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[PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock

Started byPrateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
First post2017-09-07 16:00 +0200
Last post2017-09-07 20:00 +0200
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  [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org> - 2017-09-07 16:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-07 19:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org> - 2017-09-08 04:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-09-07 20:00 +0200

#1728228 — [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock

FromPrateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
Date2017-09-07 16:00 +0200
Subject[PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: remove circular dependency deadlock
Message-ID<un5vA-A2-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
Remove circular dependency deadlock in a scenario where hotplug of CPU is
being done while there is updation in cgroup and cpuset triggered from
userspace.

Process A => kthreadd => Process B => Process C => Process A

Process A
cpu_subsys_offline();
  cpu_down();
    _cpu_down();
      percpu_down_write(&cpu_hotplug_lock); //held
      cpuhp_invoke_callback();
        workqueue_offline_cpu();
          wq_update_unbound_numa();
            kthread_create_on_node();
              wake_up_process();  //wakeup kthreadd
          flush_work();
          wait_for_completion();

kthreadd
kthreadd();
  kernel_thread();
    do_fork();
      copy_process();
        percpu_down_read(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
          __rwsem_down_read_failed_common(); //waiting

Process B
kernfs_fop_write();
  cgroup_file_write();
    cgroup_procs_write();
      percpu_down_write(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem); //held
      cgroup_attach_task();
        cgroup_migrate();
          cgroup_migrate_execute();
            cpuset_can_attach();
              mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex); //waiting

Process C
kernfs_fop_write();
  cgroup_file_write();
    cpuset_write_resmask();
      mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex); //held
      update_cpumask();
        update_cpumasks_hier();
          rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
            get_online_cpus();
              percpu_down_read(&cpu_hotplug_lock); //waiting

Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 2f4039b..60dc0ac 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -816,16 +816,15 @@ static int generate_sched_domains(cpumask_var_t **domains,
  * 'cpus' is removed, then call this routine to rebuild the
  * scheduler's dynamic sched domains.
  *
- * Call with cpuset_mutex held.  Takes get_online_cpus().
  */
-static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
+static void rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked(void)
 {
 	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
 	cpumask_var_t *doms;
 	int ndoms;
 
+	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
 	lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
-	get_online_cpus();
 
 	/*
 	 * We have raced with CPU hotplug. Don't do anything to avoid
@@ -833,27 +832,27 @@ static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
 	 * Anyways, hotplug work item will rebuild sched domains.
 	 */
 	if (!cpumask_equal(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
-		goto out;
+		return;
 
 	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
 	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
 
 	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
 	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
-out:
-	put_online_cpus();
 }
 #else /* !CONFIG_SMP */
-static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
+static void rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked(void)
 {
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
 void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
 {
+	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
-	rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
+	rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked();
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
+	put_online_cpus();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -940,7 +939,7 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *new_cpus)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (need_rebuild_sched_domains)
-		rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
+		rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1273,7 +1272,7 @@ static int update_relax_domain_level(struct cpuset *cs, s64 val)
 		cs->relax_domain_level = val;
 		if (!cpumask_empty(cs->cpus_allowed) &&
 		    is_sched_load_balance(cs))
-			rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
+			rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked();
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1306,7 +1305,6 @@ static void update_tasks_flags(struct cpuset *cs)
  *
  * Call with cpuset_mutex held.
  */
-
 static int update_flag(cpuset_flagbits_t bit, struct cpuset *cs,
 		       int turning_on)
 {
@@ -1339,7 +1337,7 @@ static int update_flag(cpuset_flagbits_t bit, struct cpuset *cs,
 	spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
 
 	if (!cpumask_empty(trialcs->cpus_allowed) && balance_flag_changed)
-		rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
+		rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked();
 
 	if (spread_flag_changed)
 		update_tasks_flags(cs);
@@ -1607,6 +1605,7 @@ static int cpuset_write_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft,
 	cpuset_filetype_t type = cft->private;
 	int retval = 0;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
 	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs)) {
 		retval = -ENODEV;
@@ -1644,6 +1643,7 @@ static int cpuset_write_u64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft,
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1654,6 +1654,7 @@ static int cpuset_write_s64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft,
 	cpuset_filetype_t type = cft->private;
 	int retval = -ENODEV;
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
 	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs))
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1668,6 +1669,7 @@ static int cpuset_write_s64(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css, struct cftype *cft,
 	}
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	return retval;
 }
 
@@ -1706,6 +1708,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_write_resmask(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	kernfs_break_active_protection(of->kn);
 	flush_work(&cpuset_hotplug_work);
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
 	if (!is_cpuset_online(cs))
 		goto out_unlock;
@@ -1731,6 +1734,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_write_resmask(struct kernfs_open_file *of,
 	free_trial_cpuset(trialcs);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
+	put_online_cpus();
 	kernfs_unbreak_active_protection(of->kn);
 	css_put(&cs->css);
 	flush_workqueue(cpuset_migrate_mm_wq);
@@ -2031,13 +2035,14 @@ static int cpuset_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 /*
  * If the cpuset being removed has its flag 'sched_load_balance'
  * enabled, then simulate turning sched_load_balance off, which
- * will call rebuild_sched_domains_locked().
+ * will call rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked().
  */
 
 static void cpuset_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 {
 	struct cpuset *cs = css_cs(css);
 
+	get_online_cpus();
 	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
 
 	if (is_sched_load_balance(cs))
@@ -2047,6 +2052,7 @@ static void cpuset_css_offline(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 	clear_bit(CS_ONLINE, &cs->flags);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
+	put_online_cpus();
 }
 
 static void cpuset_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
-- 
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is a member of Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.

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#1728340

FromPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date2017-09-07 19:50 +0200
Message-ID<un96a-3hI-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1728228
On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 07:26:23PM +0530, Prateek Sood wrote:
> Remove circular dependency deadlock in a scenario where hotplug of CPU is
> being done while there is updation in cgroup and cpuset triggered from
> userspace.
> 
> Process A => kthreadd => Process B => Process C => Process A

> Process A
> cpu_subsys_offline();
>   cpu_down();
>     _cpu_down();
>       percpu_down_write(&cpu_hotplug_lock); //held
>       cpuhp_invoke_callback();
>         workqueue_offline_cpu();
>           wq_update_unbound_numa();
>             kthread_create_on_node();
>               wake_up_process();  //wakeup kthreadd

TJ, I'm puzzled, why would we need to spawn new threads to update NUMA
affinity when taking a CPU out? That doesn't make sense to me, we can
either shrink the affinity of an existing thread or completely kill of a
thread if the mask becomes empty. But why spawn a new thread?

>           flush_work();
>           wait_for_completion();
> 
> kthreadd
> kthreadd();
>   kernel_thread();
>     do_fork();
>       copy_process();
>         percpu_down_read(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem);
>           __rwsem_down_read_failed_common(); //waiting

So this will eventually do our:

		complete() to make A go.


> Process B
> kernfs_fop_write();
>   cgroup_file_write();
>     cgroup_procs_write();
>       percpu_down_write(&cgroup_threadgroup_rwsem); //held
>       cgroup_attach_task();
>         cgroup_migrate();
>           cgroup_migrate_execute();
>             cpuset_can_attach();
>               mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex); //waiting
> 
> Process C
> kernfs_fop_write();
>   cgroup_file_write();
>     cpuset_write_resmask();
>       mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex); //held
>       update_cpumask();
>         update_cpumasks_hier();
>           rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
>             get_online_cpus();
>               percpu_down_read(&cpu_hotplug_lock); //waiting


So the whole thing looks like:


A		B			C		D

L(hotplug)
		L(threadgroup)
					L(cpuset)
							L(threadgroup)
WFC(c)
		L(cpuset)
					L(hotplug)
							C(c)

Yes, inverting cpuset and hotplug would break that chain, but I'm still
wondering why workqueue needs to spawn threads on CPU down.

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#1728537

FromPrateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
Date2017-09-08 04:20 +0200
Message-ID<unh3H-vE-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1728340
On 09/07/2017 11:15 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 07:26:23PM +0530, Prateek Sood wrote:
>> Remove circular dependency deadlock in a scenario where hotplug of CPU is
>> being done while there is updation in cgroup and cpuset triggered from
>> userspace.
>>
>> Process A => kthreadd => Process B => Process C => Process A
> 
>> Process A
>> cpu_subsys_offline();
>>   cpu_down();
>>     _cpu_down();
>>       percpu_down_write(&cpu_hotplug_lock); //held
>>       cpuhp_invoke_callback();
>>         workqueue_offline_cpu();
>>           wq_update_unbound_numa();
>>             kthread_create_on_node();
>>               wake_up_process();  //wakeup kthreadd
> 
> TJ, I'm puzzled, why would we need to spawn new threads to update NUMA
> affinity when taking a CPU out? That doesn't make sense to me, we can
> either shrink the affinity of an existing thread or completely kill of a
> thread if the mask becomes empty. But why spawn a new thread?
> 
>>           flush_work();
>>           wait_for_completion();
>>

> 
> Yes, inverting cpuset and hotplug would break that chain, but I'm still
> wondering why workqueue needs to spawn threads on CPU down.
> 

Thanks for the comments Peter

You rightly mentioned that a new thread will not be spawn
while updating NUMA affinity when taking a CPU out.

While a CPU is made offline, attempt is made to unbind per-cpu
worker for CPU going down. This is done by queuing unbind work
to system_highpri_wq. It results in an attempt to create one
bounded worker thread as there is none. 

wait_for_completion() in flush_work() waits for unbinding to
finish for CPU going down.

Process A
cpu_subsys_offline();
   cpu_down();
     _cpu_down();
       percpu_down_write(&cpu_hotplug_lock); //held
       cpuhp_invoke_callback();
         workqueue_offline_cpu();
           queue_work_on(system_highpri_wq);
             __queue_work();
               insert_work();
                 wake_up_worker(); //pool->nr_running = 0
           flush_work();
		   wait_for_completion();
		   
	   
worker_thread();
  need_more_worker(); // returns true
  manage_workers();
    maybe_create_worker();
	  create_worker();
	    kthread_create_on_node();
		  wake_up_process(kthreadd_task);



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#1728356

FromPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date2017-09-07 20:00 +0200
Message-ID<un9fT-3ll-63@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1728228
On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 07:26:23PM +0530, Prateek Sood wrote:
> Remove circular dependency deadlock in a scenario where hotplug of CPU is
> being done while there is updation in cgroup and cpuset triggered from
> userspace.

You've forgotten to mention your solution to the deadlock, namely
inverting cpuset_mutex and cpu_hotplug_lock.

> Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@codeaurora.org>
> ---
>  kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> index 2f4039b..60dc0ac 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> @@ -816,16 +816,15 @@ static int generate_sched_domains(cpumask_var_t **domains,
>   * 'cpus' is removed, then call this routine to rebuild the
>   * scheduler's dynamic sched domains.
>   *
> - * Call with cpuset_mutex held.  Takes get_online_cpus().
>   */
> -static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
> +static void rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked(void)
>  {
>  	struct sched_domain_attr *attr;
>  	cpumask_var_t *doms;
>  	int ndoms;
>  
> +	lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
>  	lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
> -	get_online_cpus();
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We have raced with CPU hotplug. Don't do anything to avoid
> @@ -833,27 +832,27 @@ static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
>  	 * Anyways, hotplug work item will rebuild sched domains.
>  	 */
>  	if (!cpumask_equal(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
> -		goto out;
> +		return;
>  
>  	/* Generate domain masks and attrs */
>  	ndoms = generate_sched_domains(&doms, &attr);
>  
>  	/* Have scheduler rebuild the domains */
>  	partition_sched_domains(ndoms, doms, attr);
> -out:
> -	put_online_cpus();
>  }
>  #else /* !CONFIG_SMP */
> -static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
> +static void rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked(void)
>  {
>  }
>  #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>  
>  void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
>  {
> +	get_online_cpus();
>  	mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
> -	rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
> +	rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked();
>  	mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
> +	put_online_cpus();
>  }

But if you invert these locks, the need for cpuset_hotplug_workfn() goes
away, at least for the CPU part, and we can make in synchronous again.
Yay!!

Also, I think new code should use cpus_read_lock() instead of
get_online_cpus().

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