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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2011-04-20 21:41:59 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-04-22 11:06:59 +0200
commit282b5c2f6f663c008444321fd8fcdd374596046b (patch)
tree33d189c35bccdccfaef281a90afd3451c5ae115f /kernel/lockdep.c
parent6be8c3935b914dfbc24b27c91c2b6d583645e61a (diff)
downloadlinux-282b5c2f6f663c008444321fd8fcdd374596046b.tar.gz
lockdep: Print a nicer description for simple irq lock inversions
Lockdep output can be pretty cryptic, having nicer output
can save a lot of head scratching. When a simple irq inversion
scenario is detected by lockdep (lock A taken in interrupt
context but also in thread context without disabling interrupts)
we now get the following (hopefully more informative) output:

other info that might help us debug this:
 Possible unsafe locking scenario:

       CPU0
       ----
  lock(lockA);
  <Interrupt>
    lock(lockA);

 *** DEADLOCK ***

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110421014300.436140880@goodmis.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/lockdep.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/lockdep.c20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/lockdep.c b/kernel/lockdep.c
index 270cfa405d39..27c609f3eae5 100644
--- a/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -2158,6 +2158,24 @@ static void check_chain_key(struct task_struct *curr)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void
+print_usage_bug_scenario(struct held_lock *lock)
+{
+	struct lock_class *class = hlock_class(lock);
+
+	printk(" Possible unsafe locking scenario:\n\n");
+	printk("       CPU0\n");
+	printk("       ----\n");
+	printk("  lock(");
+	__print_lock_name(class);
+	printk(");\n");
+	printk("  <Interrupt>\n");
+	printk("    lock(");
+	__print_lock_name(class);
+	printk(");\n");
+	printk("\n *** DEADLOCK ***\n\n");
+}
+
 static int
 print_usage_bug(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *this,
 		enum lock_usage_bit prev_bit, enum lock_usage_bit new_bit)
@@ -2186,6 +2204,8 @@ print_usage_bug(struct task_struct *curr, struct held_lock *this,
 
 	print_irqtrace_events(curr);
 	printk("\nother info that might help us debug this:\n");
+	print_usage_bug_scenario(this);
+
 	lockdep_print_held_locks(curr);
 
 	printk("\nstack backtrace:\n");