[PATCH] reset: sunxi: fix spinlock initialization

Maxime Coquelin maxime.coquelin at st.com
Tue Jan 13 00:59:23 PST 2015


Hi Tyler,

On 01/10/2015 01:22 AM, Tyler Baker wrote:
> On 9 January 2015 at 12:44, Tyler Baker <tyler.baker at linaro.org> wrote:
>> Hi Maxime,
>>
>> On 9 January 2015 at 06:44, Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin at st.com> wrote:
>>> With Maxime in the To: list.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/09/2015 12:59 PM, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>>> Hi Tyler, Maxime,
>>>>
>>>> On 01/08/2015 01:54 AM, Tyler Baker wrote:
>>>>> Call spin_lock_init() before the spinlocks are used, preventing a lockdep
>>>>> splat.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been observing lockdep complaining [1] during boot on my a80
>>>>> optimus [2]
>>>>> when CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING has been enabled. This patch resolves the
>>>>> splat,
>>>>> and has been tested on a few other sunxi platforms without issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> http://storage.kernelci.org/next/next-20150107/arm-multi_v7_defconfig+CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y/lab-tbaker/boot-sun9i-a80-optimus.html
>>>>> [2] http://kernelci.org/boot/?a80-optimus
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Tyler Baker <tyler.baker at linaro.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> This patch was tested on 3.19.0-rc3
>>>>>
>>>>>    drivers/reset/reset-sunxi.c | 2 ++
>>>>>    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-sunxi.c b/drivers/reset/reset-sunxi.c
>>>>> index eebc52c..e37250c 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/reset/reset-sunxi.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/reset/reset-sunxi.c
>>>>> @@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ static int sunxi_reset_probe(struct platform_device
>>>>> *pdev)
>>>>>        if (IS_ERR(data->membase))
>>>>>            return PTR_ERR(data->membase);
>>>>>    +    spin_lock_init(&data->lock);
>>>>> +
>>>> Shouldn't the lock be initialized also in early init function
>>>> (sunxi_reset_init) ?
>> Thanks for pointing this out. It seems reasonable to me to add this
>> for the sun6i platforms that use the early init function. Currently
>> trying to track down a sun6i platform so I can run a few locking
>> validation tests.
> Olof was kind enough to volunteer his sun6i platform (colombus) and
> provide the results. The results confirms there is a need to also
> initialize the lock in sunxi_reset_init as Maxime C. mentioned.
>
> DEBUG: sunxi_reset_init()
> DEBUG: sunxi_reset_deassert()
> INFO: trying to register non-static key.
> the code is fine but needs lockdep annotation.
> turning off the locking correctness validator.
> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.19.0-rc3-00039-gccd0de2-dirty #5
> Hardware name: Allwinner sun6i (A31) Family
> [<c021679c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c0212140>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> [<c0212140>] (show_stack) from [<c09557c4>] (dump_stack+0x8c/0x9c)
> [<c09557c4>] (dump_stack) from [<c028293c>] (__lock_acquire+0x1ef4/0x1f00)
> [<c028293c>] (__lock_acquire) from [<c028311c>] (lock_acquire+0x6c/0x8c)
> [<c028311c>] (lock_acquire) from [<c095b810>] (_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3c/0x50)
> [<c095b810>] (_raw_spin_lock_irqsave) from [<c0542d80>]
> (sunxi_reset_deassert+0x2c/0x88)
> [<c0542d80>] (sunxi_reset_deassert) from [<c0d39a00>]
> (sun5i_timer_init+0xc0/0x1f0)
> [<c0d39a00>] (sun5i_timer_init) from [<c0d3897c>]
> (clocksource_of_init+0x4c/0x8c)
> [<c0d3897c>] (clocksource_of_init) from [<c0cf0b34>] (start_kernel+0x278/0x3c8)
> [<c0cf0b34>] (start_kernel) from [<40208074>] (0x40208074)
>
> I'll go ahead and resend an updated patch and cc stable if Philipp and
> Maxime R. they agree.

Thanks for having done the test.
I have no Allwinner HW to try.

Best regards,
Maxime
>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Maxime
>>>>>        data->rcdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
>>>>>        data->rcdev.nr_resets = resource_size(res) * 32;
>>>>>        data->rcdev.ops = &sunxi_reset_ops;
>>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tyler Baker
>> Tech Lead, LAVA
>> Linaro.org | Open source software for ARM SoCs
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> Cheers,
>




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