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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Cc: Linux-MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: vmap_area_lock lockdep warning
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2022 12:48:40 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220903124840.6b470ace509a769e1435b913@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOUHufaPshtKrTWOz7T7QFYUNVGFm0JBjvM700Nhf9qEL9b3EQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, 3 Sep 2022 13:40:59 -0600 Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com> wrote:

> TLDR: find_vmap_area can be called in irq context, e.g., soft lockup timer.
> 
> Somehow I only started hitting this recently. Hopefully somebody will
> have a better idea than I do. Thanks.

Thanks.

> 6.0.0-dbg-DEV #1
>   Call Trace:
>    <IRQ>
>    dump_stack_lvl+0x69/0xaa
>    dump_stack+0x10/0x12
>    print_usage_bug+0x336/0x340
>    mark_lock_irq+0x494/0x4a0
>    mark_lock+0x125/0x190
>    __lock_acquire+0x595/0x30d0
>    lock_acquire+0xb2/0x190
>    _raw_spin_lock+0x2f/0x40
>    find_vmap_area+0x1b/0x70
>    check_heap_object+0x23/0x2a0
>    __check_object_size+0x69/0x140
>    copy_from_user_nmi+0x53/0x80
>    show_opcodes+0xa6/0x120
>    show_iret_regs+0x36/0x60
>    __show_regs+0x27/0x2f0
>    show_regs_if_on_stack+0xde/0xf0
>    show_trace_log_lvl+0x276/0x400
>    show_regs+0x5d/0x60
>    watchdog_timer_fn+0x182/0x220
>    __hrtimer_run_queues+0x13b/0x220
>    hrtimer_interrupt+0xf1/0x380
>    __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x52/0xc0
>    sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x71/0x90

copy_from_user_nmi() is such a specialized, low-level thing and needs
to be robust against whatever else is going on.  How about making it
directly call raw_copy_from_user()?


      reply	other threads:[~2022-09-03 19:48 UTC|newest]

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2022-09-03 19:40 Yu Zhao
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