Re: [PATCH v3] kernel/resource: Fix locking in request_free_mem_region

[John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>]

On 3/29/21 9:59 PM, Alistair Popple wrote:
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>>>    		res->desc = IORES_DESC_DEVICE_PRIVATE_MEMORY;
>>> +		if (dev) {
>>> +			dr->parent = &iomem_resource;
>>> +			dr->start = addr;
>>> +			dr->n = size;
>>> +			devres_add(dev, dr);
>>> +		}
>>> +
>>> +		write_unlock(&resource_lock);
>>> +		revoke_iomem(res);
>>
>> This is new, and not mentioned in the commit log, and therefore quite
>> surprising. It seems like the right thing to do but it also seems like a
>> different fix! I'm not saying that it should be a separate patch, but it
>> does seem worth loudly mentioning in the commit log, yes?
> 
> This isn't a different fix though, it is just about maintaining the original
> behaviour which called revoke_iomem() after dropping the lock. I inadvertently
> switched this around in the initial patch such that revoke_iomem() got called
> with the lock, leading to deadlock on x86 with CONFIG_IO_STRICT_DEVMEM=y.
> 
> This does change the order of revoke_iomem() and devres_add() slightly, but as
> far as I can tell that shouldn't be an issue. Can call that out in the commit
> log.

Maybe that's why it looked like a change to me. I do think it's worth mentioning.


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA