[PATCH v4] irqchip: gic: Allow gic_arch_extn hooks to call into scheduler

Wed Aug 13 08:44:48 PDT 2014

On Wed, 13 Aug 2014, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> Commit 1a6b69b6548c (ARM: gic: add CPU migration support,
> 2012-04-12) introduced an acquisition of the irq_controller_lock
> in gic_raise_softirq() which can lead to a spinlock recursion if
> the gic_arch_extn hooks call into the scheduler (via complete()
> or wake_up(), etc.). This happens because gic_arch_extn hooks are
> normally called with the irq_controller_lock held and calling
> into the scheduler may cause us to call smp_send_reschedule()
> which will grab the irq_controller_lock again. Here's an example
> from a vendor kernel (note that the gic_arch_extn hook code here
> isn't actually in mainline):
> 
> BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, swapper/0/1
>  lock: irq_controller_lock+0x0/0x18, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: sw
> er_cpu: 0
> CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.14.10-00430-g3d433c4e
> 
> Call trace:
> [<ffffffc000087e1c>] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x140
> [<ffffffc000087f6c>] show_stack+0x10/0x1c
> [<ffffffc00064732c>] dump_stack+0x74/0xc4
> [<ffffffc0006446c0>] spin_dump+0x78/0x88
> [<ffffffc0006446f4>] spin_bug+0x24/0x34
> [<ffffffc0000d47d0>] do_raw_spin_lock+0x58/0x148
> [<ffffffc00064d398>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x24/0x38
> [<ffffffc0002c9d7c>] gic_raise_softirq+0x2c/0xbc
> [<ffffffc00008daa4>] smp_send_reschedule+0x34/0x40
> [<ffffffc0000c1e94>] try_to_wake_up+0x224/0x288
> [<ffffffc0000c1f4c>] default_wake_function+0xc/0x18
> [<ffffffc0000ceef0>] __wake_up_common+0x50/0x8c
> [<ffffffc0000cef3c>] __wake_up_locked+0x10/0x1c
> [<ffffffc0000cf734>] complete+0x3c/0x5c
> [<ffffffc0002f0e78>] msm_mpm_enable_irq_exclusive+0x1b8/0x1c8
> [<ffffffc0002f0f58>] __msm_mpm_enable_irq+0x4c/0x7c
> [<ffffffc0002f0f94>] msm_mpm_enable_irq+0xc/0x18
> [<ffffffc0002c9bb0>] gic_unmask_irq+0x40/0x7c
> [<ffffffc0000de5f4>] irq_enable+0x2c/0x48
> [<ffffffc0000de65c>] irq_startup+0x4c/0x74
> [<ffffffc0000dd2fc>] __setup_irq+0x264/0x3f0
> [<ffffffc0000dd5e0>] request_threaded_irq+0xcc/0x11c
> [<ffffffc0000df254>] devm_request_threaded_irq+0x68/0xb4
> [<ffffffc000471520>] msm_iommu_ctx_probe+0x124/0x2d4
> [<ffffffc000337374>] platform_drv_probe+0x20/0x54
> [<ffffffc00033598c>] driver_probe_device+0x158/0x340
> [<ffffffc000335c20>] __driver_attach+0x60/0x90
> [<ffffffc000333c9c>] bus_for_each_dev+0x6c/0x8c
> [<ffffffc000335304>] driver_attach+0x1c/0x28
> [<ffffffc000334f14>] bus_add_driver+0x120/0x204
> [<ffffffc0003362e4>] driver_register+0xbc/0x10c
> [<ffffffc000337348>] __platform_driver_register+0x5c/0x68
> [<ffffffc00094c478>] msm_iommu_driver_init+0x54/0x7c
> [<ffffffc0000813ec>] do_one_initcall+0xa4/0x130
> [<ffffffc00091d928>] kernel_init_freeable+0x138/0x1dc
> [<ffffffc000642578>] kernel_init+0xc/0xd4
> 
> We really just want to synchronize the sending of an SGI with the
> update of the gic_cpu_map[], so introduce a new SGI lock that we
> can use to synchronize the two code paths. Three main events are
> happening that we have to consider:
> 
> 	1. We're updating the gic_cpu_mask to point to an
> 	incoming CPU
> 
> 	2. We're (potentially) sending an SGI to the outgoing CPU
> 
> 	3. We're redirecting any pending SGIs for the outgoing
> 	CPU to the incoming CPU.
> 
> Events 1 and 3 are already ordered within the same CPU by means
> of program order and use of I/O accessors. Events 1 and 2 don't
> need to be ordered, but events 2 and 3 do because any SGIs for
> the outgoing CPU need to be pending before we can redirect them.
> Synchronize by acquiring a new lock around event 2 and before
> event 3. Use smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() before event 3 to ensure
> that event 1 is seen before event 3 on other CPUs that may be
> executing event 2. We put this all behind the b.L switcher config
> option so that if we're not using this feature we don't have to
> acquire any locks at all in the IPI path.
> 
> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at codeaurora.org>

Russell's concerns notwithstanding, this is a worthwhile optimization 
and cleanup.

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>

Of course it would be good to clarify things wrt Russell's remark 
independently from this patch.

> ---
>  drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> index 7c131cf7cc13..b9e669cb1c1e 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic.c
> @@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(irq_controller_lock);
>  #define NR_GIC_CPU_IF 8
>  static u8 gic_cpu_map[NR_GIC_CPU_IF] __read_mostly;
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_BL_SWITCHER
> +/* Synchronize switching CPU interface and sending SGIs */
> +static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(gic_sgi_lock);
> +#define sgi_map_lock(flags) raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&gic_sgi_lock, flags)
> +#define sgi_map_unlock(flags) raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&gic_sgi_lock, flags)
> +#else
> +#define sgi_map_lock(flags) (void)(flags)
> +#define sgi_map_unlock(flags) (void)(flags)
> +#endif
> +
>  /*
>   * Supported arch specific GIC irq extension.
>   * Default make them NULL.
> @@ -658,7 +668,7 @@ static void gic_raise_softirq(const struct cpumask *mask, unsigned int irq)
>  	int cpu;
>  	unsigned long flags, map = 0;
>  
> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&irq_controller_lock, flags);
> +	sgi_map_lock(flags);
>  
>  	/* Convert our logical CPU mask into a physical one. */
>  	for_each_cpu(cpu, mask)
> @@ -673,7 +683,7 @@ static void gic_raise_softirq(const struct cpumask *mask, unsigned int irq)
>  	/* this always happens on GIC0 */
>  	writel_relaxed(map << 16 | irq, gic_data_dist_base(&gic_data[0]) + GIC_DIST_SOFTINT);
>  
> -	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&irq_controller_lock, flags);
> +	sgi_map_unlock(flags);
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -764,6 +774,15 @@ void gic_migrate_target(unsigned int new_cpu_id)
>  
>  	raw_spin_unlock(&irq_controller_lock);
>  
> +	raw_spin_lock(&gic_sgi_lock);
> +	/*
> +	 * Ensure that the gic_cpu_map update above is seen in
> +	 * gic_raise_softirq() before we redirect any pending SGIs that
> +	 * may have been raised for the outgoing CPU (cur_cpu_id)
> +	 */
> +	smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
> +	raw_spin_unlock(&gic_sgi_lock);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Now let's migrate and clear any potential SGIs that might be
>  	 * pending for us (cur_cpu_id).  Since GIC_DIST_SGI_PENDING_SET
> -- 
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