This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled net: dsa: lan9303: consequently nested-lock physical MDIO to the 4.14-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: net-dsa-lan9303-consequently-nested-lock-physical-mdio.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 5a22fbcc10f3f7d94c5d88afbbffa240a3677057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 08:57:38 +0200 Subject: net: dsa: lan9303: consequently nested-lock physical MDIO From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 5a22fbcc10f3f7d94c5d88afbbffa240a3677057 upstream. When LAN9303 is MDIO-connected two callchains exist into mdio->bus->write(): 1. switch ports 1&2 ("physical" PHYs): virtual (switch-internal) MDIO bus (lan9303_switch_ops->phy_{read|write})-> lan9303_mdio_phy_{read|write} -> mdiobus_{read|write}_nested 2. LAN9303 virtual PHY: virtual MDIO bus (lan9303_phy_{read|write}) -> lan9303_virt_phy_reg_{read|write} -> regmap -> lan9303_mdio_{read|write} If the latter functions just take mutex_lock(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock) it triggers a LOCKDEP false-positive splat. It's false-positive because the first mdio_lock in the second callchain above belongs to virtual MDIO bus, the second mdio_lock belongs to physical MDIO bus. Consequent annotation in lan9303_mdio_{read|write} as nested lock (similar to lan9303_mdio_phy_{read|write}, it's the same physical MDIO bus) prevents the following splat: WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 5.15.71 #1 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ kworker/u4:3/609 is trying to acquire lock: ffff000011531c68 (lan9303_mdio:131:(&lan9303_mdio_regmap_config)->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: regmap_lock_mutex but task is already holding lock: ffff0000114c44d8 (&bus->mdio_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: mdiobus_read which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&bus->mdio_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}: lock_acquire __mutex_lock mutex_lock_nested lan9303_mdio_read _regmap_read regmap_read lan9303_probe lan9303_mdio_probe mdio_probe really_probe __driver_probe_device driver_probe_device __device_attach_driver bus_for_each_drv __device_attach device_initial_probe bus_probe_device deferred_probe_work_func process_one_work worker_thread kthread ret_from_fork -> #0 (lan9303_mdio:131:(&lan9303_mdio_regmap_config)->lock){+.+.}-{3:3}: __lock_acquire lock_acquire.part.0 lock_acquire __mutex_lock mutex_lock_nested regmap_lock_mutex regmap_read lan9303_phy_read dsa_slave_phy_read __mdiobus_read mdiobus_read get_phy_device mdiobus_scan __mdiobus_register dsa_register_switch lan9303_probe lan9303_mdio_probe mdio_probe really_probe __driver_probe_device driver_probe_device __device_attach_driver bus_for_each_drv __device_attach device_initial_probe bus_probe_device deferred_probe_work_func process_one_work worker_thread kthread ret_from_fork other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&bus->mdio_lock); lock(lan9303_mdio:131:(&lan9303_mdio_regmap_config)->lock); lock(&bus->mdio_lock); lock(lan9303_mdio:131:(&lan9303_mdio_regmap_config)->lock); *** DEADLOCK *** 5 locks held by kworker/u4:3/609: #0: ffff000002842938 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work #1: ffff80000bacbd60 (deferred_probe_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work #2: ffff000007645178 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach #3: ffff8000096e6e78 (dsa2_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: dsa_register_switch #4: ffff0000114c44d8 (&bus->mdio_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: mdiobus_read stack backtrace: CPU: 1 PID: 609 Comm: kworker/u4:3 Not tainted 5.15.71 #1 Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: dump_backtrace show_stack dump_stack_lvl dump_stack print_circular_bug check_noncircular __lock_acquire lock_acquire.part.0 lock_acquire __mutex_lock mutex_lock_nested regmap_lock_mutex regmap_read lan9303_phy_read dsa_slave_phy_read __mdiobus_read mdiobus_read get_phy_device mdiobus_scan __mdiobus_register dsa_register_switch lan9303_probe lan9303_mdio_probe ... Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: dc7005831523 ("net: dsa: LAN9303: add MDIO managed mode support") Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231027065741.534971-1-alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/dsa/lan9303_mdio.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/dsa/lan9303_mdio.c +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/lan9303_mdio.c @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static int lan9303_mdio_write(void *ctx, struct lan9303_mdio *sw_dev = (struct lan9303_mdio *)ctx; reg <<= 2; /* reg num to offset */ - mutex_lock(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock); + mutex_lock_nested(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock, MDIO_MUTEX_NESTED); lan9303_mdio_real_write(sw_dev->device, reg, val & 0xffff); lan9303_mdio_real_write(sw_dev->device, reg + 2, (val >> 16) & 0xffff); mutex_unlock(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock); @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static int lan9303_mdio_read(void *ctx, struct lan9303_mdio *sw_dev = (struct lan9303_mdio *)ctx; reg <<= 2; /* reg num to offset */ - mutex_lock(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock); + mutex_lock_nested(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock, MDIO_MUTEX_NESTED); *val = lan9303_mdio_real_read(sw_dev->device, reg); *val |= (lan9303_mdio_real_read(sw_dev->device, reg + 2) << 16); mutex_unlock(&sw_dev->device->bus->mdio_lock); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from alexander.sverdlin@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/net-dsa-lan9303-consequently-nested-lock-physical-mdio.patch