From 1f8a6a10fb9437eac3f516ea4324a19087872f30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 18:18:39 +0200 Subject: ring-buffer: pass in lockdep class key for reader_lock On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Testing tracer sched_switch: <6>Starting ring buffer hammer > PASSED > Testing tracer sysprof: PASSED > Testing tracer function: PASSED > Testing tracer irqsoff: > ============================================= > PASSED > Testing tracer preemptoff: PASSED > Testing tracer preemptirqsoff: [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] > PASSED > Testing tracer branch: 2.6.30-rc8-tip-01972-ge5b9078-dirty #5760 > --------------------------------------------- > rb_consumer/431 is trying to acquire lock: > (&cpu_buffer->reader_lock){......}, at: [] ring_buffer_reset_cpu+0x37/0x70 > > but task is already holding lock: > (&cpu_buffer->reader_lock){......}, at: [] ring_buffer_consume+0x7e/0xc0 > > other info that might help us debug this: > 1 lock held by rb_consumer/431: > #0: (&cpu_buffer->reader_lock){......}, at: [] ring_buffer_consume+0x7e/0xc0 The ring buffer is a generic structure, and can be used outside of ftrace. If ftrace traces within the use of the ring buffer, it can produce false positives with lockdep. This patch passes in a static lock key into the allocation of the ring buffer, so that different ring buffers will have their own lock class. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1244477919.13761.9042.camel@twins> [ store key in ring buffer descriptor ] Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index 7102d7a2fadb..22878b0d370c 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -426,6 +426,8 @@ struct ring_buffer { atomic_t record_disabled; cpumask_var_t cpumask; + struct lock_class_key *reader_lock_key; + struct mutex mutex; struct ring_buffer_per_cpu **buffers; @@ -565,6 +567,7 @@ rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu) cpu_buffer->cpu = cpu; cpu_buffer->buffer = buffer; spin_lock_init(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock); + lockdep_set_class(&cpu_buffer->reader_lock, buffer->reader_lock_key); cpu_buffer->lock = (raw_spinlock_t)__RAW_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&cpu_buffer->pages); @@ -635,7 +638,8 @@ static int rb_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self, * when the buffer wraps. If this flag is not set, the buffer will * drop data when the tail hits the head. */ -struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags) +struct ring_buffer *__ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags, + struct lock_class_key *key) { struct ring_buffer *buffer; int bsize; @@ -658,6 +662,7 @@ struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags) buffer->pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, BUF_PAGE_SIZE); buffer->flags = flags; buffer->clock = trace_clock_local; + buffer->reader_lock_key = key; /* need at least two pages */ if (buffer->pages == 1) @@ -715,7 +720,7 @@ struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags) kfree(buffer); return NULL; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_alloc); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ring_buffer_alloc); /** * ring_buffer_free - free a ring buffer. -- cgit v1.2.2