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author | Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com> | 2025-08-14 13:54:59 +0530 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2025-08-28 16:34:50 +0200 |
commit | 0cbf3ed34bcc40ac00efa59ec5762c9758f0a6e9 (patch) | |
tree | 5d65f0a0ee47f48a54642200d0934f6f013e9667 /lib/cpu-notifier-error-inject.c | |
parent | e74191a23a7fab5a5e931b558e8c3865ae8f4a4b (diff) |
block: avoid cpu_hotplug_lock depedency on freeze_lock
[ Upstream commit 370ac285f23aecae40600851fb4a1a9e75e50973 ]
A recent lockdep[1] splat observed while running blktest block/005
reveals a potential deadlock caused by the cpu_hotplug_lock dependency
on ->freeze_lock. This dependency was introduced by commit 033b667a823e
("block: blk-rq-qos: guard rq-qos helpers by static key").
That change added a static key to avoid fetching q->rq_qos when
neither blk-wbt nor blk-iolatency is configured. The static key
dynamically patches kernel text to a NOP when disabled, eliminating
overhead of fetching q->rq_qos in the I/O hot path. However, enabling
a static key at runtime requires acquiring both cpu_hotplug_lock and
jump_label_mutex. When this happens after the queue has already been
frozen (i.e., while holding ->freeze_lock), it creates a locking
dependency from cpu_hotplug_lock to ->freeze_lock, which leads to a
potential deadlock reported by lockdep [1].
To resolve this, replace the static key mechanism with q->queue_flags:
QUEUE_FLAG_QOS_ENABLED. This flag is evaluated in the fast path before
accessing q->rq_qos. If the flag is set, we proceed to fetch q->rq_qos;
otherwise, the access is skipped.
Since q->queue_flags is commonly accessed in IO hotpath and resides in
the first cacheline of struct request_queue, checking it imposes minimal
overhead while eliminating the deadlock risk.
This change avoids the lockdep splat without introducing performance
regressions.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/4fdm37so3o4xricdgfosgmohn63aa7wj3ua4e5vpihoamwg3ui@fq42f5q5t5ic/
Reported-by: Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/4fdm37so3o4xricdgfosgmohn63aa7wj3ua4e5vpihoamwg3ui@fq42f5q5t5ic/
Fixes: 033b667a823e ("block: blk-rq-qos: guard rq-qos helpers by static key")
Tested-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@wdc.com>
Signed-off-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250814082612.500845-4-nilay@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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