Re: [PATCH v3] ALSA: firewire-lib: Fix stall of process context at packet error

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On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 09:08:21 +0200,
Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> 
> At Linux v3.5, packet processing can be done in process context of ALSA
> PCM application as well as software IRQ context for OHCI 1394. Below is
> an example of the callgraph (some calls are omitted).
> 
> ioctl(2) with e.g. HWSYNC
> (sound/core/pcm_native.c)
> ->snd_pcm_common_ioctl1()
>   ->snd_pcm_hwsync()
>     ->snd_pcm_stream_lock_irq
>     (sound/core/pcm_lib.c)
>     ->snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr()
>       ->snd_pcm_udpate_hw_ptr0()
>         ->struct snd_pcm_ops.pointer()
>         (sound/firewire/*)
>         = Each handler on drivers in ALSA firewire stack
>           (sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.c)
>           ->amdtp_stream_pcm_pointer()
>             (drivers/firewire/core-iso.c)
>             ->fw_iso_context_flush_completions()
>               ->struct fw_card_driver.flush_iso_completion()
>               (drivers/firewire/ohci.c)
>               = flush_iso_completions()
>                 ->struct fw_iso_context.callback.sc
>                 (sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.c)
>                 = in_stream_callback() or out_stream_callback()
>                   ->...
>     ->snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irq
> 
> When packet queueing error occurs or detecting invalid packets in
> 'in_stream_callback()' or 'out_stream_callback()', 'snd_pcm_stop_xrun()'
> is called on local CPU with disabled IRQ.
> 
> (sound/firewire/amdtp-stream.c)
> in_stream_callback() or out_stream_callback()
> ->amdtp_stream_pcm_abort()
>   ->snd_pcm_stop_xrun()
>     ->snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave()
>     ->snd_pcm_stop()
>     ->snd_pcm_stream_unlock_irqrestore()
> 
> The process is stalled on the CPU due to attempt to acquire recursive lock.
> 
> [  562.630853] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [  562.630861]      2-...: (1 GPs behind) idle=37d/140000000000000/0 softirq=38323/38323 fqs=7140
> [  562.630862]      (detected by 3, t=15002 jiffies, g=21036, c=21035, q=5933)
> [  562.630866] Task dump for CPU 2:
> [  562.630867] alsa-source-OXF R  running task        0  6619      1 0x00000008
> [  562.630870] Call Trace:
> [  562.630876]  ? vt_console_print+0x79/0x3e0
> [  562.630880]  ? msg_print_text+0x9d/0x100
> [  562.630883]  ? up+0x32/0x50
> [  562.630885]  ? irq_work_queue+0x8d/0xa0
> [  562.630886]  ? console_unlock+0x2b6/0x4b0
> [  562.630888]  ? vprintk_emit+0x312/0x4a0
> [  562.630892]  ? dev_vprintk_emit+0xbf/0x230
> [  562.630895]  ? do_sys_poll+0x37a/0x550
> [  562.630897]  ? dev_printk_emit+0x4e/0x70
> [  562.630900]  ? __dev_printk+0x3c/0x80
> [  562.630903]  ? _raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x30
> [  562.630909]  ? snd_pcm_stream_lock+0x31/0x50 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630914]  ? _snd_pcm_stream_lock_irqsave+0x2e/0x40 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630918]  ? snd_pcm_stop_xrun+0x16/0x70 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630922]  ? in_stream_callback+0x3e6/0x450 [snd_firewire_lib]
> [  562.630925]  ? handle_ir_packet_per_buffer+0x8e/0x1a0 [firewire_ohci]
> [  562.630928]  ? ohci_flush_iso_completions+0xa3/0x130 [firewire_ohci]
> [  562.630932]  ? fw_iso_context_flush_completions+0x15/0x20 [firewire_core]
> [  562.630935]  ? amdtp_stream_pcm_pointer+0x2d/0x40 [snd_firewire_lib]
> [  562.630938]  ? pcm_capture_pointer+0x19/0x20 [snd_oxfw]
> [  562.630943]  ? snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr0+0x47/0x3d0 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630945]  ? poll_select_copy_remaining+0x150/0x150
> [  562.630947]  ? poll_select_copy_remaining+0x150/0x150
> [  562.630952]  ? snd_pcm_update_hw_ptr+0x10/0x20 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630956]  ? snd_pcm_hwsync+0x45/0xb0 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630960]  ? snd_pcm_common_ioctl1+0x1ff/0xc90 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630962]  ? futex_wake+0x90/0x170
> [  562.630966]  ? snd_pcm_capture_ioctl1+0x136/0x260 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630970]  ? snd_pcm_capture_ioctl+0x27/0x40 [snd_pcm]
> [  562.630972]  ? do_vfs_ioctl+0xa3/0x610
> [  562.630974]  ? vfs_read+0x11b/0x130
> [  562.630976]  ? SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
> [  562.630978]  ? entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1e/0xad
> 
> This commit fixes the above bug. This assumes two cases:
> 1. Any error is detected in software IRQ context of OHCI 1394 context.
> In this case, PCM substream should be aborted in packet handler. On the
> other hand, it should not be done in any process context. TO distinguish
> these two context, use 'in_interrupt()' macro.
> 2. Any error is detect in process context of ALSA PCM application.
> In this case, PCM substream should not be aborted in packet handler
> because PCM substream lock is acquired. The task to abort PCM substream
> should be done in ALSA PCM core. For this purpose, SNDRV_PCM_POS_XRUN is
> returned at 'struct snd_pcm_ops.pointer()'.
> 
> Suggested-by: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: e9148dddc3c7("ALSA: firewire-lib: flush completed packets when reading PCM position")
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.9+
> Signed-off-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I merged this patch as is, since it apparently fixes the issue at
least.


thanks,

Takashi



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