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    watchdog/hardlockup/perf: Prevent CPU hotplug deadlock · 941154bd
    Thomas Gleixner authored
    
    
    The following deadlock is possible in the watchdog hotplug code:
    
      cpus_write_lock()
        ...
          takedown_cpu()
            smpboot_park_threads()
              smpboot_park_thread()
                kthread_park()
                  ->park() := watchdog_disable()
                    watchdog_nmi_disable()
                      perf_event_release_kernel();
                        put_event()
                          _free_event()
                            ->destroy() := hw_perf_event_destroy()
                              x86_release_hardware()
                                release_ds_buffers()
                                  get_online_cpus()
    
    when a per cpu watchdog perf event is destroyed which drops the last
    reference to the PMU hardware. The cleanup code there invokes
    get_online_cpus() which instantly deadlocks because the hotplug percpu
    rwsem is write locked.
    
    To solve this add a deferring mechanism:
    
      cpus_write_lock()
    			   kthread_park()
    			    watchdog_nmi_disable(deferred)
    			      perf_event_disable(event);
    			      move_event_to_deferred(event);
    			   ....
      cpus_write_unlock()
      cleaup_deferred_events()
        perf_event_release_kernel()
    
    This is still properly serialized against concurrent hotplug via the
    cpu_add_remove_lock, which is held by the task which initiated the hotplug
    event.
    
    This is also used to handle event destruction when the watchdog threads are
    parked via other mechanisms than CPU hotplug.
    
    Analyzed-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    
    Reported-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDon Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@mellanox.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
    Cc: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170912194146.884469246@linutronix.de
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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