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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior committed 01c2965f072
mm: dmapool: add/remove sysfs file outside of the pool lock lock cat /sys/.../pools followed by removal the device leads to: |====================================================== |[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] |3.17.0-rc4+ #1498 Not tainted |------------------------------------------------------- |rmmod/2505 is trying to acquire lock: | (s_active#28){++++.+}, at: [<c017f754>] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3c/0x88 | |but task is already holding lock: | (pools_lock){+.+.+.}, at: [<c011494c>] dma_pool_destroy+0x18/0x17c | |which lock already depends on the new lock. |the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: | |-> #1 (pools_lock){+.+.+.}: | [<c0114ae8>] show_pools+0x30/0xf8 | [<c0313210>] dev_attr_show+0x1c/0x48 | [<c0180e84>] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x88/0x10c | [<c017f960>] kernfs_seq_show+0x24/0x28 | [<c013efc4>] seq_read+0x1b8/0x480 | [<c011e820>] vfs_read+0x8c/0x148 | [<c011ea10>] SyS_read+0x40/0x8c | [<c000e960>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x48 | |-> #0 (s_active#28){++++.+}: | [<c017e9ac>] __kernfs_remove+0x258/0x2ec | [<c017f754>] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x3c/0x88 | [<c0114a7c>] dma_pool_destroy+0x148/0x17c | [<c03ad288>] hcd_buffer_destroy+0x20/0x34 | [<c03a4780>] usb_remove_hcd+0x110/0x1a4 The problem is the lock order of pools_lock and kernfs_mutex in dma_pool_destroy() vs show_pools() call path. This patch breaks out the creation of the sysfs file outside of the pools_lock mutex. The newly added pools_reg_lock ensures that there is no race of create vs destroy code path in terms whether or not the sysfs file has to be deleted (and was it deleted before we try to create a new one) and what to do if device_create_file() failed. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>