[PATCH] cpuidle: psci: Fix suspicious RCU usage
Rafael J. Wysocki
rafael at kernel.org
Mon Sep 21 09:59:39 EDT 2020
On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 8:47 AM Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> The commit eb1f00237aca ("lockdep,trace: Expose tracepoints"), started to
> expose us for tracepoints. This lead to the following RCU splat on an ARM64
> Qcom board.
>
> [ 5.529634] WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
> [ 5.537307] sdhci-pltfm: SDHCI platform and OF driver helper
> [ 5.541092] 5.9.0-rc3 #86 Not tainted
> [ 5.541098] -----------------------------
> [ 5.541105] ../include/trace/events/lock.h:37 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
> [ 5.541110]
> [ 5.541110] other info that might help us debug this:
> [ 5.541110]
> [ 5.541116]
> [ 5.541116] rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
> [ 5.541122] RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
> [ 5.541129] no locks held by swapper/0/0.
> [ 5.541134]
> [ 5.541134] stack backtrace:
> [ 5.541143] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.9.0-rc3 #86
> [ 5.541149] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. APQ 8016 SBC (DT)
> [ 5.541157] Call trace:
> [ 5.568185] sdhci_msm 7864900.sdhci: Got CD GPIO
> [ 5.574186] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1c8
> [ 5.574206] show_stack+0x14/0x20
> [ 5.574229] dump_stack+0xe8/0x154
> [ 5.574250] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xd4/0xf8
> [ 5.574269] lock_acquire+0x3f0/0x460
> [ 5.574292] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x80/0xb0
> [ 5.574314] __pm_runtime_suspend+0x4c/0x188
> [ 5.574341] psci_enter_domain_idle_state+0x40/0xa0
> [ 5.574362] cpuidle_enter_state+0xc0/0x610
> [ 5.646487] cpuidle_enter+0x38/0x50
> [ 5.650651] call_cpuidle+0x18/0x40
> [ 5.654467] do_idle+0x228/0x278
> [ 5.657678] cpu_startup_entry+0x24/0x70
> [ 5.661153] rest_init+0x1a4/0x278
> [ 5.665061] arch_call_rest_init+0xc/0x14
> [ 5.668272] start_kernel+0x508/0x540
>
> Following the path in pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend() from
> psci_enter_domain_idle_state(), it seems like we end up using the RCU.
> Therefore, let's simply silence the splat by informing the RCU about it
> with RCU_NONIDLE.
>
> Note that, this is a temporary solution. Instead we should strive to avoid
> using RCU_NONIDLE (and similar), but rather push rcu_idle_enter|exit()
> further down, closer to the arch specific code. However, as the CPU PM
> notifiers are also using the RCU, additional rework is needed.
>
> Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson at linaro.org>
I missed this one before, sorry about that.
Now applied as 5.9-rc6 material with the Paul's ACK, thanks!
> ---
> drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci.c
> index 74463841805f..d928b37718bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-psci.c
> @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int psci_enter_domain_idle_state(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
> return -1;
>
> /* Do runtime PM to manage a hierarchical CPU toplogy. */
> - pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(pd_dev);
> + RCU_NONIDLE(pm_runtime_put_sync_suspend(pd_dev));
>
> state = psci_get_domain_state();
> if (!state)
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int psci_enter_domain_idle_state(struct cpuidle_device *dev,
>
> ret = psci_cpu_suspend_enter(state) ? -1 : idx;
>
> - pm_runtime_get_sync(pd_dev);
> + RCU_NONIDLE(pm_runtime_get_sync(pd_dev));
>
> cpu_pm_exit();
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
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