Re: [PATCH] aio: Fix locking in aio_poll()

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On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 04:53:04PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Could this be what happens?
> 
> aio_poll() calls vfs_poll()
>   vfs_poll() calls fuse_dev_poll()
>     fuse_dev_poll() calls poll_wait(file, &fiq->waitq, wait)
>       poll_wait() calls aio_poll_queue_proc(file, &fiq->waitq, wait)
>         aio_poll_queue_proc() stores &fiq->waitq in pt->iocb->poll.head
> aio_poll() calls spin_lock_irq(&ctx->ctx_lock)
> aio_poll() calls spin_lock(&req->head->lock) (req == &pt->iocb->poll).
> 
> I think the lockdep complaint is about the FUSE fiq->waitq lock not being
> IRQ-safe and about aio_poll() creating a dependency between an IRQ-safe lock
> (ctx->ctx_lock) and a lock that is not IRQ-safe (fiq->waitq).

That is exactly the scenario.  and the ->wake routine assumes irqs
are disabled - you really need to bypass the proper APIs to not have
the irqs disabled.



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