On 05.02.26 19:55, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
> 8:02 AM
>>
>> Resolves the following lockdep report when booting PREEMPT_RT on Hyper-V
>> with related guest support enabled:
>>
>> [ 1.127941] hv_vmbus: registering driver hyperv_drm
>>
>> [ 1.132518] =============================
>> [ 1.132519] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ]
>> [ 1.132521] 6.19.0-rc8+ #9 Not tainted
>> [ 1.132524] -----------------------------
>> [ 1.132525] swapper/0/0 is trying to lock:
>> [ 1.132526] ffff8b9381bb3c90 (&channel->sched_lock){....}-{3:3}, at:
>> vmbus_chan_sched+0xc4/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132543] other info that might help us debug this:
>> [ 1.132544] context-{2:2}
>> [ 1.132545] 1 lock held by swapper/0/0:
>> [ 1.132547] #0: ffffffffa010c4c0 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at:
>> vmbus_chan_sched+0x31/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132557] stack backtrace:
>> [ 1.132560] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc8+
>> #9 PREEMPT_{RT,(lazy)}
>> [ 1.132565] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual
>> Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/25/2025
>> [ 1.132567] Call Trace:
>> [ 1.132570] <IRQ>
>> [ 1.132573] dump_stack_lvl+0x6e/0xa0
>> [ 1.132581] __lock_acquire+0xee0/0x21b0
>> [ 1.132592] lock_acquire+0xd5/0x2d0
>> [ 1.132598] ? vmbus_chan_sched+0xc4/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132606] ? lock_acquire+0xd5/0x2d0
>> [ 1.132613] ? vmbus_chan_sched+0x31/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132619] rt_spin_lock+0x3f/0x1f0
>> [ 1.132623] ? vmbus_chan_sched+0xc4/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132629] ? vmbus_chan_sched+0x31/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132634] vmbus_chan_sched+0xc4/0x2b0
>> [ 1.132641] vmbus_isr+0x2c/0x150
>> [ 1.132648] __sysvec_hyperv_callback+0x5f/0xa0
>> [ 1.132654] sysvec_hyperv_callback+0x88/0xb0
>> [ 1.132658] </IRQ>
>> [ 1.132659] <TASK>
>> [ 1.132660] asm_sysvec_hyperv_callback+0x1a/0x20
>>
>> As code paths that handle vmbus IRQs use sleepy locks under PREEMPT_RT,
>> the complete vmbus_handler execution needs to be moved into thread
>> context. Open-coding this allows to skip the IPI that irq_work would
>> additionally bring and which we do not need, being an IRQ, never an NMI.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>
>> This should resolve what was once brought forward via [1]. If it
>> actually resolves all remaining compatibility issues of the hyperv
>> support with RT is not yet clear, though. So far, lockdep is happy when
>> using this plus [2].
>>
>> [1]
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
>> [2]
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
>>
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>
> You've added this code under arch/x86. But isn't it architecture independent?
> I
> think it should also work on arm64. If that's the case, the code should
> probably
> be added to drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c instead.
>
I checked that before: arm64 uses normal IRQs, not over-optimized APIC
vectors. And those IRQs are auto-threaded.
That said, someone with an arm64 Hyper-V deployment should still try to
run things there once (PREEMPT_RT + PROVE_LOCKING). I don't have such a
setup.
>> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
>> index 579fb2c64cfd..1194ca452c52 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>> #include <linux/irq.h>
>> #include <linux/kexec.h>
>> #include <linux/random.h>
>> +#include <linux/smpboot.h>
>> #include <asm/processor.h>
>> #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
>> #include <hyperv/hvhdk.h>
>> @@ -150,6 +151,43 @@ static void (*hv_stimer0_handler)(void);
>> static void (*hv_kexec_handler)(void);
>> static void (*hv_crash_handler)(struct pt_regs *regs);
>>
>> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, vmbus_irq_pending);
>> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct task_struct *, vmbus_irqd);
>> +
>> +static void vmbus_irqd_wake(void)
>> +{
>> + struct task_struct *tsk = __this_cpu_read(vmbus_irqd);
>> +
>> + __this_cpu_write(vmbus_irq_pending, true);
>> + wake_up_process(tsk);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void vmbus_irqd_setup(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> + sched_set_fifo(current);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static int vmbus_irqd_should_run(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> + return __this_cpu_read(vmbus_irq_pending);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void run_vmbus_irqd(unsigned int cpu)
>> +{
>> + vmbus_handler();
>> + __this_cpu_write(vmbus_irq_pending, false);
>> +}
>
> The two statements in this function should be swapped. This function
> runs with pre-emption enabled and interrupts enabled. If a VMBus
> interrupt comes in as vmbus_handler() is finishing, vmbus_irqd_wake()
> will run and set vmbus_irq_pending to "true". This function will then set
> vmbus_irq_pending to 'false", wiping out the "true" setting. The hotplug
> thread will decide it doesn't need to run again, and whatever generated
> the new interrupt doesn't get processed (at least until another interrupt
> comes in).
You are absolutely right. The reordered pattern is the same as in
irq_work - for the very same reason. I'll send v2.
Thanks,
Jan
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