From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com> device_hotplug_lock is held around the acpi_bus_trim() call in acpi_scan_hot_remove() which generally removes devices (it removes ACPI device objects at least, but it may also remove "physical" device objects through .detach() callbacks of ACPI scan handlers). Thus, potentially, device sysfs attributes are removed under that lock and to remove those attributes it is necessary to hold the s_active references of their directory entries for writing.
On the other hand, the execution of a .show() or .store() callback from a sysfs attribute is carried out with that attribute's s_active reference held for reading. Consequently, if any device sysfs attribute that may be removed from within acpi_scan_hot_remove() through acpi_bus_trim() has a .store() or .show() callback which acquires device_hotplug_lock, the execution of that callback may deadlock with the removal of the attribute. [Unfortunately, the "online" device attribute of CPUs and memory blocks is one of them.] To avoid such deadlocks, make all of the sysfs attribute callbacks that need to lock device hotplug, for example store_online(), use a special function, lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(), to lock device hotplug and return the result of that function immediately if it is not zero. This will cause the s_active reference of the directory entry in question to be released and the syscall to be restarted if device_hotplug_lock cannot be acquired. [show_online() actually doesn't need to lock device hotplug, but it is useful to serialize it with respect to device_offline() and device_online() for the same device (in case user space attempts to run them concurrently) which can be done with the help of device_lock().] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com> Reported-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasu...@jp.fujitsu.com> Reported-by: Gu Zheng <guz.f...@cn.fujitsu.com> --- drivers/acpi/sysfs.c | 5 ++++- drivers/base/core.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- drivers/base/memory.c | 4 +++- include/linux/device.h | 1 + 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) Index: linux-pm/drivers/base/core.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/base/core.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/base/core.c @@ -49,6 +49,28 @@ static struct kobject *dev_kobj; struct kobject *sysfs_dev_char_kobj; struct kobject *sysfs_dev_block_kobj; +static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_hotplug_lock); + +void lock_device_hotplug(void) +{ + mutex_lock(&device_hotplug_lock); +} + +void unlock_device_hotplug(void) +{ + mutex_unlock(&device_hotplug_lock); +} + +int lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(void) +{ + if (mutex_trylock(&device_hotplug_lock)) + return 0; + + /* Avoid busy looping (5 ms of sleep should do). */ + msleep(5); + return restart_syscall(); +} + #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK static inline int device_is_not_partition(struct device *dev) { @@ -408,9 +430,9 @@ static ssize_t show_online(struct device { bool val; - lock_device_hotplug(); + device_lock(dev); val = !dev->offline; - unlock_device_hotplug(); + device_unlock(dev); return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", val); } @@ -424,7 +446,10 @@ static ssize_t store_online(struct devic if (ret < 0) return ret; - lock_device_hotplug(); + ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(); + if (ret) + return ret; + ret = val ? device_online(dev) : device_offline(dev); unlock_device_hotplug(); return ret < 0 ? ret : count; @@ -1479,18 +1504,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(put_device); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_create_file); EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(device_remove_file); -static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_hotplug_lock); - -void lock_device_hotplug(void) -{ - mutex_lock(&device_hotplug_lock); -} - -void unlock_device_hotplug(void) -{ - mutex_unlock(&device_hotplug_lock); -} - static int device_check_offline(struct device *dev, void *not_used) { int ret; Index: linux-pm/drivers/base/memory.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/base/memory.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/base/memory.c @@ -351,7 +351,9 @@ store_mem_state(struct device *dev, mem = container_of(dev, struct memory_block, dev); - lock_device_hotplug(); + ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(); + if (ret) + return ret; if (!strncmp(buf, "online_kernel", min_t(int, count, 13))) { offline = false; Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c @@ -796,7 +796,10 @@ static ssize_t force_remove_store(struct if (ret < 0) return ret; - lock_device_hotplug(); + ret = lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(); + if (ret) + return ret; + acpi_force_hot_remove = val; unlock_device_hotplug(); return size; Index: linux-pm/include/linux/device.h =================================================================== --- linux-pm.orig/include/linux/device.h +++ linux-pm/include/linux/device.h @@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ static inline bool device_supports_offli extern void lock_device_hotplug(void); extern void unlock_device_hotplug(void); +extern int lock_device_hotplug_sysfs(void); extern int device_offline(struct device *dev); extern int device_online(struct device *dev); /* -- 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/