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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-01-26 12:51:10 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2010-01-26 14:53:16 +0100
commit7b7422a566aa0dc1e582ce263d4c7ff4a772700a (patch)
tree29cb2554e08df65a82afd46f2e034ee0e015ac80 /kernel
parent9a3cbe3265c7714e8ee423feb6e27a080af79608 (diff)
clocksource: Prevent potential kgdb dead lock
commit 0f8e8ef7 (clocksource: Simplify clocksource watchdog resume logic) introduced a potential kgdb dead lock. When the kernel is stopped by kgdb inside code which holds watchdog_lock then kgdb dead locks in clocksource_resume_watchdog(). clocksource_resume_watchdog() is called from kbdg via clocksource_touch_watchdog() to avoid that the clock source watchdog marks TSC unstable after the kernel has been stopped. Solve this by replacing spin_lock with a spin_trylock and just return in case the lock is held. Not resetting the watchdog might result in TSC becoming marked unstable, but that's an acceptable penalty for using kgdb. The timekeeping is anyway easily screwed up by kgdb when the system uses either jiffies or a clock source which wraps in short intervals (e.g. pm_timer wraps about every 4.6s), so we really do not have to worry about that occasional TSC marked unstable side effect. The second caller of clocksource_resume_watchdog() is clocksource_resume(). The trylock is safe here as well because the system is UP at this point, interrupts are disabled and nothing else can hold watchdog_lock(). Reported-by: Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com> LKML-Reference: <1264480000-6997-4-git-send-email-jason.wessel@windriver.com> Cc: kgdb-bugreport@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/time/clocksource.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index e85c23404d34..13700833c181 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -343,7 +343,19 @@ static void clocksource_resume_watchdog(void)
{
unsigned long flags;
- spin_lock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags);
+ /*
+ * We use trylock here to avoid a potential dead lock when
+ * kgdb calls this code after the kernel has been stopped with
+ * watchdog_lock held. When watchdog_lock is held we just
+ * return and accept, that the watchdog might trigger and mark
+ * the monitored clock source (usually TSC) unstable.
+ *
+ * This does not affect the other caller clocksource_resume()
+ * because at this point the kernel is UP, interrupts are
+ * disabled and nothing can hold watchdog_lock.
+ */
+ if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&watchdog_lock, flags))
+ return;
clocksource_reset_watchdog();
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&watchdog_lock, flags);
}
@@ -458,8 +470,8 @@ void clocksource_resume(void)
* clocksource_touch_watchdog - Update watchdog
*
* Update the watchdog after exception contexts such as kgdb so as not
- * to incorrectly trip the watchdog.
- *
+ * to incorrectly trip the watchdog. This might fail when the kernel
+ * was stopped in code which holds watchdog_lock.
*/
void clocksource_touch_watchdog(void)
{