linux/kernel
John Stultz 6d9bcb621b timekeeping: use printk_deferred when holding timekeeping seqlock
Jiri Bohac pointed out that there are rare but potential deadlock
possibilities when calling printk while holding the timekeeping
seqlock.

This is due to printk() triggering console sem wakeup, which can
cause scheduling code to trigger hrtimers which may try to read
the time.

Specifically, as Jiri pointed out, that path is:
  printk
    vprintk_emit
      console_unlock
        up(&console_sem)
          __up
	    wake_up_process
	      try_to_wake_up
	        ttwu_do_activate
		  ttwu_activate
		    activate_task
		      enqueue_task
		        enqueue_task_fair
			  hrtick_update
			    hrtick_start_fair
			      hrtick_start_fair
			        get_time
				  ktime_get
				    --> endless loop on
				    read_seqcount_retry(&timekeeper_seq, ...)

This patch tries to avoid this issue by using printk_deferred (previously
named printk_sched) which should defer printing via a irq_work_queue.

Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Reported-by: Jiri Bohac <jbohac@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-06-04 16:54:17 -07:00
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debug arch: Mass conversion of smp_mb__*() 2014-04-18 14:20:48 +02:00
events Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 13:18:00 -07:00
gcov gcov: reuse kbasename helper 2013-11-13 12:09:34 +09:00
irq genirq: x86: Ensure that dynamic irq allocation does not conflict 2014-04-28 12:20:00 +02:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 14:00:15 -07:00
power Merge branches 'pnp', 'powercap', 'pm-runtime' and 'pm-opp' 2014-06-03 23:13:00 +02:00
printk printk: rename printk_sched to printk_deferred 2014-06-04 16:54:17 -07:00
rcu Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 12:57:53 -07:00
sched printk: Add printk_deferred_once 2014-06-04 16:54:17 -07:00
time timekeeping: use printk_deferred when holding timekeeping seqlock 2014-06-04 16:54:17 -07:00
trace tracing: Use rcu_dereference_sched() for trace event triggers 2014-05-02 23:12:42 -04:00
.gitignore Ignore generated file kernel/x509_certificate_list 2013-12-10 18:21:34 +00:00
acct.c
async.c
audit_tree.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit_watch.c inotify: Fix reporting of cookies for inotify events 2014-02-18 11:17:17 +01:00
audit.c net: Use netlink_ns_capable to verify the permisions of netlink messages 2014-04-24 13:44:54 -04:00
audit.h audit: Use struct net not pid_t to remember the network namespce to reply in 2014-03-20 10:10:53 -04:00
auditfilter.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
auditsc.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2014-04-12 12:38:53 -07:00
backtracetest.c kernel/backtracetest.c: replace no level printk by pr_info() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
bounds.c mm: do not allocate page->ptl dynamically, if spinlock_t fits to long 2013-12-20 12:25:45 -08:00
capability.c kernel/capability.c: code clean-up 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: fix rcu_read_lock() leak in update_if_frozen() 2014-05-13 11:28:30 -04:00
cgroup.c kernfs: move the last knowledge of sysfs out from kernfs 2014-05-27 14:33:17 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'x86-x32-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-04-02 12:51:41 -07:00
configs.c
context_tracking.c asmlinkage: Add explicit __visible to drivers/*, lib/*, kernel/* 2014-05-05 16:07:46 -07:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c kernel/cpu.c: convert printk to pr_foo() 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
cpuset.c mm: page_alloc: use jump labels to avoid checking number_of_cpusets 2014-06-04 16:54:08 -07:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c kernel/delayacct.c: remove redundant checking in __delayacct_add_tsk() 2013-11-13 12:09:12 +09:00
dma.c
elfcore.c switch elf_core_write_extra_phdrs() to dump_emit() 2013-11-09 00:16:23 -05:00
exec_domain.c kernel/exec_domain.c: code clean-up 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
exit.c memcg: optimize the "Search everything else" loop in mm_update_next_owner() 2014-06-04 16:54:03 -07:00
extable.c asmlinkage: Make main_extable_sort_needed visible 2014-02-13 18:13:22 -08:00
fork.c memcg: kill CONFIG_MM_OWNER 2014-06-04 16:54:01 -07:00
freezer.c libata, freezer: avoid block device removal while system is frozen 2013-12-19 13:50:32 -05:00
futex_compat.c compat: Get rid of (get|put)_compat_time(val|spec) 2014-02-02 14:09:12 -08:00
futex.c Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 12:57:53 -07:00
groups.c kernel/groups.c: remove return value of set_groups 2014-04-03 16:21:05 -07:00
hrtimer.c Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into next 2014-06-03 13:18:00 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtouint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
irq_work.c perf/x86: Warn to early_printk() in case irq_work is too slow 2014-02-21 21:49:07 +01:00
itimer.c
jump_label.c static_key: WARN on usage before jump_label_init was called 2013-10-19 19:45:35 -04:00
kallsyms.c kernel: use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...)) 2014-04-07 16:36:11 -07:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz kernel: remove CONFIG_USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS 2013-11-15 09:32:22 +09:00
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c powerpc, kexec: Fix "Processor X is stuck" issue during kexec from ST mode 2014-05-28 13:24:26 +10:00
kmod.c arch: Mass conversion of smp_mb__*() 2014-04-18 14:20:48 +02:00
kprobes.c kprobes: use KSYM_NAME_LEN to size identifier buffers 2013-11-13 12:09:26 +09:00
ksysfs.c kobject: Make support for uevent_helper optional. 2014-04-25 12:00:49 -07:00
kthread.c kthread: fix return value of kthread_create() upon SIGKILL. 2014-06-04 16:53:51 -07:00
latencytop.c kernel/latencytop.c: convert seq_printf to seq_puts 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-asmlinkage-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-03-31 14:13:25 -07:00
module_signing.c keys: change asymmetric keys to use common hash definitions 2013-10-25 17:15:18 -04:00
module-internal.h KEYS: Separate the kernel signature checking keyring from module signing 2013-09-25 17:17:01 +01:00
module.c Fixed one missing place for the new taint flag, and remove a warning 2014-05-01 10:35:01 -07:00
notifier.c notifier: Substitute rcu_access_pointer() for rcu_dereference_raw() 2014-02-26 06:35:13 -08:00
nsproxy.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2013-09-07 14:35:32 -07:00
padata.c padata: Fix wrong usage of rcu_dereference() 2013-12-05 21:28:42 +08:00
panic.c kernel/panic.c: display reason at end + pr_emerg 2014-04-07 16:36:08 -07:00
params.c params: improve standard definitions 2013-12-04 14:09:46 +10:30
pid_namespace.c pid_namespace: pidns_get() should check task_active_pid_ns() != NULL 2014-04-02 16:20:21 -07:00
pid.c pidns: fix free_pid() to handle the first fork failure 2013-09-30 14:31:03 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix-timers: Convert abuses of BUG_ON to WARN_ON 2013-12-09 16:56:29 +01:00
posix-timers.c
profile.c CPU hotplug notifiers registration fixes for 3.15-rc1 2014-04-07 14:55:46 -07:00
ptrace.c kernel/compat: convert to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2014-03-06 15:35:10 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c kernel/reboot.c: convert simple_strtoul to kstrtoint 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
relay.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2014-04-12 14:49:50 -07:00
res_counter.c kernel/res_counter.c: replace simple_strtoull by kstrtoull 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
resource.c resources: Clarify sanity check message 2014-05-23 10:47:21 -06:00
seccomp.c seccomp: fix memory leak on filter attach 2014-04-16 15:25:53 -04:00
signal.c sys_sgetmask/sys_ssetmask: add CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
smp.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu 2014-05-22 11:36:10 +02:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: kernel-doc warning fix 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
sys_ni.c sys_sgetmask/sys_ssetmask: add CONFIG_SGETMASK_SYSCALL 2014-06-04 16:54:14 -07:00
sys.c sched: Consolidate open coded implementations of nice level frobbing into nice_to_rlimit() and rlimit_to_nice() 2014-05-22 11:16:36 +02:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl_binary.c: use scnprintf() instead of snprintf() 2013-11-13 12:09:33 +09:00
sysctl.c kobject: Make support for uevent_helper optional. 2014-04-25 12:00:49 -07:00
system_certificates.S KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
system_keyring.c KEYS: correct alignment of system_certificate_list content in assembly file 2013-12-10 18:25:28 +00:00
task_work.c task_work: documentation 2013-09-11 15:58:27 -07:00
taskstats.c genetlink: only pass array to genl_register_family_with_ops() 2013-11-19 16:39:05 -05:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c
timeconst.bc
timer.c timer: Prevent overflow in apply_slack 2014-04-30 13:46:17 +02:00
torture.c torture: Remove __init from torture_init_begin/end 2014-05-14 09:46:30 -07:00
tracepoint.c kernel/tracepoint.c: kernel-doc fixes 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
up.c smp: Rename __smp_call_function_single() to smp_call_function_single_async() 2014-02-24 14:47:15 -08:00
user_namespace.c user namespace: fix incorrect memory barriers 2014-04-14 16:03:02 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c kernel/user.c: drop unused field 'files' from user_struct 2014-06-04 16:54:16 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c kernel/utsname_sysctl.c: replace obsolete __initcall by device_initcall 2014-06-04 16:54:15 -07:00
utsname.c userns: Kill nsown_capable it makes the wrong thing easy 2013-08-30 23:44:11 -07:00
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c:touch_softlockup_watchdog(): use raw_cpu_write() 2014-04-18 16:40:08 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Linux 3.15-rc6 2014-05-22 10:28:56 +02:00