From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752074AbdGDAjp (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2017 20:39:45 -0400 Received: from mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.156.1]:49594 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751662AbdGDAjn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jul 2017 20:39:43 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 17:39:36 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Will Deacon , Linux Kernel Mailing List , NetFilter , Network Development , Oleg Nesterov , Andrew Morton , Ingo Molnar , Davidlohr Bueso , Manfred Spraul , Tejun Heo , Arnd Bergmann , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , Peter Zijlstra , Alan Stern , Andrea Parri Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 08/26] locking: Remove spin_unlock_wait() generic definitions Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20170630091928.GC9726@arm.com> <20170630123815.GT2393@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170630131339.GA14118@arm.com> <20170630221840.GI2393@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170703131514.GE1573@arm.com> <20170703161851.GY2393@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20170703171338.GG1573@arm.com> <20170703223011.GI2393@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 x-cbid: 17070400-0044-0000-0000-00000363F5E0 X-IBM-SpamModules-Scores: X-IBM-SpamModules-Versions: BY=3.00007315; HX=3.00000241; KW=3.00000007; PH=3.00000004; SC=3.00000214; SDB=6.00882464; UDB=6.00440134; IPR=6.00662654; BA=6.00005451; NDR=6.00000001; ZLA=6.00000005; ZF=6.00000009; ZB=6.00000000; ZP=6.00000000; ZH=6.00000000; ZU=6.00000002; MB=3.00016064; XFM=3.00000015; UTC=2017-07-04 00:39:40 X-IBM-AV-DETECTION: SAVI=unused REMOTE=unused XFE=unused x-cbparentid: 17070400-0045-0000-0000-00000791F6C3 Message-Id: <20170704003936.GJ2393@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:,, definitions=2017-07-03_15:,, signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1703280000 definitions=main-1707040008 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 03:49:42PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Paul E. McKenney > wrote: > > > > That certainly is one interesting function, isn't it? I wonder what > > happens if you replace the raw_spin_is_locked() calls with an > > unlock under a trylock check? ;-) > > Deadlock due to interrupts again? Unless I am missing something subtle, the kgdb_cpu_enter() function in question has a local_irq_save() over the "interesting" portion of its workings, so interrupt-handler self-deadlock should not happen. > Didn't your spin_unlock_wait() patches teach you anything? Checking > state is fundamentally different from taking the lock. Even a trylock. That was an embarrassing bug, no two ways about it. :-/ > I guess you could try with the irqsave versions. But no, we're not doing that. Again, no need in this case. But I agree with Will's assessment of this function... The raw_spin_is_locked() looks to be asking if -any- CPU holds the dbg_slave_lock, and the answer could of course change immediately on return from raw_spin_is_locked(). Perhaps the theory is that if other CPU holds the lock, this CPU is supposed to be subjected to kgdb_roundup_cpus(). Except that the CPU that held dbg_slave_lock might be just about to release that lock. Odd. Seems like there should be a get_online_cpus() somewhere, but maybe that constraint is to be manually enforced. Thanx, Paul