[RESEND PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Fix cpu_hotplug_lock acquisition in resize_hpt

[Michael Ellerman]

"Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
> From: "Gautham R. Shenoy" <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Fix cpu_hotplug_lock acquisition in resize_hpt

ps. A "RESEND" implies the patch is unchanged and you're just resending
it because it was ignored.

In this case it should have just been "PATCH v2", with a note below the "---"
saying "v2: Rebased onto powerpc/next ..."

cheers

> During a memory hotplug operations involving resizing of the HPT, we
> invoke a stop_machine() to perform the resizing. In this code path, we
> end up recursively taking the cpu_hotplug_lock, first in
> memory_hotplug_begin() and then subsequently in stop_machine(). This
> causes the system to hang. With lockdep enabled we get the following
> error message before the hang.
>
>   swapper/0/1 is trying to acquire lock:
>   (____ptrval____) (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}, at: stop_machine+0x2c/0x60
>
>   but task is already holding lock:
>   (____ptrval____) (cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem){++++}, at: mem_hotplug_begin+0x20/0x50
>
>   other info that might help us debug this:
>    Possible unsafe locking scenario:
>
>          CPU0
>          ----
>     lock(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem);
>     lock(cpu_hotplug_lock.rw_sem);
>
>    *** DEADLOCK ***
>
> Fix this issue by
>   1) Requiring all the calls to pseries_lpar_resize_hpt() be made
>      with cpu_hotplug_lock held.
>
>   2) In pseries_lpar_resize_hpt() invoke stop_machine_cpuslocked()
>      as a consequence of 1)
>
>   3) To satisfy 1), in hpt_order_set(), call mmu_hash_ops.resize_hpt()
>      with cpu_hotplug_lock held.
>
> Reported-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Gautham R. Shenoy <ego at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>
> Rebased this one against powerpc/next instead of linux/master.
>
>  arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c | 8 ++++++--
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c
> index 919a861..d07fcafd 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_utils.c
> @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
>  #include <linux/libfdt.h>
>  #include <linux/pkeys.h>
>  #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
> +#include <linux/cpu.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/debugfs.h>
>  #include <asm/processor.h>
> @@ -1928,10 +1929,16 @@ static int hpt_order_get(void *data, u64 *val)
>  
>  static int hpt_order_set(void *data, u64 val)
>  {
> +	int ret;
> +
>  	if (!mmu_hash_ops.resize_hpt)
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> -	return mmu_hash_ops.resize_hpt(val);
> +	cpus_read_lock();
> +	ret = mmu_hash_ops.resize_hpt(val);
> +	cpus_read_unlock();
> +
> +	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(fops_hpt_order, hpt_order_get, hpt_order_set, "%llu\n");
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> index 1034ef1..2fc9756 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c
> @@ -859,7 +859,10 @@ static int pseries_lpar_resize_hpt_commit(void *data)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -/* Must be called in user context */
> +/*
> + * Must be called in user context. The caller should hold the
> + * cpus_lock.
> + */
>  static int pseries_lpar_resize_hpt(unsigned long shift)
>  {
>  	struct hpt_resize_state state = {
> @@ -913,7 +916,8 @@ static int pseries_lpar_resize_hpt(unsigned long shift)
>  
>  	t1 = ktime_get();
>  
> -	rc = stop_machine(pseries_lpar_resize_hpt_commit, &state, NULL);
> +	rc = stop_machine_cpuslocked(pseries_lpar_resize_hpt_commit,
> +				     &state, NULL);
>  
>  	t2 = ktime_get();
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.4