linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc7-mm1: BUG at init_sched

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:41:47 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc7-mm1: BUG at init_sched_clock()

On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:23:58 +0400 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com> wrote:

> 	...
> CPU1: Thermal monitoring enabled (TM2)
> Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU          6400  @ 2.13GHz stepping 02
> checking TSC synchronization [CPU#0 -> CPU#1]: passed.
> Brought up 2 CPUs
> migration_cost=9999
> BUG: at arch/x86_64/kernel/../../i386/kernel/sched-clock.c:175 init_sched_clock()
> 
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8020ae7a>] show_trace+0x34/0x4f
>  [<ffffffff8020aea7>] dump_stack+0x12/0x17
>  [<ffffffff8046dddf>] init_sched_clock+0x59/0x8a
>  [<ffffffff8046a608>] kernel_init+0x167/0x2dc
>  [<ffffffff8020a4c8>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
> 
> It didn't happen in 2.6.21-rc6-mm1 nor in mainline.

It seems to expect that init_sched_clock() will be called before SMP
bringup, but init_sched_clock() should _always_ be called _after_ SMP
bringup - it's core_initcall.  Confused.

> And migration cost was 15.
> However, box boots to the end as usual. /proc/cpuinfo shows 2 CPUs.
> 
> [reboots box]
> Now migration cost is 19999 and same trace.

That's a consequence of the same thing: we need a working sched_clock() to
calibrate the migration costs, but init_sched_clock() hasn't run yet.


> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Should-be-relevant config options:
> 
> CONFIG_X86_64=y
> CONFIG_64BIT=y
> CONFIG_X86=y
> CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME=y
> CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL=y
> CONFIG_MCORE2=y
> CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_HT=y
> CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
> CONFIG_SMP=y
> CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
> CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
> CONFIG_PREEMPT_BKL=y
> CONFIG_NR_CPUS=2
> CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
> CONFIG_HZ=100
> CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT=y
> CONFIG_DETECT_SOFTLOCKUP=y

CONFIG_SCHED_SMT and CONFIG_SCHED_MC might be significant here.

Anyway, I'll cc Andi and run away.

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