[PATCH] s390/debug: Fix deadlock during unregister
Peter Oberparleiter <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-s390 |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Unregistering an s390dbf debug area while one of the associated debugfs
files is being written to can cause a deadlock:
$ echo >.../vmur/level $ rmmod vmur
===================================================
debugfs write
debugfs_file_get()
debug_unregister()
mutex_lock(debug_mutex)
debugfs_remove()
wait for debugfs_file_put()
debug_file_ops.write()
debug_input()
mutex_lock(debug_mutex) ==> DEADLOCK
Fix this by splitting debug_unregister() into an s390dbf and debugfs
part, and running only the s390dbf part with debug_mutex locked.
Signed-off-by: Peter Oberparleiter <[email protected]>
---
arch/s390/kernel/debug.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
index dbf430f479bd..14d2b58ad093 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/debug.c
@@ -993,8 +993,8 @@ void debug_register_static(debug_info_t *id, int pages_per_area, int nr_areas)
mutex_unlock(&debug_mutex);
}
-/* Remove debugfs entries and remove from internal list. */
-static void _debug_unregister(debug_info_t *id)
+/* Remove debugfs entries. */
+static void _debug_unregister_debugfs(debug_info_t *id)
{
int i;
@@ -1004,6 +1004,11 @@ static void _debug_unregister(debug_info_t *id)
debugfs_remove(id->debugfs_entries[i]);
}
debugfs_remove(id->debugfs_root_entry);
+}
+
+/* Remove from internal list. */
+static void _debug_unregister(debug_info_t *id)
+{
if (id == debug_area_first)
debug_area_first = id->next;
if (id == debug_area_last)
@@ -1029,6 +1034,7 @@ void debug_unregister(debug_info_t *id)
mutex_lock(&debug_mutex);
_debug_unregister(id);
mutex_unlock(&debug_mutex);
+ _debug_unregister_debugfs(id);
debug_info_put(id);
}
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