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Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:25:44 +0530
From:	Dhaval Giani <dhaval@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Arun Bharadwaj <arun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [x86-tip] panic during cpu_up

[Missed cc'ing the LKML last time around]

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 12:36:51AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote:
> Hi Ingo, Thomas,
> 
> I am hitting this on -tip. With 200a86b5d435a217c3d77f3b53cd32cb78c1fde8
> as the top level commit. Wondering if it is known?
> 
> I am trying to fix it atm.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 2)
> Kernel 2.6.26-rc8-tip on an i686
> 
> llm11.in.ibm.com login: root
> Password: 
> Last login: Thu Jul  3 00:30:47 on ttyS0
> You have new mail.
> cd[root@...11 ~]# cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/
> [root@...11 cpu1]# echo 0 > online 
> Breaking affinity for irq 45
> [root@...11 cpu1]# echo 1 > online 
> lockdep: fixing up alternatives.
> BUG: unable to handle kernel <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL
> pointer dereference at 00000000
> IP: [<00000000>]
> *pde = 00000000 
> Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP 
> Modules linked in:
> 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010002 CPU: 2
> EIP is at 0x0
> EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000002 ECX: 0799d000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000
> IP:ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7cadfac ESP: f7cadfa4
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
>  [<00000000>]
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference*pde = 00000000
> <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel  at 00000000
> IP:<0>Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7cac000 task=f7caaee0
> task.ti=f7cac000)NULL pointer dereference [<00000000>]
> *pde = 00000000 <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel 
> Stack: 
>  at 00000000
> IP:NULL pointer dereference [<00000000>]
>  at 00000000
> c01020c7 *pde = 00000000 <1>IP:
> 
>  [<00000000>]
> 0402080c *pde = 00000000 f7cadfb4 
> c040b6cf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8
> 00000000 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
> EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7cadfa4
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> Modules linked in: [<c01276d7>] 
> 
> panic+0x38/0xe0
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 3
>  [<c0104bcd>] EIP is at 0x0
> EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000003 ECX: 079a5000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7cbbfac ESP: f7cbbfa4
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7cba000 task=f7cb8fe0 task.ti=f7cba000)
> Stack: die+0x130/0x147
> c01020c7 0602080c f7cbbfb4 c040b6cf 00000000  [<c0411795>] 00000000
> 00000000 00000000 
>        00000000 do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> 00000000  [<c04113d8>] ? 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> 000000d8 00000000  [<c040fbda>] 
>        00000000 error_code+0x72/0x78
> 00000000 00000000  [<c01020c7>] ? 00000000 00000000 cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> 00000000 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c040b6cf>] <0> [<c01020c7>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> ?  =======================
> cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
> EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7cbbfa4
> Oops: 0000 [#3] <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> SMP Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> 
>  [<c01276d7>] Modules linked in:
> 
> panic+0x38/0xe0
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
>  [<c0104bcd>] EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 7
> die+0x130/0x147
> EIP is at 0x0
>  [<c0411795>] EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000007 ECX: 079c5000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7d1bfac ESP: f7d1bfa4
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7d1a000 task=f7d18be0
> task.ti=f7d1a000)do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> 
> Stack:  [<c04113d8>] c01020c7 ? 0702080c f7d1bfb4
> do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> c040b6cf  [<c040fbda>] 00000000 00000000 error_code+0x72/0x78
> 00000000 00000000 
>         [<c01020c7>] ? 00000000 00000000 cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> 00000000 00000000  [<c040b6cf>] 00000000 00000000 000000d8
> start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> 00000000  =======================
> 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
> EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7d1bfa4
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> Oops: 0000 [#4] SMP 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> Modules linked in: [<c01276d7>] 
> panic+0x38/0xe0
> 
>  [<c0104bcd>] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   (2.6.26-rc8-tip
> #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 4
> die+0x130/0x147
> EIP is at 0x0
> EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000004 ECX: 079ad000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7ccbfac ESP: f7ccbfa4
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7cca000 task=f7cc90e0 task.ti=f7cca000)
> [<c0411795>] 
> Stack: c01020c7 do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> 0102080c  [<c04113d8>] f7ccbfb4 c040b6cf 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 00000000 ? 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> 00000000 000000d8 00000000 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c040fbda>] <0> [<c01020c7>] ? error_code+0x72/0x78
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ?  [<c040b6cf>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
> EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7ccbfa4
> Oops: 0000 [#5] <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> SMP 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> Modules linked in: [<c01276d7>] 
> 
> panic+0x38/0xe0
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
>  [<c0104bcd>] EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 6
> die+0x130/0x147
> EIP is at 0x0
> EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000006 ECX: 079bd000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7d0bfac ESP: f7d0bfa4
>  [<c0411795>]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7d0a000 task=f7d092e0
> task.ti=f7d0a000)do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> 
> Stack:  [<c04113d8>] ? c01020c7 0502080c do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> f7d0bfb4  [<c040fbda>] c040b6cf error_code+0x72/0x78
> 00000000  [<c01020c7>] ? 00000000 cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> 00000000  [<c040b6cf>] 00000000 start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> 
>         =======================
> 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8 00000000 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
> EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7d0bfa4
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
>  [<c01276d7>] panic+0x38/0xe0
>  [<c0104bcd>] die+0x130/0x147
>  [<c0411795>] do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
>  [<c04113d8>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
>  [<c040fbda>] error_code+0x72/0x78
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> NULL pointer dereference at 00000000
> IP: [<00000000>]
> *pde = 00000000 
> Oops: 0000 [#6] SMP 
> Modules linked in:
> 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010006 CPU: 1
> EIP is at 0x0
> EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000001 ECX: 07995000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7c7ffb4 ESP: f7c7ffac
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7c7e000 task=f7c7cde0 task.ti=f7c7e000)
> Stack: c01020c7 0202080c f7c7ffbc c040b6cf 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 00000000 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8 00000000 00000000
> 00000000 
>        00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
> EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7c7ffac
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
>  [<c01276d7>] panic+0x38/0xe0
>  [<c0104bcd>] die+0x130/0x147
>  [<c0411795>] do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
>  [<c04113d8>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
>  [<c040fbda>] error_code+0x72/0x78
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> BUG: NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU6, ip c0111959, registers:
> Modules linked in:
> 
> Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G      D   (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> EIP: 0060:[<c0111959>] EFLAGS: 00000093 CPU: 6
> EIP is at __smp_call_function+0x5d/0x7a
> EAX: 0000009e EBX: 00000005 ECX: 00000006 EDX: f7d092e0
> ESI: c01047d4 EDI: c0111a5a EBP: f7d0bf00 ESP: f7d0bed0
>  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7d0a000 task=f7d092e0 task.ti=f7d0a000)
> Stack: 00000000 c0111a5a 00000000 00000000 c01047d4 00000000 c029915b
> f7d0bf6c 
>        00000006 00000001 00000046 00000000 f7d0bf14 c0111acb 00000000
> f7d0bf6c 
>        00000006 f7d0bf20 c01276ee f7d0bf6c f7d0bf3c c0104bcd c04d922f
> c04e06cf 
> Call Trace:
>  [<c0111a5a>] ? stop_this_cpu+0x0/0x3a
>  [<c01047d4>] ? show_trace+0x10/0x12
>  [<c029915b>] ? do_unblank_screen+0x2a/0xf9
>  [<c0111acb>] ? native_smp_send_stop+0x37/0x6a
>  [<c01276ee>] ? panic+0x4f/0xe0
>  [<c0104bcd>] ? die+0x130/0x147
>  [<c0411795>] ? do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
>  [<c04113d8>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
>  [<c040fbda>] ? error_code+0x72/0x78
>  [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
>  [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
>  =======================
> Code: 85 c0 0f 44 75 e0 89 45 e4 8d 45 d4 a3 d4 33 62 c0 89 75 e0 0f ae
> f0 0f 1f 00 8b 15 e0 69 57 c0 b8 fb 00 00 00 ff 52 78 39 5d dc <74> 04
> f3 90 eb f7 83 7d 08 00 74 09 39 5d e0 74 04 f3 90 eb f7 
> 

So after digging around a bit, it turns out the pm_idle is NULL. For
some reason it is not getting set to default_idle if nothing works. I am
not sure of the path being followed, and its a bit late for me to be
trying anything serious :).

This seems to work as a temporary workaround, but obviously is not the
right fix yet.

---
 arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6.26-rc8-tip/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.26-rc8-tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
+++ linux-2.6.26-rc8-tip/arch/x86/kernel/process_32.c
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ void cpu_idle(void)
 			__get_cpu_var(irq_stat).idle_timestamp = jiffies;
 			/* Don't trace irqs off for idle */
 			stop_critical_timings();
-			pm_idle();
+			if (pm_idle)
+				pm_idle();
+			else
+				default_idle();
 			start_critical_timings();
 		}
 		tick_nohz_restart_sched_tick();

-- 
regards,
Dhaval
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