tree e64cf823b043da2571966d89000274d008525f69
parent 0a923a76d615b4f54456ce6c52865bb0d5b5516d
author Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> 1582151774 -0800
committer Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> 1582161915 -0800

hwmon: (acpi_power_meter) Fix lockdep splat

Damien Le Moal reports a lockdep splat with the acpi_power_meter,
observed with Linux v5.5 and later.

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WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
5.6.0-rc2+ #629 Not tainted
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python/1397 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888619080070 (&resource->lock){+.+.}, at: show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]

               but task is already holding lock:
ffff88881643f188 (kn->count#119){++++}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x6a/0x160

               which lock already depends on the new lock.

               the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:

               -> #1 (kn->count#119){++++}:
       __kernfs_remove+0x626/0x7e0
       kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x41/0x80
       remove_attrs+0xcb/0x3c0 [acpi_power_meter]
       acpi_power_meter_notify+0x1f7/0x310 [acpi_power_meter]
       acpi_ev_notify_dispatch+0x198/0x1f3
       acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x4d/0x70
       process_one_work+0x7c8/0x1340
       worker_thread+0x94/0xc70
       kthread+0x2ed/0x3f0
       ret_from_fork+0x24/0x30

               -> #0 (&resource->lock){+.+.}:
       __lock_acquire+0x20be/0x49b0
       lock_acquire+0x127/0x340
       __mutex_lock+0x15b/0x1350
       show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]
       dev_attr_show+0x3f/0x80
       sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x216/0x410
       seq_read+0x407/0xf90
       vfs_read+0x152/0x2c0
       ksys_read+0xf3/0x1d0
       do_syscall_64+0x95/0x1010
       entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

               other info that might help us debug this:

 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(kn->count#119);
                               lock(&resource->lock);
                               lock(kn->count#119);
  lock(&resource->lock);

                *** DEADLOCK ***
4 locks held by python/1397:
 #0: ffff8890242d64e0 (&f->f_pos_lock){+.+.}, at: __fdget_pos+0x9b/0xb0
 #1: ffff889040be74e0 (&p->lock){+.+.}, at: seq_read+0x6b/0xf90
 #2: ffff8890448eb880 (&of->mutex){+.+.}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x47/0x160
 #3: ffff88881643f188 (kn->count#119){++++}, at: kernfs_seq_start+0x6a/0x160

               stack backtrace:
CPU: 10 PID: 1397 Comm: python Not tainted 5.6.0-rc2+ #629
Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/X11DPL-i, BIOS 3.1 05/21/2019
Call Trace:
 dump_stack+0x97/0xe0
 check_noncircular+0x32e/0x3e0
 ? print_circular_bug.isra.0+0x1e0/0x1e0
 ? unwind_next_frame+0xb9a/0x1890
 ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe
 ? graph_lock+0x79/0x170
 ? __lockdep_reset_lock+0x3c0/0x3c0
 ? mark_lock+0xbc/0x1150
 __lock_acquire+0x20be/0x49b0
 ? mark_held_locks+0xe0/0xe0
 ? stack_trace_save+0x91/0xc0
 lock_acquire+0x127/0x340
 ? show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]
 ? device_remove_bin_file+0x10/0x10
 ? device_remove_bin_file+0x10/0x10
 __mutex_lock+0x15b/0x1350
 ? show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]
 ? show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]
 ? mutex_lock_io_nested+0x11f0/0x11f0
 ? lock_downgrade+0x6a0/0x6a0
 ? kernfs_seq_start+0x47/0x160
 ? lock_acquire+0x127/0x340
 ? kernfs_seq_start+0x6a/0x160
 ? device_remove_bin_file+0x10/0x10
 ? show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]
 show_power+0x3c/0xa0 [acpi_power_meter]
 dev_attr_show+0x3f/0x80
 ? memset+0x20/0x40
 sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x216/0x410
 seq_read+0x407/0xf90
 ? security_file_permission+0x16f/0x2c0
 vfs_read+0x152/0x2c0

Problem is that reading an attribute takes the kernfs lock in the kernfs
code, then resource->lock in the driver. During an ACPI notification, the
opposite happens: The resource lock is taken first, followed by the kernfs
lock when sysfs attributes are removed and re-created. Presumably this is
now seen due to some locking related changes in kernfs after v5.4, but it
was likely always a problem.

Fix the problem by not blindly acquiring the lock in the notification
function. It is only needed to protect the various update functions.
However, those update functions are called anyway when sysfs attributes
are read. This means that we can just stop calling those functions from
the notifier, and the resource lock in the notifier function is no longer
needed.

That leaves two situations:

First, METER_NOTIFY_CONFIG removes and re-allocates capability strings.
While it did so under the resource lock, _displaying_ those strings was not
protected, creating a race condition. To solve this problem, selectively
protect both removal/creation and reporting of capability attributes with
the resource lock.

Second, removing and re-creating the attribute files is no longer protected
by the resource lock. That doesn't matter since access to each individual
attribute is protected by the kernfs lock. Userspace may get messed up if
attributes disappear and reappear under its nose, but that is not different
than today, and there is nothing we can do about it without major driver
restructuring.

Last but not least, when removing the driver, remove attribute functions
first, then release capability strings. This avoids yet another race
condition.

Reported-by: Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com>
Cc: Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.5+
Tested-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>