s390/debug: Fix s390dbf lockdep problem in debug_(un)register_view()
authorMichael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:30:52 +0000 (17:30 +0100)
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:57:03 +0000 (10:57 +0100)
commit5a334c082fc91f0c342ba9c111b77cafb5266654
tree9737eb815316b19b7bbea43b1a495e532e5adc78
parent2a893f91f57314c593f36cee689ad6e353af9daf
s390/debug: Fix s390dbf lockdep problem in debug_(un)register_view()

The debug_register/unregister_view() functions call debugfs_remove()
while holding the debug_info spinlock. Because debugfs_remove() takes
a mutex and therefore can sleep this is not allowed. To fix the problem
we give up the debug_info lock before calling debugfs_remove().

The following shows the lockdep message:

[ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
-------------------------------------------------------
rmmod/4379 is trying to acquire lock:
(&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#2){+.+.+.}, at: [<00000000003acae2>] debugfs_remove+0x5e/0xa

but task is already holding lock:
(&(&rc->lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<000000000010a5ae>] debug_unregister_view+0x3a/0xd

which lock already depends on the new lock.

-> #0 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#2){+.+.+.}:
[<00000000001b1644>] validate_chain+0x880/0x1154
[<00000000001b4d6c>] __lock_acquire+0x414/0xc44
[<00000000001b5c16>] lock_acquire+0xbe/0x178
[<0000000000614016>] mutex_lock_nested+0x66/0x36c
[<00000000003acae2>] debugfs_remove+0x5e/0xac
[<000000000010a620>] debug_unregister_view+0xac/0xd0
[<000003ff8002f140>] qeth_core_exit+0x48/0xf08 [qeth]
[<00000000001c35a4>] SyS_delete_module+0x1a4/0x260
[<0000000000618134>] sysc_noemu+0x22/0x28
[<000003fffd4704da>] 0x3fffd4704da

Signed-off-by: Michael Holzheu <holzheu@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
arch/s390/kernel/debug.c