timer: implement lockdep deadlock detection

This modifies the timer code in a way to allow lockdep to detect
deadlocks resulting from a lock being taken in the timer function
as well as around the del_timer_sync() call.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>

2 files changed, 141 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index daf9685b861..51774eb87cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
 #include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/debugobjects.h>
+#include <linux/stringify.h>
 
 struct tvec_base;
 
@@ -21,52 +22,126 @@ struct timer_list {
 	char start_comm[16];
 	int start_pid;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	struct lockdep_map lockdep_map;
+#endif
 };
 
 extern struct tvec_base boot_tvec_bases;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+/*
+ * NB: because we have to copy the lockdep_map, setting the lockdep_map key
+ * (second argument) here is required, otherwise it could be initialised to
+ * the copy of the lockdep_map later! We use the pointer to and the string
+ * "<file>:<line>" as the key resp. the name of the lockdep_map.
+ */
+#define __TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER(_kn)				\
+	.lockdep_map = STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT(_kn, &_kn),
+#else
+#define __TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER(_kn)
+#endif
+
 #define TIMER_INITIALIZER(_function, _expires, _data) {		\
 		.entry = { .prev = TIMER_ENTRY_STATIC },	\
 		.function = (_function),			\
 		.expires = (_expires),				\
 		.data = (_data),				\
 		.base = &boot_tvec_bases,			\
+		__TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER(		\
+			__FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__))	\
 	}
 
 #define DEFINE_TIMER(_name, _function, _expires, _data)		\
 	struct timer_list _name =				\
 		TIMER_INITIALIZER(_function, _expires, _data)
 
-void init_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
-void init_timer_deferrable(struct timer_list *timer);
+void init_timer_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+		    const char *name,
+		    struct lock_class_key *key);
+void init_timer_deferrable_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+			       const char *name,
+			       struct lock_class_key *key);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+#define init_timer(timer)						\
+	do {								\
+		static struct lock_class_key __key;			\
+		init_timer_key((timer), #timer, &__key);		\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define init_timer_deferrable(timer)					\
+	do {								\
+		static struct lock_class_key __key;			\
+		init_timer_deferrable_key((timer), #timer, &__key);	\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define init_timer_on_stack(timer)					\
+	do {								\
+		static struct lock_class_key __key;			\
+		init_timer_on_stack_key((timer), #timer, &__key);	\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define setup_timer(timer, fn, data)					\
+	do {								\
+		static struct lock_class_key __key;			\
+		setup_timer_key((timer), #timer, &__key, (fn), (data));\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define setup_timer_on_stack(timer, fn, data)				\
+	do {								\
+		static struct lock_class_key __key;			\
+		setup_timer_on_stack_key((timer), #timer, &__key,	\
+					 (fn), (data));			\
+	} while (0)
+#else
+#define init_timer(timer)\
+	init_timer_key((timer), NULL, NULL)
+#define init_timer_deferrable(timer)\
+	init_timer_deferrable_key((timer), NULL, NULL)
+#define init_timer_on_stack(timer)\
+	init_timer_on_stack_key((timer), NULL, NULL)
+#define setup_timer(timer, fn, data)\
+	setup_timer_key((timer), NULL, NULL, (fn), (data))
+#define setup_timer_on_stack(timer, fn, data)\
+	setup_timer_on_stack_key((timer), NULL, NULL, (fn), (data))
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_TIMERS
-extern void init_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer);
+extern void init_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+				    const char *name,
+				    struct lock_class_key *key);
 extern void destroy_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer);
 #else
 static inline void destroy_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer) { }
-static inline void init_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer)
+static inline void init_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+					   const char *name,
+					   struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
-	init_timer(timer);
+	init_timer_key(timer, name, key);
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline void setup_timer(struct timer_list * timer,
+static inline void setup_timer_key(struct timer_list * timer,
+				const char *name,
+				struct lock_class_key *key,
 				void (*function)(unsigned long),
 				unsigned long data)
 {
 	timer->function = function;
 	timer->data = data;
-	init_timer(timer);
+	init_timer_key(timer, name, key);
 }
 
-static inline void setup_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer,
+static inline void setup_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+					const char *name,
+					struct lock_class_key *key,
 					void (*function)(unsigned long),
 					unsigned long data)
 {
 	timer->function = function;
 	timer->data = data;
-	init_timer_on_stack(timer);
+	init_timer_on_stack_key(timer, name, key);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 13dd64fe143..ef1c385bc57 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -491,14 +491,18 @@ static inline void debug_timer_free(struct timer_list *timer)
 	debug_object_free(timer, &timer_debug_descr);
 }
 
-static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer);
+static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer,
+			 const char *name,
+			 struct lock_class_key *key);
 
-void init_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer)
+void init_timer_on_stack_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+			     const char *name,
+			     struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
 	debug_object_init_on_stack(timer, &timer_debug_descr);
-	__init_timer(timer);
+	__init_timer(timer, name, key);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_timer_on_stack);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_timer_on_stack_key);
 
 void destroy_timer_on_stack(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
@@ -512,7 +516,9 @@ static inline void debug_timer_activate(struct timer_list *timer) { }
 static inline void debug_timer_deactivate(struct timer_list *timer) { }
 #endif
 
-static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer,
+			 const char *name,
+			 struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
 	timer->entry.next = NULL;
 	timer->base = __raw_get_cpu_var(tvec_bases);
@@ -521,6 +527,7 @@ static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
 	timer->start_pid = -1;
 	memset(timer->start_comm, 0, TASK_COMM_LEN);
 #endif
+	lockdep_init_map(&timer->lockdep_map, name, key, 0);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -530,19 +537,23 @@ static void __init_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
  * init_timer() must be done to a timer prior calling *any* of the
  * other timer functions.
  */
-void init_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+void init_timer_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+		    const char *name,
+		    struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
 	debug_timer_init(timer);
-	__init_timer(timer);
+	__init_timer(timer, name, key);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_timer);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_timer_key);
 
-void init_timer_deferrable(struct timer_list *timer)
+void init_timer_deferrable_key(struct timer_list *timer,
+			       const char *name,
+			       struct lock_class_key *key)
 {
-	init_timer(timer);
+	init_timer_key(timer, name, key);
 	timer_set_deferrable(timer);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_timer_deferrable);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_timer_deferrable_key);
 
 static inline void detach_timer(struct timer_list *timer,
 				int clear_pending)
@@ -789,6 +800,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
  */
 int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	lock_map_acquire(&timer->lockdep_map);
+	lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+#endif
+
 	for (;;) {
 		int ret = try_to_del_timer_sync(timer);
 		if (ret >= 0)
@@ -861,10 +881,36 @@ static inline void __run_timers(struct tvec_base *base)
 
 			set_running_timer(base, timer);
 			detach_timer(timer, 1);
+
 			spin_unlock_irq(&base->lock);
 			{
 				int preempt_count = preempt_count();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+				/*
+				 * It is permissible to free the timer from
+				 * inside the function that is called from
+				 * it, this we need to take into account for
+				 * lockdep too. To avoid bogus "held lock
+				 * freed" warnings as well as problems when
+				 * looking into timer->lockdep_map, make a
+				 * copy and use that here.
+				 */
+				struct lockdep_map lockdep_map =
+					timer->lockdep_map;
+#endif
+				/*
+				 * Couple the lock chain with the lock chain at
+				 * del_timer_sync() by acquiring the lock_map
+				 * around the fn() call here and in
+				 * del_timer_sync().
+				 */
+				lock_map_acquire(&lockdep_map);
+
 				fn(data);
+
+				lock_map_release(&lockdep_map);
+
 				if (preempt_count != preempt_count()) {
 					printk(KERN_ERR "huh, entered %p "
 					       "with preempt_count %08x, exited"