====================================================== WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected 4.12.0-rc1-dbg+ #1 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------------ rmdir/12053 is trying to acquire lock: (device_mutex#2){+.+.+.}, at: [] target_free_device+0xae/0xf0 [target_core_mod] but task is already holding lock: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14){++++++}, at: [] vfs_rmdir+0x50/0x140 which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14){++++++}: lock_acquire+0x59/0x80 down_write+0x36/0x70 configfs_depend_item+0x3a/0xb0 [configfs] target_depend_item+0x13/0x20 [target_core_mod] target_xcopy_locate_se_dev_e4_iter+0x87/0x100 [target_core_mod] target_devices_idr_iter+0x16/0x20 [target_core_mod] idr_for_each+0x39/0xc0 target_for_each_device+0x36/0x50 [target_core_mod] target_xcopy_locate_se_dev_e4+0x28/0x80 [target_core_mod] target_xcopy_do_work+0x2e9/0xdd0 [target_core_mod] process_one_work+0x1ca/0x3f0 worker_thread+0x49/0x3b0 kthread+0x109/0x140 ret_from_fork+0x31/0x40 -> #0 (device_mutex#2){+.+.+.}: __lock_acquire+0x101f/0x11d0 lock_acquire+0x59/0x80 __mutex_lock+0x7e/0x950 mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20 target_free_device+0xae/0xf0 [target_core_mod] target_core_dev_release+0x10/0x20 [target_core_mod] config_item_put+0x6e/0xb0 [configfs] configfs_rmdir+0x1a6/0x300 [configfs] vfs_rmdir+0xb7/0x140 do_rmdir+0x1f4/0x200 SyS_rmdir+0x11/0x20 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc2 other info that might help us debug this: Possible unsafe locking scenario: CPU0 CPU1 ---- ---- lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14); lock(device_mutex#2); lock(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14); lock(device_mutex#2); *** DEADLOCK *** 3 locks held by rmdir/12053: #0: (sb_writers#10){.+.+.+}, at: [] mnt_want_write+0x1f/0x50 #1: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14/1){+.+.+.}, at: [] do_rmdir+0x15e/0x200 #2: (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#14){++++++}, at: [] vfs_rmdir+0x50/0x140 stack backtrace: CPU: 3 PID: 12053 Comm: rmdir Not tainted 4.12.0-rc1-dbg+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.0.0-prebuilt.qemu-project.org 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack+0x86/0xcf print_circular_bug+0x1c7/0x220 __lock_acquire+0x101f/0x11d0 lock_acquire+0x59/0x80 __mutex_lock+0x7e/0x950 mutex_lock_nested+0x16/0x20 target_free_device+0xae/0xf0 [target_core_mod] target_core_dev_release+0x10/0x20 [target_core_mod] config_item_put+0x6e/0xb0 [configfs] configfs_rmdir+0x1a6/0x300 [configfs] vfs_rmdir+0xb7/0x140 do_rmdir+0x1f4/0x200 SyS_rmdir+0x11/0x20 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x23/0xc2 Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Hannes Reinecke Cc: Mike Christie --- drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++- include/target/target_core_base.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c index 7e87d952bb7a..7d0971789f12 100644 --- a/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_configfs.c @@ -2251,13 +2251,29 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *target_core_dev_attrs[] = { NULL, }; +static void target_core_dev_release_work(struct work_struct *release_work) +{ + struct se_device *dev = + container_of(release_work, struct se_device, release_work); + + target_free_device(dev); +} + static void target_core_dev_release(struct config_item *item) { struct config_group *dev_cg = to_config_group(item); struct se_device *dev = container_of(dev_cg, struct se_device, dev_group); - target_free_device(dev); + /* + * Call target_free_device() asynchronously to avoid lock inversion + * against the configfs_depend_item() call from + * target_xcopy_locate_se_dev_e4_iter(). That call namely occurs with + * device_mutex held. This function is called from inside vfs_rmdir + * and hence is called with i_rwsem held. + */ + INIT_WORK(&dev->release_work, target_core_dev_release_work); + schedule_work(&dev->release_work); } /* diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h index 516764febeb7..19da905dd2ca 100644 --- a/include/target/target_core_base.h +++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h @@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ struct se_device { struct list_head dev_tmr_list; struct workqueue_struct *tmr_wq; struct work_struct qf_work_queue; + struct work_struct release_work; struct list_head delayed_cmd_list; struct list_head state_list; struct list_head qf_cmd_list;