[dm-devel] [PATCH 6/7] dm core: disable interrupt when taking map_lock

Kiyoshi Ueda k-ueda at ct.jp.nec.com
Fri Apr 24 08:15:44 UTC 2009


This patch disables interrupt when taking map_lock to prevent
needless lockdep warnings in request-based dm.

request-based dm takes map_lock after taking queue_lock with
disabling interrupt:
  spin_lock_irqsave(queue_lock)
  q->request_fn() == dm_request_fn()
    => dm_get_table()
         => read_lock(map_lock)
while queue_lock could be taken in interrupt context.

So lockdep warns that a deadlock can happen:
  write_lock(map_lock)
  <interrupt>
  spin_lock_irqsave(queue_lock)
  q->request_fn() == dm_request_fn()
    => dm_get_table()
         => read_lock(map_lock)

Currently there is no such code path in request-based dm where
q->request_fn() is called from interrupt context, so no such deadlock
happens.
But such warning messages confuse users, so prevent them by disabling
interrupt when taking map_lock.


Signed-off-by: Kiyoshi Ueda <k-ueda at ct.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura at ce.jp.nec.com>
Cc: Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt at de.ibm.com>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk at redhat.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm.c |   15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6.30-rc3/drivers/md/dm.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.30-rc3.orig/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ 2.6.30-rc3/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -510,12 +510,13 @@ static void queue_io(struct mapped_devic
 struct dm_table *dm_get_table(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
 	struct dm_table *t;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
-	read_lock(&md->map_lock);
+	read_lock_irqsave(&md->map_lock, flags);
 	t = md->map;
 	if (t)
 		dm_table_get(t);
-	read_unlock(&md->map_lock);
+	read_unlock_irqrestore(&md->map_lock, flags);
 
 	return t;
 }
@@ -1940,6 +1941,7 @@ static int __bind(struct mapped_device *
 {
 	struct request_queue *q = md->queue;
 	sector_t size;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	size = dm_table_get_size(t);
 
@@ -1971,10 +1973,10 @@ static int __bind(struct mapped_device *
 
 	__bind_mempools(md, t);
 
-	write_lock(&md->map_lock);
+	write_lock_irqsave(&md->map_lock, flags);
 	md->map = t;
 	dm_table_set_restrictions(t, q);
-	write_unlock(&md->map_lock);
+	write_unlock_irqrestore(&md->map_lock, flags);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1982,14 +1984,15 @@ static int __bind(struct mapped_device *
 static void __unbind(struct mapped_device *md)
 {
 	struct dm_table *map = md->map;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (!map)
 		return;
 
 	dm_table_event_callback(map, NULL, NULL);
-	write_lock(&md->map_lock);
+	write_lock_irqsave(&md->map_lock, flags);
 	md->map = NULL;
-	write_unlock(&md->map_lock);
+	write_unlock_irqrestore(&md->map_lock, flags);
 	dm_table_destroy(map);
 }
 




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