bd94d86f49
Tetsuo reported the following lockdep splat when the TSC synchronization
fails during CPU hotplug:
tsc: Marking TSC unstable due to check_tsc_sync_source failed
WARNING: inconsistent lock state
inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
ffffffff8cfa1c78 (watchdog_lock){?.-.}-{2:2}, at: clocksource_watchdog+0x23/0x5a0
{IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x3f/0x60
clocksource_mark_unstable+0x1b/0x90
mark_tsc_unstable+0x41/0x50
check_tsc_sync_source+0x14f/0x180
sysvec_call_function_single+0x69/0x90
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
lock(watchdog_lock);
<Interrupt>
lock(watchdog_lock);
stack backtrace:
_raw_spin_lock+0x30/0x40
clocksource_watchdog+0x23/0x5a0
run_timer_softirq+0x2a/0x50
sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x90
The reason is the recent conversion of the TSC synchronization function
during CPU hotplug on the control CPU to a SMP function call. In case
that the synchronization with the upcoming CPU fails, the TSC has to be
marked unstable via clocksource_mark_unstable().
clocksource_mark_unstable() acquires 'watchdog_lock', but that lock is
taken with interrupts enabled in the watchdog timer callback to minimize
interrupt disabled time. That's obviously a possible deadlock scenario,
Before that change the synchronization function was invoked in thread
context so this could not happen.
As it is not crucical whether the unstable marking happens slightly
delayed, defer the call to a worker thread which avoids the lock context
problem.
Fixes:
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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.