Re: [possible deadlock][3.1.0-g138c4ae] possible circular lockingdependency detected

From: Bob Liu
Date: Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:44:42 EST


On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks:
>
> My dmesg said that:
>
> ======================================================
> [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
> 3.1.0-138c4ae #2
> -------------------------------------------------------
> hugemmap05/18198 is trying to acquire lock:
> Â(&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}, at: [<ffffffff8114d85c>] might_fault+0x5c/0xb0
>
> but task is already holding lock:
> Â(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#21){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff811a10f6>] vfs_readdir+0x86/0xe0
>
> which lock already depends on the new lock.
>
>
> the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
>
> -> #1 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#21){+.+.+.}:
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810afd34>] validate_chain+0x704/0x860
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810b018c>] __lock_acquire+0x2fc/0x500
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810b0b01>] lock_acquire+0xb1/0x1a0
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff815464f2>] __mutex_lock_common+0x62/0x420
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff81546a1a>] mutex_lock_nested+0x4a/0x60
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff8120b4ba>] hugetlbfs_file_mmap+0xaa/0x160
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff81158071>] mmap_region+0x3e1/0x590
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff81158584>] do_mmap_pgoff+0x364/0x3b0
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff811587d9>] sys_mmap_pgoff+0x209/0x240
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff8101aac9>] sys_mmap+0x29/0x30
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff81551542>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>
> -> #0 (&mm->mmap_sem){++++++}:
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810af607>] check_prev_add+0x537/0x560
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810afd34>] validate_chain+0x704/0x860
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810b018c>] __lock_acquire+0x2fc/0x500
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff810b0b01>] lock_acquire+0xb1/0x1a0
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff8114d889>] might_fault+0x89/0xb0
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff811a0f2e>] filldir+0x7e/0xe0
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff811b445e>] dcache_readdir+0x5e/0x230
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff811a1130>] vfs_readdir+0xc0/0xe0
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff811a12c9>] sys_getdents+0x89/0x100
> Â Â Â [<ffffffff81551542>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> ÂPossible unsafe locking scenario:
>
> Â Â Â CPU0 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ÂCPU1
> Â Â Â ---- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â----
> Âlock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key);
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â lock(&mm->mmap_sem);
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key);
> Âlock(&mm->mmap_sem);
>
> Â*** DEADLOCK ***
>
> 1 lock held by hugemmap05/18198:
> Â#0: Â(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#21){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff811a10f6>] vfs_readdir+0x86/0xe0
>
> stack backtrace:
> Pid: 18198, comm: hugemmap05 Not tainted 3.1.0-138c4ae #2
> Call Trace:
> Â[<ffffffff810ad469>] print_circular_bug+0x109/0x110
> Â[<ffffffff810af607>] check_prev_add+0x537/0x560
> Â[<ffffffff8114e112>] ? do_anonymous_page+0xf2/0x2d0
> Â[<ffffffff810afd34>] validate_chain+0x704/0x860
> Â[<ffffffff810b018c>] __lock_acquire+0x2fc/0x500
> Â[<ffffffff810b0b01>] lock_acquire+0xb1/0x1a0
> Â[<ffffffff8114d85c>] ? might_fault+0x5c/0xb0
> Â[<ffffffff8114d889>] might_fault+0x89/0xb0
> Â[<ffffffff8114d85c>] ? might_fault+0x5c/0xb0
> Â[<ffffffff81546763>] ? __mutex_lock_common+0x2d3/0x420
> Â[<ffffffff811a10f6>] ? vfs_readdir+0x86/0xe0
> Â[<ffffffff811a0f2e>] filldir+0x7e/0xe0
> Â[<ffffffff811b445e>] dcache_readdir+0x5e/0x230
> Â[<ffffffff811a0eb0>] ? filldir64+0xf0/0xf0
> Â[<ffffffff811a0eb0>] ? filldir64+0xf0/0xf0
> Â[<ffffffff811a0eb0>] ? filldir64+0xf0/0xf0
> Â[<ffffffff811a1130>] vfs_readdir+0xc0/0xe0
> Â[<ffffffff8118e9be>] ? fget+0xee/0x220
> Â[<ffffffff8118e8d0>] ? fget_raw+0x220/0x220
> Â[<ffffffff811a12c9>] sys_getdents+0x89/0x100
> Â[<ffffffff81551542>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>

Please try this patch "lockdep: Add helper function for dir vs file
i_mutex annotation" by josh.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git;a=commitdiff;h=e096d0c7e2e4e5893792db865dd065ac73cf1f00

>
>
> Wile hugemmap05 is a test case from LTP.
> http://ltp.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=ltp/ltp.git;a=blob;f=testcases/kernel/mem/hugetlb/hugemmap/hugemmap05.c;h=50bb8ca23ae9686662740f9ea5d7187affff8b60;hb=HEAD
>
> But I don't know how to reproduce this.
>
>
> Thanks
> -Wanlong Gao
>
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--Bob
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