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A patch in the 12.2.0.0 set caused a new lockdep warning: WARNING: SOFTIRQ-safe -> SOFTIRQ-unsafe lock order detected 5.0.0-rc8-next-20190301-dbg+ #1 Not tainted Possible interrupt unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&(&qp->io_buf_list_put_lock)->rlock); local_irq_disable(); lock(&(&phba->hbalock)->rlock); lock(&(&qp->io_buf_list_put_lock)->rlock); <Interrupt> lock(&(&phba->hbalock)->rlock); see: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg128389.html In summary, the new patch added taking the io_buf_list_put_lock while under an irq-disabled hbalock. This created a lock heirarchy dependent upon irq being disabled, and there are paths that take the io_buf_list_put_lock without disabling irq. Looking at the lpfc_io_free routine, which is where the new heirarchy was introduced, there is no reason to be taking out the hbalock and raising irq, as the functionality is replaced by the io_buf_list_xxx locks. Resolve by removing the hbalock/irq calls in lpfc_io_free. Fixes: 5e5b511d8bfa ("scsi: lpfc: Partition XRI buffer list across Hardware Queues") Reported-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org> Signed-off-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: James Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.