coresight: fixing lockdep error

On some platform the following lockdep error occurs when doing simple
manipulations:

    [   23.197021]
    [   23.198608] ======================================================
    [   23.205078] [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ]
    [   23.211639] 4.4.0-rc8-00025-gbbf360b #172 Not tainted
    [   23.216918] -------------------------------------------------------
    [   23.223480] sh/858 is trying to acquire lock:
    [   23.228057]  (coresight_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<c0415d40>] coresight_enable+0x1c/0x1b4
    [   23.236206]
    [   23.236206] but task is already holding lock:
    [   23.242309]  (s_active#52){++++.+}, at: [<c01d4b40>] kernfs_fop_write+0x5c/0x1c0
    [   23.250122]
    [   23.250122] which lock already depends on the new lock.
    [   23.250122]
    [   23.258697]
    [   23.258697] the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is:
    [   23.266510]
    -> #1 (s_active#52){++++.+}:
    [   23.270843]        [<c01d30ec>] __kernfs_remove+0x294/0x35c
    [   23.276672]        [<c01d3e44>] kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0x44/0x8c
    [   23.283172]        [<c01d6318>] remove_files+0x3c/0x84
    [   23.288543]        [<c01d66b4>] sysfs_remove_group+0x48/0x9c
    [   23.294494]        [<c01d6734>] sysfs_remove_groups+0x2c/0x3c
    [   23.300506]        [<c030b658>] device_remove_attrs+0x5c/0x74
    [   23.306549]        [<c030c290>] device_del+0x110/0x218
    [   23.311950]        [<c030c3c4>] device_unregister+0x2c/0x6c
    [   23.317779]        [<c04156d8>] coresight_unregister+0x30/0x40
    [   23.323883]        [<c041a290>] etm_probe+0x228/0x2e8
    [   23.329193]        [<c02bc760>] amba_probe+0xe4/0x160
    [   23.334503]        [<c0310540>] driver_probe_device+0x23c/0x480
    [   23.340728]        [<c0310820>] __driver_attach+0x9c/0xa0
    [   23.346374]        [<c030e400>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xa4
    [   23.352142]        [<c030fcf4>] driver_attach+0x24/0x28
    [   23.357604]        [<c030f86c>] bus_add_driver+0x1e0/0x278
    [   23.363372]        [<c0310d48>] driver_register+0x80/0x100
    [   23.369110]        [<c02bc508>] amba_driver_register+0x58/0x5c
    [   23.375244]        [<c0749514>] etm_driver_init+0x18/0x1c
    [   23.380889]        [<c0009918>] do_one_initcall+0xc4/0x20c
    [   23.386657]        [<c0715e7c>] kernel_init_freeable+0x160/0x208
    [   23.392974]        [<c052d7fc>] kernel_init+0x18/0xf0
    [   23.398254]        [<c0010850>] ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24
    [   23.403747]
    -> #0 (coresight_mutex){+.+.+.}:
    [   23.408447]        [<c008ed60>] lock_acquire+0xe4/0x210
    [   23.413909]        [<c0530a30>] mutex_lock_nested+0x74/0x450
    [   23.419860]        [<c0415d40>] coresight_enable+0x1c/0x1b4
    [   23.425689]        [<c0416030>] enable_source_store+0x58/0x68
    [   23.431732]        [<c030b358>] dev_attr_store+0x20/0x2c
    [   23.437286]        [<c01d55e8>] sysfs_kf_write+0x50/0x54
    [   23.442871]        [<c01d4ba8>] kernfs_fop_write+0xc4/0x1c0
    [   23.448699]        [<c015b60c>] __vfs_write+0x34/0xe4
    [   23.454040]        [<c015bf38>] vfs_write+0x98/0x174
    [   23.459228]        [<c015c7a8>] SyS_write+0x4c/0xa8
    [   23.464355]        [<c00107c0>] ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c
    [   23.470031]
    [   23.470031] other info that might help us debug this:
    [   23.470031]
    [   23.478393]  Possible unsafe locking scenario:
    [   23.478393]
    [   23.484619]        CPU0                    CPU1
    [   23.489349]        ----                    ----
    [   23.494079]   lock(s_active#52);
    [   23.497497]                                lock(coresight_mutex);
    [   23.503906]                                lock(s_active#52);
    [   23.509918]   lock(coresight_mutex);
    [   23.513702]
    [   23.513702]  *** DEADLOCK ***
    [   23.513702]
    [   23.519897] 3 locks held by sh/858:
    [   23.523529]  #0:  (sb_writers#7){.+.+.+}, at: [<c015ec38>] __sb_start_write+0xa8/0xd4
    [   23.531799]  #1:  (&of->mutex){+.+...}, at: [<c01d4b38>] kernfs_fop_write+0x54/0x1c0
    [   23.539916]  #2:  (s_active#52){++++.+}, at: [<c01d4b40>] kernfs_fop_write+0x5c/0x1c0
    [   23.548156]
    [   23.548156] stack backtrace:
    [   23.552734] CPU: 0 PID: 858 Comm: sh Not tainted 4.4.0-rc8-00025-gbbf360b #172
    [   23.560302] Hardware name: Generic OMAP4 (Flattened Device Tree)
    [   23.566589] Backtrace:
    [   23.569152] [<c00154d4>] (dump_backtrace) from [<c00156d0>] (show_stack+0x18/0x1c)
    [   23.577087]  r7:ed4b8570 r6:c0936400 r5:c07ae71c r4:00000000
    [   23.583038] [<c00156b8>] (show_stack) from [<c027e69c>] (dump_stack+0x98/0xc0)
    [   23.590606] [<c027e604>] (dump_stack) from [<c008a750>] (print_circular_bug+0x21c/0x33c)
    [   23.599090]  r5:c0939d60 r4:c0936400
    [   23.602874] [<c008a534>] (print_circular_bug) from [<c008e370>] (__lock_acquire+0x1c98/0x1d88)
    [   23.611877]  r10:00000003 r9:c0fd7a5c r8:ed4b8550 r7:ed4b8570 r6:ed4b8000 r5:c0ff69e4
    [   23.620117]  r4:c0936400 r3:ed4b8550
    [   23.623901] [<c008c6d8>] (__lock_acquire) from [<c008ed60>] (lock_acquire+0xe4/0x210)
    [   23.632080]  r10:00000000 r9:00000000 r8:60000013 r7:c07cb7b4 r6:00000001 r5:00000000
    [   23.640350]  r4:00000000
    [   23.643005] [<c008ec7c>] (lock_acquire) from [<c0530a30>] (mutex_lock_nested+0x74/0x450)
    [   23.651458]  r10:ecc0bf80 r9:edbe7dcc r8:ed4b8000 r7:c0fd7a5c r6:c0415d40 r5:00000000
    [   23.659729]  r4:c07cb780
    [   23.662384] [<c05309bc>] (mutex_lock_nested) from [<c0415d40>] (coresight_enable+0x1c/0x1b4)
    [   23.671234]  r10:ecc0bf80 r9:edbe7dcc r8:ed733c00 r7:00000000 r6:ed733c00 r5:00000002
    [   23.679473]  r4:ed762140
    [   23.682128] [<c0415d24>] (coresight_enable) from [<c0416030>] (enable_source_store+0x58/0x68)
    [   23.691070]  r7:00000000 r6:ed733c00 r5:00000002 r4:ed762160
    [   23.697052] [<c0415fd8>] (enable_source_store) from [<c030b358>] (dev_attr_store+0x20/0x2c)
    [   23.705780]  r5:edbe7dc0 r4:c0415fd8
    [   23.709533] [<c030b338>] (dev_attr_store) from [<c01d55e8>] (sysfs_kf_write+0x50/0x54)
    [   23.717834]  r5:edbe7dc0 r4:c030b338
    [   23.721618] [<c01d5598>] (sysfs_kf_write) from [<c01d4ba8>] (kernfs_fop_write+0xc4/0x1c0)
    [   23.730163]  r7:00000000 r6:00000000 r5:00000002 r4:edbe7dc0
    [   23.736145] [<c01d4ae4>] (kernfs_fop_write) from [<c015b60c>] (__vfs_write+0x34/0xe4)
    [   23.744323]  r10:00000000 r9:ecc0a000 r8:c0010964 r7:ecc0bf80 r6:00000002 r5:c01d4ae4
    [   23.752593]  r4:ee385a40
    [   23.755249] [<c015b5d8>] (__vfs_write) from [<c015bf38>] (vfs_write+0x98/0x174)
    [   23.762908]  r9:ecc0a000 r8:c0010964 r7:ecc0bf80 r6:000ab0d8 r5:00000002 r4:ee385a40
    [   23.771057] [<c015bea0>] (vfs_write) from [<c015c7a8>] (SyS_write+0x4c/0xa8)
    [   23.778442]  r8:c0010964 r7:00000002 r6:000ab0d8 r5:ee385a40 r4:ee385a40
    [   23.785522] [<c015c75c>] (SyS_write) from [<c00107c0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x1c)
    [   23.793457]  r7:00000004 r6:00000001 r5:000ab0d8 r4:00000002
    [   23.799652] coresight-etb10 54162000.etb: ETB enabled
    [   23.805084] coresight-funnel 54164000.funnel: FUNNEL inport 0 enabled
    [   23.811859] coresight-replicator 44000000.ocp:replicator: REPLICATOR enabled
    [   23.819335] coresight-funnel 54158000.funnel: FUNNEL inport 0 enabled
    [   23.826110] coresight-etm3x 5414c000.ptm: ETM tracing enabled

The locking in coresight_unregister() is not required as the only customers of
the function are drivers themselves when an initialisation failure has been
encoutered.

Reported-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab.in>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
index 4236a02cdab2..41b42018b660 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
@@ -713,12 +713,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_register);
 
 void coresight_unregister(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&coresight_mutex);
-
 	kfree(csdev->conns);
 	device_unregister(&csdev->dev);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&coresight_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_unregister);