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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    [patch 1/6] rtmutex: Fix deadlock detector for real
From:       Thomas Gleixner <tglx () linutronix ! de>
Date:       2014-05-22 3:25:39
Message-ID: 20140522031949.725272460 () linutronix ! de
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The current deadlock detection logic does not work reliably due to the
following early exit path:

	/*
	 * Drop out, when the task has no waiters. Note,
	 * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting
	 * mode!
	 */
	if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) ||
			   top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)))
		goto out_unlock_pi;

So this not only exits when the task has no waiters, it also exits
unconditionally when the current waiter is not the top priority waiter
of the task.

So in a nested locking scenario, it might abort the lock chain walk
and therefor miss a potential deadlock.

Simple fix: Continue the chain walk, when deadlock detection is
enabled.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 kernel/locking/rtmutex.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: tip/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
===================================================================
--- tip.orig/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
+++ tip/kernel/locking/rtmutex.c
@@ -343,16 +343,22 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st
 	 * top_waiter can be NULL, when we are in the deboosting
 	 * mode!
 	 */
-	if (top_waiter && (!task_has_pi_waiters(task) ||
-			   top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task)))
-		goto out_unlock_pi;
+	if (top_waiter) {
+		if (!task_has_pi_waiters(task))
+			goto out_unlock_pi;
+
+		if (!detect_deadlock && top_waiter != task_top_pi_waiter(task))
+			goto out_unlock_pi;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * When deadlock detection is off then we check, if further
 	 * priority adjustment is necessary.
 	 */
-	if (!detect_deadlock && waiter->prio == task->prio)
-		goto out_unlock_pi;
+	if (waiter->prio == task->prio) {
+		if (!detect_deadlock)
+			goto out_unlock_pi;
+	}
 
 	lock = waiter->lock;
 	if (!raw_spin_trylock(&lock->wait_lock)) {
@@ -361,7 +367,12 @@ static int rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(st
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
-	/* Deadlock detection */
+	/*
+	 * Deadlock detection. If the lock is the same as the original
+	 * lock which caused us to walk the lock chain or if the
+	 * current lock is owned by the task which initiated the chain
+	 * walk, we detected a deadlock.
+	 */
 	if (lock == orig_lock || rt_mutex_owner(lock) == top_task) {
 		debug_rt_mutex_deadlock(deadlock_detect, orig_waiter, lock);
 		raw_spin_unlock(&lock->wait_lock);
@@ -527,6 +538,10 @@ static int task_blocks_on_rt_mutex(struc
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int chain_walk = 0, res;
 
+	/* Early deadlock detection */
+	if (detect_deadlock && owner == task)
+		return -EDEADLK;
+
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&task->pi_lock, flags);
 	__rt_mutex_adjust_prio(task);
 	waiter->task = task;


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