Re: xen: sleeping in atomic warnings

[Juergen Gross]

On 07.02.23 14:37, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> These are static checker warnings from Smatch.  The line numbers are
> based on next-20230207.  To reproduce these warnings then you need to
> have the latest Smatch from git and you need to rebuild the cross
> function probably four times.  I have reviewed most of these and they
> all seem valid to me.  I remember I reported some a while back but never
> heard back.  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20210802144037.GA29540@kili/
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
> arch/x86/xen/p2m.c:189 alloc_p2m_page() warn: sleeping in atomic context
> xen_create_contiguous_region() <- disables preempt
> xen_destroy_contiguous_region() <- disables preempt
> -> xen_remap_exchanged_ptes()
>     -> set_phys_to_machine()
>        -> xen_alloc_p2m_entry()
>           -> alloc_p2m_pmd()
> xen_alloc_p2m_entry() <duplicate>
>              -> alloc_p2m_page()

Those allocations can't be reached after early boot.

> drivers/xen/events/events_base.c:1213 bind_evtchn_to_irq_chip() warn: sleeping in atomic context
> pvcalls_front_connect() <- disables preempt
> pvcalls_front_accept() <- disables preempt
> -> create_active()
>     -> bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler()
>        -> bind_evtchn_to_irqhandler_chip()
>           -> bind_evtchn_to_irq_chip()

Yes, that one looks very suspicious. Basically the same problem as all
the other pvcalls issues below.

> drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c:303 netxen_pcie_sem_lock() warn: sleeping in atomic context
> netxen_nic_hw_write_wx_2M() <- disables preempt
> netxen_nic_hw_read_wx_2M() <- disables preempt
> -> netxen_pcie_sem_lock()

This is not Xen related.

> drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c:110 pcistub_device_release() warn: sleeping in atomic context
> pcistub_get_pci_dev_by_slot() <- disables preempt
> pcistub_get_pci_dev() <- disables preempt
> -> pcistub_device_get_pci_dev()
>     -> pcistub_device_put()
>        -> pcistub_device_release()

Seems top be problematic, too.

> drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c:1016 __scsiback_del_translation_entry() warn: sleeping in atomic context
> scsiback_del_translation_entry() <- disables preempt
> scsiback_release_translation_entry() <- disables preempt
> -> __scsiback_del_translation_entry()

Needs fixing (same fix as the other scsiback issue).

Thanks for the reports,


Juergen

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