Re: [PATCH mm 1/4] lib/stackdepot: add printk_deferred_enter/exit guards

From: Marco Elver
Date: Tue Dec 12 2023 - 14:00:12 EST


On Tue, 12 Dec 2023 at 01:14, <andrey.konovalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Stack depot functions can be called from various contexts that do
> allocations, including with console locks taken. At the same time, stack
> depot functions might print WARNING's or refcount-related failures.
>
> This can cause a deadlock on console locks.
>
> Add printk_deferred_enter/exit guards to stack depot to avoid this.
>
> Reported-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000f56750060b9ad216@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>

Doesn't need Fixes, because the series is not yet in mainline, right?

> ---
> lib/stackdepot.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/lib/stackdepot.c b/lib/stackdepot.c
> index 870cce2f4cbd..a0be5d05c7f0 100644
> --- a/lib/stackdepot.c
> +++ b/lib/stackdepot.c
> @@ -506,12 +506,14 @@ depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot_save_flags(unsigned long *entries,
> bucket = &stack_table[hash & stack_hash_mask];
>
> read_lock_irqsave(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> + printk_deferred_enter();
>
> /* Fast path: look the stack trace up without full locking. */
> found = find_stack(bucket, entries, nr_entries, hash);
> if (found) {
> if (depot_flags & STACK_DEPOT_FLAG_GET)
> refcount_inc(&found->count);
> + printk_deferred_exit();
> read_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> goto exit;
> }
> @@ -520,6 +522,7 @@ depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot_save_flags(unsigned long *entries,
> if (new_pool_required)
> need_alloc = true;
>
> + printk_deferred_exit();
> read_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_rwlock, flags);
>
> /*
> @@ -541,6 +544,7 @@ depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot_save_flags(unsigned long *entries,
> }
>
> write_lock_irqsave(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> + printk_deferred_enter();
>
> found = find_stack(bucket, entries, nr_entries, hash);
> if (!found) {
> @@ -562,6 +566,7 @@ depot_stack_handle_t stack_depot_save_flags(unsigned long *entries,
> depot_keep_new_pool(&prealloc);
> }
>
> + printk_deferred_exit();
> write_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> exit:
> if (prealloc) {
> @@ -600,9 +605,11 @@ unsigned int stack_depot_fetch(depot_stack_handle_t handle,
> return 0;
>
> read_lock_irqsave(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> + printk_deferred_enter();
>
> stack = depot_fetch_stack(handle);
>
> + printk_deferred_exit();
> read_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_rwlock, flags);
>
> *entries = stack->entries;
> @@ -619,6 +626,7 @@ void stack_depot_put(depot_stack_handle_t handle)
> return;
>
> write_lock_irqsave(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> + printk_deferred_enter();
>
> stack = depot_fetch_stack(handle);
> if (WARN_ON(!stack))
> @@ -633,6 +641,7 @@ void stack_depot_put(depot_stack_handle_t handle)
> }
>
> out:
> + printk_deferred_exit();
> write_unlock_irqrestore(&pool_rwlock, flags);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stack_depot_put);
> --
> 2.25.1
>