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authorAlfredo Alvarez Fernandez <alfredoalvarezfernandez@gmail.com>2016-02-10 23:33:32 (GMT)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-02-29 09:32:29 (GMT)
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locking/lockdep: Prevent chain_key collisions
The chain_key hashing macro iterate_chain_key(key1, key2) does not generate a new different value if both key1 and key2 are 0. In that case the generated value is again 0. This can lead to collisions which can result in lockdep not detecting deadlocks or circular dependencies. Avoid the problem by using class_idx (1-based) instead of class id (0-based) as an input for the hashing macro 'key2' in iterate_chain_key(key1, key2). The use of class id created collisions in cases like the following: 1.- Consider an initial state in which no class has been acquired yet. Under these circumstances an AA deadlock will not be detected by lockdep: lock [key1,key2]->new key (key1=old chain_key, key2=id) -------------------------- A [0,0]->0 A [0,0]->0 (collision) The newly generated chain_key collides with the one used before and as a result the check for a deadlock is skipped A simple test using liblockdep and a pthread mutex confirms the problem: (omitting stack traces) new class 0xe15038: 0x7ffc64950f20 acquire class [0xe15038] 0x7ffc64950f20 acquire class [0xe15038] 0x7ffc64950f20 hash chain already cached, key: 0000000000000000 tail class: [0xe15038] 0x7ffc64950f20 2.- Consider an ABBA in 2 different tasks and no class yet acquired. T1 [key1,key2]->new key T2[key1,key2]->new key -- -- A [0,0]->0 B [0,1]->1 B [0,1]->1 (collision) A In this case the collision prevents lockdep from creating the new dependency A->B. This in turn results in lockdep not detecting the circular dependency when T2 acquires A. Signed-off-by: Alfredo Alvarez Fernandez <alfredoalvarezernandez@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: sasha.levin@oracle.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455147212-2389-4-git-send-email-alfredoalvarezernandez@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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