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[PATCH] lockdep: fix ide/proc interaction

rmmod/3080 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] is trying to acquire:
(proc_subdir_lock){--..}, at: [<c04a33b0>] remove_proc_entry+0x40/0x191

and this task is already holding:
(ide_lock){++..}, at: [<c05651a2>] ide_unregister_subdriver+0x39/0xc8
which would create a new lock dependency:
(ide_lock){++..} -> (proc_subdir_lock){--..}

but this new dependency connects a hard-irq-safe lock:
(ide_lock){++..}
... which became hard-irq-safe at:
[<c043c458>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6b
[<c06129d7>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x22/0x32
[<c0567870>] ide_intr+0x17/0x1a9
[<c044eb31>] handle_IRQ_event+0x20/0x4d
[<c044ebf2>] __do_IRQ+0x94/0xef
[<c0406771>] do_IRQ+0x9e/0xbd

to a hard-irq-unsafe lock:
(proc_subdir_lock){--..}
... which became hard-irq-unsafe at:
... [<c043c458>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6b
[<c06126ab>] _spin_lock+0x19/0x28
[<c04a32f2>] xlate_proc_name+0x1b/0x99
[<c04a3547>] proc_create+0x46/0xdf
[<c04a3642>] create_proc_entry+0x62/0xa5
[<c07c1972>] proc_misc_init+0x1c/0x1d2
[<c07c1844>] proc_root_init+0x4c/0xe9
[<c07ad703>] start_kernel+0x294/0x3b3

Move ide_remove_proc_entries() out from under ide_lock; there is nothing
that indicates that this is needed.

In specific, the call to ide_add_proc_entries() is unprotected, and there
is nothing else in the file using the respective ->proc fields. Also the
lock order around destroy_proc_ide_interface() suggests this.

Alan sayeth:

proc_ide_write_settings walks the setting list under ide_setting_sem, read
ditto. remove_proc_entry is doing proc side housekeeping.

Looks fine to me, although that old code is such a mess anything could be
going on.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

authored by

Peter Zijlstra and committed by
Linus Torvalds
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drivers/ide/ide.c
··· 973 973 * @drive: drive 974 974 * 975 975 * Automatically remove all the driver specific settings for this 976 - * drive. This function may sleep and must not be called from IRQ 977 - * context. The caller must hold ide_setting_sem. 976 + * drive. This function may not be called from IRQ context. The 977 + * caller must hold ide_setting_sem. 978 978 */ 979 979 980 980 static void auto_remove_settings (ide_drive_t *drive) ··· 1874 1874 { 1875 1875 unsigned long flags; 1876 1876 1877 - down(&ide_setting_sem); 1878 - spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags); 1879 1877 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS 1880 1878 ide_remove_proc_entries(drive->proc, driver->proc); 1881 1879 #endif 1880 + down(&ide_setting_sem); 1881 + spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags); 1882 + /* 1883 + * ide_setting_sem protects the settings list 1884 + * ide_lock protects the use of settings 1885 + * 1886 + * so we need to hold both, ide_settings_sem because we want to 1887 + * modify the settings list, and ide_lock because we cannot take 1888 + * a setting out that is being used. 1889 + * 1890 + * OTOH both ide_{read,write}_setting are only ever used under 1891 + * ide_setting_sem. 1892 + */ 1882 1893 auto_remove_settings(drive); 1883 1894 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags); 1884 1895 up(&ide_setting_sem);