Kernel Lock Debugging

[Venkatram Tummala]

Hi,

i wrote a linux kernel module which uses mmap_sem in lots of places. I grab
mmap_sem for both reads & writes.  And, i also use page_table_lock spinlock
under them. The problem i have is that there is a hard to reproduce a race
condition bug in which a thread doesn't release the semaphore at all. Hence,
ps hangs as ps needs to grab mmap_sem for the processes. The question is how
do i find the thread that is holding the semaphore forever. It will help me
figure out the part of the code the race is in.

So, the question is : I have some number of threads grabbing the semaphore
for read/write. One of them grabs it & doesn't release at all. How do i find
the thread that is holding it. This is not a soft lockup & i dont get any
hung_task_timeout messages.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Venkatram
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