From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 090D5C282C8 for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC9222082E for ; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:16:19 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548695779; bh=iNPJvwW7gQO8VW7ZPj4HWMY4beYB3IcYFkwBf/Dr4rg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=jXeqD2byYjEPeBnQHaPs2RjL6za9oGDL3ZNhbn81WipA4kKbYv9jPOEuihZZPegzB FzgpXLpIMbancBqMsz4T5IY7X4tcWKqKOTF2abkuFDcQBaYpMO7NF8M2dOqD2R/hXI jFHg6NlAck1n5/hqchhcyNnlyePQDstg0lEgMUXg= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730680AbfA1RQS (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:16:18 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:38214 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731313AbfA1RQR (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:16:17 -0500 Received: from localhost (c-73-47-72-35.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.47.72.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 483032082E; Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:16:15 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548695775; bh=iNPJvwW7gQO8VW7ZPj4HWMY4beYB3IcYFkwBf/Dr4rg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=iFaja56ZxZysKx76srsVfYWcWqz4r5kKCY67F/SD5hjzwmsJw3VAIfkfim5CeN2Zt 6xW9MNhTHarML6PQZiBTJtsCD7a3IX97f2+hjDPR03q/Xvs+ylkHlPC7KTxcUx3GRO Jm8HUoLr59xUnFB8cyWsdcA68lUVDPR0ZqXEt6wU= Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:16:14 -0500 From: Sasha Levin To: Doug Anderson Cc: LKML , stable@vger.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.20 035/304] serial: core: Allow processing sysrq at port unlock time Message-ID: <20190128171614.GB3973@sasha-vm> References: <20190128154341.47195-1-sashal@kernel.org> <20190128154341.47195-35-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 08:05:13AM -0800, Doug Anderson wrote: >Hi, > >On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 7:44 AM Sasha Levin wrote: >> >> From: Douglas Anderson >> >> [ Upstream commit d6e1935819db0c91ce4a5af82466f3ab50d17346 ] >> >> Right now serial drivers process sysrq keys deep in their character >> receiving code. This means that they've already grabbed their >> port->lock spinlock. This can end up getting in the way if we've go >> to do serial stuff (especially kgdb) in response to the sysrq. >> >> Serial drivers have various hacks in them to handle this. Looking at >> '8250_port.c' you can see that the console_write() skips locking if >> we're in the sysrq handler. Looking at 'msm_serial.c' you can see >> that the port lock is dropped around uart_handle_sysrq_char(). >> >> It turns out that these hacks aren't exactly perfect. If you have >> lockdep turned on and use something like the 8250_port hack you'll get >> a splat that looks like: >> >> WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected >> [...] is trying to acquire lock: >> ... (console_owner){-.-.}, at: console_unlock+0x2e0/0x5e4 >> >> but task is already holding lock: >> ... (&port_lock_key){-.-.}, at: serial8250_handle_irq+0x30/0xe4 >> >> which lock already depends on the new lock. >> >> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: >> >> -> #1 (&port_lock_key){-.-.}: >> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x58/0x70 >> serial8250_console_write+0xa8/0x250 >> univ8250_console_write+0x40/0x4c >> console_unlock+0x528/0x5e4 >> register_console+0x2c4/0x3b0 >> uart_add_one_port+0x350/0x478 >> serial8250_register_8250_port+0x350/0x3a8 >> dw8250_probe+0x67c/0x754 >> platform_drv_probe+0x58/0xa4 >> really_probe+0x150/0x294 >> driver_probe_device+0xac/0xe8 >> __driver_attach+0x98/0xd0 >> bus_for_each_dev+0x84/0xc8 >> driver_attach+0x2c/0x34 >> bus_add_driver+0xf0/0x1ec >> driver_register+0xb4/0x100 >> __platform_driver_register+0x60/0x6c >> dw8250_platform_driver_init+0x20/0x28 >> ... >> >> -> #0 (console_owner){-.-.}: >> lock_acquire+0x1e8/0x214 >> console_unlock+0x35c/0x5e4 >> vprintk_emit+0x230/0x274 >> vprintk_default+0x7c/0x84 >> vprintk_func+0x190/0x1bc >> printk+0x80/0xa0 >> __handle_sysrq+0x104/0x21c >> handle_sysrq+0x30/0x3c >> serial8250_read_char+0x15c/0x18c >> serial8250_rx_chars+0x34/0x74 >> serial8250_handle_irq+0x9c/0xe4 >> dw8250_handle_irq+0x98/0xcc >> serial8250_interrupt+0x50/0xe8 >> ... >> >> other info that might help us debug this: >> >> Possible unsafe locking scenario: >> >> CPU0 CPU1 >> ---- ---- >> lock(&port_lock_key); >> lock(console_owner); >> lock(&port_lock_key); >> lock(console_owner); >> >> *** DEADLOCK *** >> >> The hack used in 'msm_serial.c' doesn't cause the above splats but it >> seems a bit ugly to unlock / lock our spinlock deep in our irq >> handler. >> >> It seems like we could defer processing the sysrq until the end of the >> interrupt handler right after we've unlocked the port. With this >> scheme if a whole batch of sysrq characters comes in one irq then we >> won't handle them all, but that seems like it should be a fine >> compromise. >> >> Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson >> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman >> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin >> --- >> include/linux/serial_core.h | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- >> 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > >FWIW this patch shouldn't hurt to be backported (I haven't heard any >problems report with it), but it is effectively a no-op unless you >also pick a patch that uses the new API. For instance commit >596f63da42b9 ("serial: 8250: Process sysrq at port unlock time"). >...and if you want that patch I think you also need commit >3e6f88068314 ("serial: core: Include console.h from serial_core.h"). > >In theory you could think about adding the "qcom_geni_serial" patches >related to sysrq processing too--dunno if anyone really cares about >those on 4.20 stable... Since no one actually tagged it for stable, probably not... I'll drop it, thanks! -- Thanks, Sasha