquire(&wq->lockdep_map, 0, 0, 0, 2, _THIS_IP_); + lock_release(&wq->lockdep_map, 0, _THIS_IP_); for_each_cpu_mask(cpu, *cpu_map) flush_cpu_workqueue(per_cpu_ptr(wq->cpu_wq, cpu)); } @@ -700,6 +714,9 @@ struct workqueue_struct *__create_workqu } wq->name = name; +#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP + lockdep_init_map(&wq->lockdep_map, name, &wq_lockdep_key, 0); +#endif wq->singlethread = singlethread; wq->freezeable = freezeable; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wq->list); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html