[PATCH] nvme: Use spin_lock_irqsave() when taking the ctrl->lock

Logan Gunthorpe logang at deltatee.com
Wed Jul 29 15:16:28 EDT 2020


When locking the ctrl->lock spinlock IRQs need to be disabled to avoid a
dead lock. The new spin_lock() calls recently added produce the
following lockdep warning when running the blktest nvme/003:

    ================================
    WARNING: inconsistent lock state
    --------------------------------
    inconsistent {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} -> {IN-SOFTIRQ-W} usage.
    ksoftirqd/2/22 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE0:SE0] takes:
    ffff888276a8c4c0 (&ctrl->lock){+.?.}-{2:2}, at: nvme_keep_alive_end_io+0x50/0xc0
    {SOFTIRQ-ON-W} state was registered at:
      lock_acquire+0x164/0x500
      _raw_spin_lock+0x28/0x40
      nvme_get_effects_log+0x37/0x1c0
      nvme_init_identify+0x9e4/0x14f0
      nvme_reset_work+0xadd/0x2360
      process_one_work+0x66b/0xb70
      worker_thread+0x6e/0x6c0
      kthread+0x1e7/0x210
      ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
    irq event stamp: 1449221
    hardirqs last  enabled at (1449220): [<ffffffff81c58e69>] ktime_get+0xf9/0x140
    hardirqs last disabled at (1449221): [<ffffffff83129665>] _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x25/0x60
    softirqs last  enabled at (1449210): [<ffffffff83400447>] __do_softirq+0x447/0x595
    softirqs last disabled at (1449215): [<ffffffff81b489b5>] run_ksoftirqd+0x35/0x50

    other info that might help us debug this:
     Possible unsafe locking scenario:

           CPU0
           ----
      lock(&ctrl->lock);
      <Interrupt>
        lock(&ctrl->lock);

     *** DEADLOCK ***

    no locks held by ksoftirqd/2/22.

    stack backtrace:
    CPU: 2 PID: 22 Comm: ksoftirqd/2 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc4-eid-vmlocalyes-dbg-00157-g7236657c6b3a #1450
    Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014
    Call Trace:
     dump_stack+0xc8/0x11a
     print_usage_bug.cold.63+0x235/0x23e
     mark_lock+0xa9c/0xcf0
     __lock_acquire+0xd9a/0x2b50
     lock_acquire+0x164/0x500
     _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x40/0x60
     nvme_keep_alive_end_io+0x50/0xc0
     blk_mq_end_request+0x158/0x210
     nvme_complete_rq+0x146/0x500
     nvme_loop_complete_rq+0x26/0x30 [nvme_loop]
     blk_done_softirq+0x187/0x1e0
     __do_softirq+0x118/0x595
     run_ksoftirqd+0x35/0x50
     smpboot_thread_fn+0x1d3/0x310
     kthread+0x1e7/0x210
     ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

Fixes: be93e87e7802 ("nvme: support for multiple Command Sets Supported and Effects log pages")
Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang at deltatee.com>
---

Note: this patch may be squashed with the patch noted in the fixes
tag, currently in nvme-5.9.

 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 05aa568a60af..ed8872022219 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2971,15 +2971,16 @@ int nvme_get_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u32 nsid, u8 log_page, u8 lsp, u8 csi,
 static struct nvme_cel *nvme_find_cel(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u8 csi)
 {
 	struct nvme_cel *cel, *ret = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;

-	spin_lock(&ctrl->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(cel, &ctrl->cels, entry) {
 		if (cel->csi == csi) {
 			ret = cel;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);

 	return ret;
 }
@@ -2988,6 +2989,7 @@ static int nvme_get_effects_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u8 csi,
 				struct nvme_effects_log **log)
 {
 	struct nvme_cel *cel = nvme_find_cel(ctrl, csi);
+	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret;

 	if (cel)
@@ -3006,9 +3008,9 @@ static int nvme_get_effects_log(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, u8 csi,

 	cel->csi = csi;

-	spin_lock(&ctrl->lock);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctrl->lock, flags);
 	list_add_tail(&cel->entry, &ctrl->cels);
-	spin_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctrl->lock, flags);
 out:
 	*log = &cel->log;
 	return 0;

base-commit: b6cec06d19d90db5dbcc50034fb33983f6259b8b
--
2.20.1



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