This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/tsc: Defer marking TSC unstable to a worker
to the 6.5-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
x86-tsc-defer-marking-tsc-unstable-to-a-worker.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.5 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From bd94d86f490b70c58b3fc5739328a53ad4b18d86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:31:35 +0200
Subject: x86/tsc: Defer marking TSC unstable to a worker
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit bd94d86f490b70c58b3fc5739328a53ad4b18d86 upstream.
Tetsuo reported the following lockdep splat when the TSC synchronization
fails during CPU hotplug:
tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
ffffffff8cfa1c78 (watchdog_lock){?.-.}-{2:2}, at: clocksource_watchdog+0x23/0x5a0
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3f/0x60
clocksource_mark_unstable+0x1b/0x90
mark_tsc_unstable+0x41/0x50
check_tsc_sync_source+0x14f/0x180
sysvec_call_function_single+0x69/0x90
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
lock(watchdog_lock);
<Interrupt>
lock(watchdog_lock);
stack backtrace:
_raw_spin_lock+0x30/0x40
clocksource_watchdog+0x23/0x5a0
run_timer_softirq+0x2a/0x50
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x90
The reason is the recent conversion of the TSC synchronization function
during CPU hotplug on the control CPU to a SMP function call. In case
that the synchronization with the upcoming CPU fails, the TSC has to be
marked unstable via clocksource_mark_unstable().
clocksource_mark_unstable() acquires 'watchdog_lock', but that lock is
taken with interrupts enabled in the watchdog timer callback to minimize
interrupt disabled time. That's obviously a possible deadlock scenario,
Before that change the synchronization function was invoked in thread
context so this could not happen.
As it is not crucical whether the unstable marking happens slightly
delayed, defer the call to a worker thread which avoids the lock context
problem.
Fixes: 9d349d47f0e3 ("x86/smpboot: Make TSC synchronization function call based")
Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/87zg064ceg.ffs@tglx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
index bbc440c93e08..1123ef3ccf90 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
* ( The serial nature of the boot logic and the CPU hotplug lock
* protects against more than 2 CPUs entering this code. )
*/
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/topology.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
@@ -342,6 +343,13 @@ static inline unsigned int loop_timeout(int cpu)
return (cpumask_weight(topology_core_cpumask(cpu)) > 1) ? 2 : 20;
}
+static void tsc_sync_mark_tsc_unstable(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+ mark_tsc_unstable("check_tsc_sync_source failed");
+}
+
+static DECLARE_WORK(tsc_sync_work, tsc_sync_mark_tsc_unstable);
+
/*
* The freshly booted CPU initiates this via an async SMP function call.
*/
@@ -395,7 +403,7 @@ retry:
"turning off TSC clock.\n", max_warp);
if (random_warps)
pr_warn("TSC warped randomly between CPUs\n");
- mark_tsc_unstable("check_tsc_sync_source failed");
+ schedule_work(&tsc_sync_work);
}
/*
--
2.42.0
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.5/x86-tsc-defer-marking-tsc-unstable-to-a-worker.patch
queue-6.5/x86-i8259-skip-probing-when-acpi-madt-advertises-pcat-compatibility.patch
