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A circular lock dependency splat has been seen involving down_trylock().

[ 4011.795602] ======================================================
[ 4011.795603] WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
[ 4011.795607] 6.12.0-41.el10.s390x+debug
[ 4011.795612] ------------------------------------------------------
[ 4011.795613] dd/32479 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 4011.795617] 0015a20accd0d4f8 ((console_sem).lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: down_trylock+0x26/0x90
[ 4011.795636]
[ 4011.795636] but task is already holding lock:
[ 4011.795637] 000000017e461698 (&zone->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}, at: rmqueue_bulk+0xac/0x8f0

  the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
  -> Rust-for-Linux#4 (&zone->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
  -> Rust-for-Linux#3 (hrtimer_bases.lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
  -> Rust-for-Linux#2 (&rq->__lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
  -> Rust-for-Linux#1 (&p->pi_lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
  -> #0 ((console_sem).lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:

The console_sem -> pi_lock dependency is due to calling try_to_wake_up()
while holding the console.sem raw_spinlock. This dependency can be broken
by using wake_q to do the wakeup instead of calling try_to_wake_up()
under the console_sem lock. This will also make the semaphore's
raw_spinlock become a terminal lock without taking any further locks
underneath it.

The hrtimer_bases.lock is a raw_spinlock while zone->lock is a
spinlock. The hrtimer_bases.lock -> zone->lock dependency happens via
the debug_objects_fill_pool() helper function in the debugobjects code.

[ 4011.795646] -> Rust-for-Linux#4 (&zone->lock){-.-.}-{2:2}:
[ 4011.795650]        __lock_acquire+0xe86/0x1cc0
[ 4011.795655]        lock_acquire.part.0+0x258/0x630
[ 4011.795657]        lock_acquire+0xb8/0xe0
[ 4011.795659]        _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xb4/0x120
[ 4011.795663]        rmqueue_bulk+0xac/0x8f0
[ 4011.795665]        __rmqueue_pcplist+0x580/0x830
[ 4011.795667]        rmqueue_pcplist+0xfc/0x470
[ 4011.795669]        rmqueue.isra.0+0xdec/0x11b0
[ 4011.795671]        get_page_from_freelist+0x2ee/0xeb0
[ 4011.795673]        __alloc_pages_noprof+0x2c2/0x520
[ 4011.795676]        alloc_pages_mpol_noprof+0x1fc/0x4d0
[ 4011.795681]        alloc_pages_noprof+0x8c/0xe0
[ 4011.795684]        allocate_slab+0x320/0x460
[ 4011.795686]        ___slab_alloc+0xa58/0x12b0
[ 4011.795688]        __slab_alloc.isra.0+0x42/0x60
[ 4011.795690]        kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x304/0x350
[ 4011.795692]        fill_pool+0xf6/0x450
[ 4011.795697]        debug_object_activate+0xfe/0x360
[ 4011.795700]        enqueue_hrtimer+0x34/0x190
[ 4011.795703]        __run_hrtimer+0x3c8/0x4c0
[ 4011.795705]        __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1b2/0x260
[ 4011.795707]        hrtimer_interrupt+0x316/0x760
[ 4011.795709]        do_IRQ+0x9a/0xe0
[ 4011.795712]        do_irq_async+0xf6/0x160

Normally raw_spinlock to spinlock dependency is not legit
and will be warned if PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING is enabled,
but debug_objects_fill_pool() is an exception as it explicitly
allows this dependency for non-PREEMPT_RT kernel without causing
PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING lockdep splat. As a result, this dependency is
legit and not a bug.

Anyway, semaphore is the only locking primitive left that is still
using try_to_wake_up() to do wakeup inside critical section, all the
other locking primitives had been migrated to use wake_q to do wakeup
outside of the critical section. It is also possible that there are
other circular locking dependencies involving printk/console_sem or
other existing/new semaphores lurking somewhere which may show up in
the future. Let just do the migration now to wake_q to avoid headache
like this.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250127013127.3913153-1-longman@redhat.com
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Waiman-Long authored and fbq committed Feb 10, 2025
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13 changes: 9 additions & 4 deletions kernel/locking/semaphore.c
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Expand Up @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
#include <linux/sched/wake_q.h>
#include <linux/semaphore.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/ftrace.h>
Expand All @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ static noinline void __down(struct semaphore *sem);
static noinline int __down_interruptible(struct semaphore *sem);
static noinline int __down_killable(struct semaphore *sem);
static noinline int __down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long timeout);
static noinline void __up(struct semaphore *sem);
static noinline void __up(struct semaphore *sem, struct wake_q_head *wake_q);

/**
* down - acquire the semaphore
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -183,13 +184,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(down_timeout);
void __sched up(struct semaphore *sem)
{
unsigned long flags;
DEFINE_WAKE_Q(wake_q);

raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&sem->lock, flags);
if (likely(list_empty(&sem->wait_list)))
sem->count++;
else
__up(sem);
__up(sem, &wake_q);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sem->lock, flags);
if (!wake_q_empty(&wake_q))
wake_up_q(&wake_q);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(up);

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -269,11 +273,12 @@ static noinline int __sched __down_timeout(struct semaphore *sem, long timeout)
return __down_common(sem, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE, timeout);
}

static noinline void __sched __up(struct semaphore *sem)
static noinline void __sched __up(struct semaphore *sem,
struct wake_q_head *wake_q)
{
struct semaphore_waiter *waiter = list_first_entry(&sem->wait_list,
struct semaphore_waiter, list);
list_del(&waiter->list);
waiter->up = true;
wake_up_process(waiter->task);
wake_q_add(wake_q, waiter->task);
}

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