This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
timer: Don't reinitialize the cpu base lock during CPU_UP_PREPARE
to the 3.9-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:
timer-don-t-reinitialize-the-cpu-base-lock-during-cpu_up_prepare.patch
and it can be found in the queue-3.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 42a5cf46cd56f46267d2a9fcf2655f4078cd3042 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tirupathi Reddy <tirupath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 13:59:02 +0530
Subject: timer: Don't reinitialize the cpu base lock during CPU_UP_PREPARE
From: Tirupathi Reddy <tirupath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 42a5cf46cd56f46267d2a9fcf2655f4078cd3042 upstream.
An inactive timer's base can refer to a offline cpu's base.
In the current code, cpu_base's lock is blindly reinitialized each
time a CPU is brought up. If a CPU is brought online during the period
that another thread is trying to modify an inactive timer on that CPU
with holding its timer base lock, then the lock will be reinitialized
under its feet. This leads to following SPIN_BUG().
<0> BUG: spinlock already unlocked on CPU#3, kworker/u:3/1466
<0> lock: 0xe3ebe000, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: kworker/u:3/1466, .owner_cpu: 1
<4> [<c0013dc4>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x11c) from [<c026e794>] (do_raw_spin_unlock+0x40/0xcc)
<4> [<c026e794>] (do_raw_spin_unlock+0x40/0xcc) from [<c076c160>] (_raw_spin_unlock+0x8/0x30)
<4> [<c076c160>] (_raw_spin_unlock+0x8/0x30) from [<c009b858>] (mod_timer+0x294/0x310)
<4> [<c009b858>] (mod_timer+0x294/0x310) from [<c00a5e04>] (queue_delayed_work_on+0x104/0x120)
<4> [<c00a5e04>] (queue_delayed_work_on+0x104/0x120) from [<c04eae00>] (sdhci_msm_bus_voting+0x88/0x9c)
<4> [<c04eae00>] (sdhci_msm_bus_voting+0x88/0x9c) from [<c04d8780>] (sdhci_disable+0x40/0x48)
<4> [<c04d8780>] (sdhci_disable+0x40/0x48) from [<c04bf300>] (mmc_release_host+0x4c/0xb0)
<4> [<c04bf300>] (mmc_release_host+0x4c/0xb0) from [<c04c7aac>] (mmc_sd_detect+0x90/0xfc)
<4> [<c04c7aac>] (mmc_sd_detect+0x90/0xfc) from [<c04c2504>] (mmc_rescan+0x7c/0x2c4)
<4> [<c04c2504>] (mmc_rescan+0x7c/0x2c4) from [<c00a6a7c>] (process_one_work+0x27c/0x484)
<4> [<c00a6a7c>] (process_one_work+0x27c/0x484) from [<c00a6e94>] (worker_thread+0x210/0x3b0)
<4> [<c00a6e94>] (worker_thread+0x210/0x3b0) from [<c00aad9c>] (kthread+0x80/0x8c)
<4> [<c00aad9c>] (kthread+0x80/0x8c) from [<c000ea80>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8)
As an example, this particular crash occurred when CPU #3 is executing
mod_timer() on an inactive timer whose base is refered to offlined CPU
#2. The code locked the timer_base corresponding to CPU #2. Before it
could proceed, CPU #2 came online and reinitialized the spinlock
corresponding to its base. Thus now CPU #3 held a lock which was
reinitialized. When CPU #3 finally ended up unlocking the old cpu_base
corresponding to CPU #2, we hit the above SPIN_BUG().
CPU #0 CPU #3 CPU #2
------ ------- -------
..... ...... <Offline>
mod_timer()
lock_timer_base
spin_lock_irqsave(&base->lock)
cpu_up(2) ..... ......
init_timers_cpu()
.... ..... spin_lock_init(&base->lock)
..... spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock) ......
<spin_bug>
Allocation of per_cpu timer vector bases is done only once under
"tvec_base_done[]" check. In the current code, spinlock_initialization
of base->lock isn't under this check. When a CPU is up each time the
base lock is reinitialized. Move base spinlock initialization under
the check.
Signed-off-by: Tirupathi Reddy <tirupath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1368520142-4136-1-git-send-email-tirupath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/timer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1678,12 +1678,12 @@ static int __cpuinit init_timers_cpu(int
boot_done = 1;
base = &boot_tvec_bases;
}
+ spin_lock_init(&base->lock);
tvec_base_done[cpu] = 1;
} else {
base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
}
- spin_lock_init(&base->lock);
for (j = 0; j < TVN_SIZE; j++) {
INIT_LIST_HEAD(base->tv5.vec + j);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tirupath@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-3.9/timer-don-t-reinitialize-the-cpu-base-lock-during-cpu_up_prepare.patch
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