On 03/20/2013 03:55 PM, Rik van Riel wrote: > Include lkml in the CC: this time... *sigh* > ---8<--- > > This series makes the sysv semaphore code more scalable, > by reducing the time the semaphore lock is held, and making > the locking more scalable for semaphore arrays with multiple > semaphores.
Hi Rik, I'm getting the following false positives from lockdep: [ 80.492995] ============================================= [ 80.494052] [ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ] [ 80.494878] 3.9.0-rc4-next-20130325-sasha-00044-gcb6ef58 #315 Tainted: G W [ 80.496228] --------------------------------------------- [ 80.497171] trinity-child9/7210 is trying to acquire lock: [ 80.497934] (&(&sma->sem_base[i].lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8192da37>] newary+0x1c7/0x2a0 [ 80.499202] [ 80.499202] but task is already holding lock: [ 80.500031] (&(&sma->sem_base[i].lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8192da37>] newary+0x1c7/0x2a0 [ 80.500031] [ 80.500031] other info that might help us debug this: [ 80.500031] Possible unsafe locking scenario: [ 80.500031] [ 80.500031] CPU0 [ 80.500031] ---- [ 80.500031] lock(&(&sma->sem_base[i].lock)->rlock); [ 80.500031] lock(&(&sma->sem_base[i].lock)->rlock); [ 80.500031] [ 80.500031] *** DEADLOCK *** [ 80.500031] [ 80.500031] May be due to missing lock nesting notation [ 80.500031] [ 80.500031] 4 locks held by trinity-child9/7210: [ 80.500031] #0: (&ids->rw_mutex){+++++.}, at: [<ffffffff8192a422>] ipcget+0x72/0x340 [ 80.500031] #1: (rcu_read_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff81929b65>] ipc_addid+0x35/0x230 [ 80.500031] #2: (&(&new->lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff81929c00>] ipc_addid+0xd0/0x230 [ 80.500031] #3: (&(&sma->sem_base[i].lock)->rlock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8192da37>] newary+0x1c7/0x2a0 [ 80.500031] [ 80.500031] stack backtrace: [ 80.500031] Pid: 7210, comm: trinity-child9 Tainted: G W 3.9.0-rc4-next-20130325-sasha-00044-gcb6ef58 #315 [ 80.500031] Call Trace: [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8117f65e>] __lock_acquire+0xc6e/0x1e50 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff819ff225>] ? idr_get_empty_slot+0x255/0x3c0 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8117ca1e>] ? mark_held_locks+0x12e/0x150 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff811810ba>] lock_acquire+0x1aa/0x240 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192da37>] ? newary+0x1c7/0x2a0 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff83d8768b>] _raw_spin_lock+0x3b/0x70 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192da37>] ? newary+0x1c7/0x2a0 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192da37>] newary+0x1c7/0x2a0 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192a422>] ? ipcget+0x72/0x340 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192a5d6>] ipcget+0x226/0x340 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff81930215>] SyS_semget+0x65/0x80 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192d870>] ? semctl_down.constprop.8+0x320/0x320 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192c770>] ? wake_up_sem_queue_do+0xa0/0xa0 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff8192c690>] ? SyS_msgrcv+0x20/0x20 [ 80.500031] [<ffffffff83d90898>] tracesys+0xe1/0xe6 The code is: for (i = 0; i < nsems; i++) { INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sma->sem_base[i].sem_pending); spin_lock_init(&sma->sem_base[i].lock); spin_lock(&sma->sem_base[i].lock); <---- here } Thanks, Sasha -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/