[PATCH v2] rpmsg: mtk_rpmsg: Fix circular locking dependency

Mathieu Poirier mathieu.poirier at linaro.org
Tue Jun 14 15:42:52 PDT 2022


On Wed, 25 May 2022 at 03:12, AngeloGioacchino Del Regno
<angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com> wrote:
>
> During execution of the worker that's used to register rpmsg devices
> we are safely locking the channels mutex but, when creating a new
> endpoint for such devices, we are registering a IPI on the SCP, which
> then makes the SCP to trigger an interrupt, lock its own mutex and in
> turn register more subdevices.
> This creates a circular locking dependency situation, as the mtk_rpmsg
> channels_lock will then depend on the SCP IPI lock.
>
> [   18.014514]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
> [   18.014515]        CPU0                    CPU1
> [   18.014517]        ----                    ----
> [   18.045467]   lock(&mtk_subdev->channels_lock);
> [   18.045474]                                lock(&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock);
> [   18.228399]                                lock(&mtk_subdev->channels_lock);
> [   18.228405]   lock(&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock);
> [   18.264405]
>
> To solve this, simply unlock the channels_lock mutex before calling
> mtk_rpmsg_register_device() and relock it right after, as safety is
> still ensured by the locking mechanism that happens right after
> through SCP.
>
> Fixes: 7017996951fd ("rpmsg: add rpmsg support for mt8183 SCP.")
> Signed-off-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno at collabora.com>

I have applied this patch.

Thanks,
Mathieu

> ---
>
> v2: Adding debug log to changelog portion, fixed commit description
>
> [   15.447736] ======================================================
> [   15.460158] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
> [   15.460161] 5.17.0-next-20220324+ #399 Not tainted
> [   15.460165] ------------------------------------------------------
> [   15.460166] kworker/0:3/155 is trying to acquire lock:
> [   15.460170] ffff5b4d0eaf1308 (&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: scp_ipi_lock+0x34/0x50 [mtk_scp_ipi]
> [   15.504958]
> []                but task is already holding lock:
> [   15.504960] ffff5b4d0e8f1918 (&mtk_subdev->channels_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: mtk_register_device_work_function+0x50/0x1cc [mtk_rpmsg]
> [   15.504978]
> []                which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
> [   15.504980]
> []                the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
> [   15.504982]
> []               -> #1 (&mtk_subdev->channels_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
> [   15.504990]        lock_acquire+0x68/0x84
> [   15.504999]        __mutex_lock+0xa4/0x3e0
> [   15.505007]        mutex_lock_nested+0x40/0x70
> [   15.505012]        mtk_rpmsg_ns_cb+0xe4/0x134 [mtk_rpmsg]
> [   15.641684]        mtk_rpmsg_ipi_handler+0x38/0x64 [mtk_rpmsg]
> [   15.641693]        scp_ipi_handler+0xbc/0x180 [mtk_scp]
> [   15.663905]        mt8192_scp_irq_handler+0x44/0xa4 [mtk_scp]
> [   15.663915]        scp_irq_handler+0x6c/0xa0 [mtk_scp]
> [   15.685779]        irq_thread_fn+0x34/0xa0
> [   15.685785]        irq_thread+0x18c/0x240
> [   15.685789]        kthread+0x104/0x110
> [   15.709579]        ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
> [   15.709586]
> []               -> #0 (&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock){+.+.}-{4:4}:
> [   15.731271]        __lock_acquire+0x11e4/0x1910
> [   15.740367]        lock_acquire.part.0+0xd8/0x220
> [   15.749813]        lock_acquire+0x68/0x84
> [   15.757861]        __mutex_lock+0xa4/0x3e0
> [   15.766084]        mutex_lock_nested+0x40/0x70
> [   15.775006]        scp_ipi_lock+0x34/0x50 [mtk_scp_ipi]
> [   15.785503]        scp_ipi_register+0x40/0xa4 [mtk_scp_ipi]
> [   15.796697]        scp_register_ipi+0x1c/0x30 [mtk_scp]
> [   15.807194]        mtk_rpmsg_create_ept+0xa0/0x108 [mtk_rpmsg]
> [   15.818912]        rpmsg_create_ept+0x44/0x60
> [   15.827660]        cros_ec_rpmsg_probe+0x15c/0x1f0
> [   15.837282]        rpmsg_dev_probe+0x128/0x1d0
> [   15.846203]        really_probe.part.0+0xa4/0x2a0
> [   15.855649]        __driver_probe_device+0xa0/0x150
> [   15.865443]        driver_probe_device+0x48/0x150
> [   15.877157]        __device_attach_driver+0xc0/0x12c
> [   15.889359]        bus_for_each_drv+0x80/0xe0
> [   15.900330]        __device_attach+0xe4/0x190
> [   15.911303]        device_initial_probe+0x1c/0x2c
> [   15.922969]        bus_probe_device+0xa8/0xb0
> [   15.933927]        device_add+0x3a8/0x8a0
> [   15.944193]        device_register+0x28/0x40
> [   15.954970]        rpmsg_register_device+0x5c/0xa0
> [   15.966782]        mtk_register_device_work_function+0x148/0x1cc [mtk_rpmsg]
> [   15.983146]        process_one_work+0x294/0x664
> [   15.994458]        worker_thread+0x7c/0x45c
> [   16.005069]        kthread+0x104/0x110
> [   16.014789]        ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
> [   16.025201]
> []               other info that might help us debug this:
>
> [   16.047769]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> [   16.063942]        CPU0                    CPU1
> [   16.075166]        ----                    ----
> [   16.086376]   lock(&mtk_subdev->channels_lock);
> [   16.097592]                                lock(&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock);
> [   16.113188]                                lock(&mtk_subdev->channels_lock);
> [   16.129482]   lock(&scp->ipi_desc[i].lock);
> [   16.140020]
> []                *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> [   16.158282] 4 locks held by kworker/0:3/155:
> [   16.168978]  #0: ffff5b4d00008748 ((wq_completion)events){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1fc/0x664
> [   16.190017]  #1: ffff80000953bdc8 ((work_completion)(&mtk_subdev->register_work)){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1fc/0x664
> [   16.215269]  #2: ffff5b4d0e8f1918 (&mtk_subdev->channels_lock){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: mtk_register_device_work_function+0x50/0x1cc [mtk_rpmsg]
> [   16.242131]  #3: ffff5b4d05964190 (&dev->mutex){....}-{4:4}, at: __device_attach+0x44/0x190
>
>  drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c b/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c
> index 5b4404b8be4c..d1213c33da20 100644
> --- a/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c
> +++ b/drivers/rpmsg/mtk_rpmsg.c
> @@ -234,7 +234,9 @@ static void mtk_register_device_work_function(struct work_struct *register_work)
>                 if (info->registered)
>                         continue;
>
> +               mutex_unlock(&subdev->channels_lock);
>                 ret = mtk_rpmsg_register_device(subdev, &info->info);
> +               mutex_lock(&subdev->channels_lock);
>                 if (ret) {
>                         dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't create rpmsg_device\n");
>                         continue;
> --
> 2.35.1
>



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