Re: [RFC][PATCH] hrtimer: Use printk_deferred_once for hrtimer_interrupt message

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, Feb 21 2024 at 21:12, John Stultz wrote:

Cc+ John. Keeping context intact,

> With qemu, I constantly see lockdep warnings after the
> hrimter_interrupt message is printed:
>
> [   43.434557] hrtimer: interrupt took 6517564 ns
> [   43.435000]
> [   43.435000] =============================
> [   43.435000] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]

Do you have PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING enabled?

> [   43.435000] 6.8.0-rc5-00002-g28763ef29a5b #3743 Not tainted
> [   43.435000] -----------------------------
> [   43.435000] lock_torture_wr/605 is trying to lock:
> [   43.435000] ffffffffbdcdc6f8 (&port_lock_key){-...}-{3:3}, at: serial8250_console_write+0xdd/0x710
> [   43.435000] other info that might help us debug this:
> [   43.435000] context-{2:2}
> [   43.435000] 4 locks held by lock_torture_wr/605:
> [   43.435000]  #0: ffffffffbd6f1de8 (torture_mutex_init#4){+.+.}-{4:4}, at: torture_mutex_nested_lock+0x4b/0x70
> [   43.435000]  #1: ffffffffbb557260 (console_lock){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: vprintk_emit+0xd3/0x330
> [   43.435000]  #2: ffffffffbb5572d0 (console_srcu){....}-{0:0}, at: console_flush_all+0xd6/0x6b0
> [   43.435000]  #3: ffffffffbb396e20 (console_owner){-...}-{0:0}, at: console_flush_all+0x2a0/0x6b0
> [   43.435000] stack backtrace:
> [   43.435000] CPU: 36 PID: 605 Comm: lock_torture_wr Not tainted 6.8.0-rc5-00002-g28763ef29a5b #3743
> [   43.435000] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
> [   43.435000] Call Trace:
> [   43.435000]  <IRQ>
> [   43.435000]  dump_stack_lvl+0x57/0x90
> [   43.435000]  __lock_acquire+0xd07/0x3260
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? memchr+0x1e/0x50
> [   43.435000]  lock_acquire+0x159/0x3b0
> [   43.435000]  ? serial8250_console_write+0xdd/0x710
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx___lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x42/0x60
> [   43.435000]  ? serial8250_console_write+0xdd/0x710
> [   43.435000]  serial8250_console_write+0xdd/0x710
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_serial8250_console_write+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_lock_release+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x104/0x180
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? console_flush_all+0x2a0/0x6b0
> [   43.435000]  console_flush_all+0x2ea/0x6b0
> [   43.435000]  ? console_flush_all+0x2a0/0x6b0
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_console_flush_all+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_lock_acquire+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  console_unlock+0x9d/0x150
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx_console_unlock+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? vprintk_emit+0xd3/0x330
> [   43.435000]  ? __down_trylock_console_sem+0x62/0xa0
> [   43.435000]  ? vprintk_emit+0xd3/0x330
> [   43.435000]  vprintk_emit+0xdc/0x330
> [   43.435000]  _printk+0x92/0xb0
> [   43.435000]  ? __pfx__printk+0x10/0x10
> [   43.435000]  ? hrtimer_interrupt+0x2f0/0x360
> [   43.439262]  __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xb8/0x290
> [   43.439345]  sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8a/0xb0
> [   43.439345]  </IRQ>
> [   43.439345]  <TASK>
> [   43.439345]  asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20
>
> I thought the new printk work was going to resolve this, but
> apparently not, so to avoid trying to printk in this problematic
> context, lets use prink_deferred_once() instead.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/time/hrtimer.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
> index edb0f821dcea..e6b060403384 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
> @@ -1870,7 +1870,8 @@ void hrtimer_interrupt(struct clock_event_device *dev)
>  	else
>  		expires_next = ktime_add(now, delta);
>  	tick_program_event(expires_next, 1);
> -	pr_warn_once("hrtimer: interrupt took %llu ns\n", ktime_to_ns(delta));
> +	printk_deferred_once(KERN_WARNING "hrtimer: interrupt took %llu ns\n",
> +			     ktime_to_ns(delta));
>  }
>  
>  /* called with interrupts disabled */