Re: [PATCH 2/2] PM: domain: use per-genpd lockdep class

From: Dmitry Baryshkov
Date: Mon Jun 28 2021 - 15:55:37 EST


Hi,

On 17/06/2021 12:07, Ulf Hansson wrote:
+ Rajendra

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 at 17:55, Bjorn Andersson
<bjorn.andersson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue 15 Jun 05:17 CDT 2021, Ulf Hansson wrote:

+ Mark

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 16:34, Dmitry Baryshkov
<dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Added Stephen to Cc list

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 16:50, Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 12:15, Dmitry Baryshkov
<dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In case of nested genpds it is easy to get the following warning from
lockdep, because all genpd's mutexes share same locking class. Use the
per-genpd locking class to stop lockdep from warning about possible
deadlocks. It is not possible to directly use genpd nested locking, as
it is not the genpd code calling genpd. There are interim calls to
regulator core.

[ 3.030219] ============================================
[ 3.030220] WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
[ 3.030221] 5.13.0-rc3-00054-gf8f0a2f2b643-dirty #2480 Not tainted
[ 3.030222] --------------------------------------------
[ 3.030223] kworker/u16:0/7 is trying to acquire lock:
[ 3.030224] ffffde0eabd29aa0 (&genpd->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genpd_lock_mtx+0x18/0x2c
[ 3.030236]
[ 3.030236] but task is already holding lock:
[ 3.030236] ffffde0eabcfd6d0 (&genpd->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genpd_lock_mtx+0x18/0x2c
[ 3.030240]
[ 3.030240] other info that might help us debug this:
[ 3.030240] Possible unsafe locking scenario:
[ 3.030240]
[ 3.030241] CPU0
[ 3.030241] ----
[ 3.030242] lock(&genpd->mlock);
[ 3.030243] lock(&genpd->mlock);
[ 3.030244]
[ 3.030244] *** DEADLOCK ***
[ 3.030244]
[ 3.030244] May be due to missing lock nesting notation
[ 3.030244]
[ 3.030245] 6 locks held by kworker/u16:0/7:
[ 3.030246] #0: ffff6cca00010938 ((wq_completion)events_unbound){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1f0/0x730
[ 3.030252] #1: ffff8000100c3db0 (deferred_probe_work){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: process_one_work+0x1f0/0x730
[ 3.030255] #2: ffff6cca00ce3188 (&dev->mutex){....}-{3:3}, at: __device_attach+0x3c/0x184
[ 3.030260] #3: ffffde0eabcfd6d0 (&genpd->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genpd_lock_mtx+0x18/0x2c
[ 3.030264] #4: ffff8000100c3968 (regulator_ww_class_acquire){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: regulator_lock_dependent+0x6c/0x1b0
[ 3.030270] #5: ffff6cca00a59158 (regulator_ww_class_mutex){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: regulator_lock_recursive+0x94/0x1d0
[ 3.030273]
[ 3.030273] stack backtrace:
[ 3.030275] CPU: 6 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 5.13.0-rc3-00054-gf8f0a2f2b643-dirty #2480
[ 3.030276] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT)
[ 3.030278] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
[ 3.030280] Call trace:
[ 3.030281] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1a0
[ 3.030284] show_stack+0x18/0x24
[ 3.030286] dump_stack+0x108/0x188
[ 3.030289] __lock_acquire+0xa20/0x1e0c
[ 3.030292] lock_acquire.part.0+0xc8/0x320
[ 3.030294] lock_acquire+0x68/0x84
[ 3.030296] __mutex_lock+0xa0/0x4f0
[ 3.030299] mutex_lock_nested+0x40/0x50
[ 3.030301] genpd_lock_mtx+0x18/0x2c
[ 3.030303] dev_pm_genpd_set_performance_state+0x94/0x1a0
[ 3.030305] reg_domain_enable+0x28/0x4c
[ 3.030308] _regulator_do_enable+0x420/0x6b0
[ 3.030310] _regulator_enable+0x178/0x1f0
[ 3.030312] regulator_enable+0x3c/0x80

At a closer look, I am pretty sure that it's the wrong code design
that triggers this problem, rather than that we have a real problem in
genpd. To put it simply, the code in genpd isn't designed to work like
this. We will end up in circular looking paths, leading to deadlocks,
sooner or later if we allow the above code path.

To fix it, the regulator here needs to be converted to a proper PM
domain. This PM domain should be assigned as the parent to the one
that is requested to be powered on.

This more or less resembles original design, replaced per review
request to use separate regulator
(https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/160269659638.884498.4031967462806977493@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/,
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20201023131925.334864-1-dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx/).

Thanks for the pointers. In hindsight, it looks like the
"regulator-fixed-domain" DT binding wasn't the right thing.

Fortunately, it looks like the problem can be quite easily fixed, by
moving to a correct model of the domain hierarchy.


Can you give some pointers to how we actually fix this?

The problem that lead us down this path is that drivers/clk/qcom/gdsc.c
describes power domains, which are parented by domains provided by
drivers/soc/qcom/rpmhpd.c.

But I am unable to find a way for the gdsc driver to get hold of the
struct generic_pm_domain of the resources exposed by the rpmhpd driver.

You don't need a handle to the struct generic_pm_domain, to assign a
parent/child domain. Instead you can use of_genpd_add_subdomain(),
which takes two "struct of_phandle_args*" corresponding to the
parent/child device nodes of the genpd providers and then let genpd
internally do the look up.

I've taken a look onto of_genpd_add_subdomain. Please correct me if I'm wrong, I have the feeling that this function is badly designed. It provokes to use the following sequence:
- register child domain
- register child's domain provider
- mark child as a subdomain of a parent.

So we have a (short) timeslice when users can get hold of child domain, but the system knows about a child domain, but does not about a parent/child relationship.

I think this function should be changed to take struct generic_pm_domain as a second argument. I will attempt refactoring cpuidle-psci-domain to follow this, let's see if this will work.

Another option would be to export genpd_get_from_provider() and to use genpd_add_subdomain() directly.

I think I'd need this function anyway for the gdsc code. During gdsc_init() we check gdsc status and this requires register access (and thus powering on the parent domain) before the gdsc is registered itself as a power domain.

--
With best wishes
Dmitry