[Xen-devel] Deadload between sched_adjust() in schedule.c and compat_failsafe_callback in entry.S

[hj lee <kerdosa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

We have a deadlock in dom0 running X86_64 CentOs 5.2 when dom0 runs libvirtd and xentop together, this deadlock is easily reproducible. The dom0 has four vcpus assigned. The libvirt is running on vcpu#0 and xentop is running on vcpu#3. The vcpu#0 is processing XEN_DOMCTL_scheduler_op of domctl.c which calls sched_adjust(). The sched_adjust() calls vcpu_pause(v) for each vcpu in the domain, and vcpu_pause(v) calls vcpu_sleep_sync(v) where it waits for vcpu#3 pause. On the other hand vcpu#3 is executing vcpu_runstate_get() in schedule.c called from XEN_SYSCTL_getdomaininfolist in sysctl.c. At the time of deadlock somehow this vcpu#3's exception RIP is pointing [compat_failsafe_callback+86], which is cmpb $0x0,87987(%rip)    # 0xffff828c8019ef00 <domctl_lock.10183>. I am not sure how vcpu#3 gets into this code, but what I believe it is trying to get the spinlock on domctl_lock. But vcpu#0 had a lock on the domctl_lock when it enters do_comctl(). So two vcpus are in deadlock.

Can anybody explain how and when compat_failsafe_callback in entry.S is get called? Why does it try to get a lock on domctl_lock?

Thanks in advance
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