linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc3-g3b445eea BUG: warning at /usr/src/linux-git/kernel/cpu.c:51/unlock_cpu

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Date:	Fri, 4 Aug 2006 20:31:42 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc3-g3b445eea BUG: warning at /usr/src/linux-git/kernel/cpu.c:51/unlock_cpu_hotplug()

On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 06:24:00PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 >  > DaveJ, any ideas?
 > 
 > So I'm at a loss to explain why this made this bug suddenly appear, but
 > I don't think this is anything new.   Fixing it however...
 > I'm looking at it, but I don't see anything obvious yet.
 
Ok, debugging this is getting ridiculous.  I dug out a core duo,
built a kernel and watched it spontaneously reboot before it even got to init.
Digging out a serial cable yielded this gem:


Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Memory: 1020104k/1047108k available (2082k kernel code, 26324k reserved, 1107k data, 240k init, 129604k highmem)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.

=============================================
[ INFO: possible recursive locking detected ]
---------------------------------------------
swapper/0 is trying to acquire lock:
 (cpu_bitmask_lock){--..}, at: [<c0304e9c>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24

but task is already holding lock:
 (cpu_bitmask_lock){--..}, at: [<c0304e9c>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24

other info that might help us debug this:
1 lock held by swapper/0:
 #0:  (cpu_bitmask_lock){--..}, at: [<c0304e9c>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24

stack backtrace:
 [<c0104edc>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x152
 [<c01054c2>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
 [<c01055db>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
 [<c013ae05>] __lock_acquire+0x74f/0x96d
 [<c013b566>] lock_acquire+0x4b/0x6d
 [<c0304d35>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0xb0/0x1f6
 [<c0304e9c>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
 [<c013e8d4>] lock_cpu_hotplug+0x4a/0x4c
 [<c016bed3>] kmem_cache_create+0x61/0x577
 [<c04af5a1>] kmem_cache_init+0x177/0x38c
 [<c049c5f3>] start_kernel+0x221/0x3b3
 [<c0100210>] 0xc0100210
DWARF2 unwinder stuck at 0xc0100210
Leftover inexact backtrace:
 =======================
 =======================
 =======================
bad: scheduling from the idle thread!
 [<c0104edc>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x152
 [<c01054c2>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
 [<c01055db>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
 [<c03035a6>] schedule+0xa6/0x9d3
 [<c0304d95>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x110/0x1f6
 [<c0304e9c>] mutex_lock+0x21/0x24
 [<c013e8d4>] lock_cpu_hotplug+0x4a/0x4c
 [<c016bed3>] kmem_cache_create+0x61/0x577
 [<c04af5a1>] kmem_cache_init+0x177/0x38c
 [<c049c5f3>] start_kernel+0x221/0x3b3
 [<c0100210>] 0xc0100210
DWARF2 unwinder stuck at 0xc0100210
Leftover inexact backtrace:
 =======================
 =======================
 =======================

<Insert reboot here>

Waaaay before cpufreq even enters the picture.

Sigh.

		Dave

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