Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915/hwmon: Fix locking inversion in sysfs getter

From: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>
To: Janusz Krzysztofik <janusz.krzysztofik@linux.intel.com>
Cc: intel-gfx@lists.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>,
	Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>,
	Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>,
	Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@ursulin.net>,
	Ashutosh Dixit <ashutosh.dixit@intel.com>,
	Anshuman Gupta <anshuman.gupta@intel.com>,
	Badal Nilawar <badal.nilawar@intel.com>,
	Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,
	Dale B Stimson <dale.b.stimson@intel.com>,
	Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>,
	Jonathan Cavitt <jonathan.cavitt@intel.com>,
	Nirmoy Das <nirmoy.das@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] drm/i915/hwmon: Fix locking inversion in sysfs getter
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:09:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZfCMURcKRUYJxaOu@ashyti-mobl2.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240311203500.518675-2-janusz.krzysztofik@linux.intel.com>

Hi Janusz,

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 09:34:58PM +0100, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote:
> In i915 hwmon sysfs getter path we now take a hwmon_lock, then acquire an
> rpm wakeref.  That results in lock inversion:
> 
> <4> [197.079335] ======================================================
> <4> [197.085473] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> <4> [197.091611] 6.8.0-rc7-Patchwork_129026v7-gc4dc92fb1152+ #1 Not tainted
> <4> [197.098096] ------------------------------------------------------
> <4> [197.104231] prometheus-node/839 is trying to acquire lock:
> <4> [197.109680] ffffffff82764d80 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __kmalloc+0x9a/0x350
> <4> [197.116939]
> but task is already holding lock:
> <4> [197.122730] ffff88811b772a40 (&hwmon->hwmon_lock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: hwm_energy+0x4b/0x100 [i915]
> <4> [197.131543]
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
> ...
> <4> [197.507922] Chain exists of:
>   fs_reclaim --> &gt->reset.mutex --> &hwmon->hwmon_lock
> <4> [197.518528]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> <4> [197.524411]        CPU0                    CPU1
> <4> [197.528916]        ----                    ----
> <4> [197.533418]   lock(&hwmon->hwmon_lock);
> <4> [197.537237]                                lock(&gt->reset.mutex);
> <4> [197.543376]                                lock(&hwmon->hwmon_lock);
> <4> [197.549682]   lock(fs_reclaim);
> ...
> <4> [197.632548] Call Trace:
> <4> [197.634990]  <TASK>
> <4> [197.637088]  dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0xb0
> <4> [197.640738]  check_noncircular+0x15e/0x180
> <4> [197.652968]  check_prev_add+0xe9/0xce0
> <4> [197.656705]  __lock_acquire+0x179f/0x2300
> <4> [197.660694]  lock_acquire+0xd8/0x2d0
> <4> [197.673009]  fs_reclaim_acquire+0xa1/0xd0
> <4> [197.680478]  __kmalloc+0x9a/0x350
> <4> [197.689063]  acpi_ns_internalize_name.part.0+0x4a/0xb0
> <4> [197.694170]  acpi_ns_get_node_unlocked+0x60/0xf0
> <4> [197.720608]  acpi_ns_get_node+0x3b/0x60
> <4> [197.724428]  acpi_get_handle+0x57/0xb0
> <4> [197.728164]  acpi_has_method+0x20/0x50
> <4> [197.731896]  acpi_pci_set_power_state+0x43/0x120
> <4> [197.736485]  pci_power_up+0x24/0x1c0
> <4> [197.740047]  pci_pm_default_resume_early+0x9/0x30
> <4> [197.744725]  pci_pm_runtime_resume+0x2d/0x90
> <4> [197.753911]  __rpm_callback+0x3c/0x110
> <4> [197.762586]  rpm_callback+0x58/0x70
> <4> [197.766064]  rpm_resume+0x51e/0x730
> <4> [197.769542]  rpm_resume+0x267/0x730
> <4> [197.773020]  rpm_resume+0x267/0x730
> <4> [197.776498]  rpm_resume+0x267/0x730
> <4> [197.779974]  __pm_runtime_resume+0x49/0x90
> <4> [197.784055]  __intel_runtime_pm_get+0x19/0xa0 [i915]
> <4> [197.789070]  hwm_energy+0x55/0x100 [i915]
> <4> [197.793183]  hwm_read+0x9a/0x310 [i915]
> <4> [197.797124]  hwmon_attr_show+0x36/0x120
> <4> [197.800946]  dev_attr_show+0x15/0x60
> <4> [197.804509]  sysfs_kf_seq_show+0xb5/0x100
> 
> Acquire the wakeref before the lock and hold it as long as the lock is
> also held.  Follow that pattern across the whole source file where similar
> lock inversion can happen.
> 
> v2: Keep hardware read under the lock so the whole operation of updating
>     energy from hardware is still atomic (Guenter),
>   - instead, acquire the rpm wakeref before the lock and hold it as long
>     as the lock is held,
>   - use the same aproach for other similar places across the i915_hwmon.c
>     source file (Rodrigo).
> 
> Fixes: c41b8bdcc297 ("drm/i915/hwmon: Show device level energy usage")
> Signed-off-by: Janusz Krzysztofik <janusz.krzysztofik@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.2+

Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@linux.intel.com>

If you want I can change the Fixes tag as suggested by Ashutosh
before applying the patch before pushing the change.

Andi