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Date:	Sun, 30 Jun 2013 20:33:49 +0200
From:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Glauber Costa <glommer@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: slab shrinkers: BUG at mm/list_lru.c:92

On Sat 29-06-13 12:55:09, Dave Chinner wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 04:54:11PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Thu 27-06-13 09:24:26, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:15:09AM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > On Tue 25-06-13 12:27:54, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 03:50:25PM +0200, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > > > > > And again, another hang. It looks like the inode deletion never
> > > > > > finishes. The good thing is that I do not see any LRU related BUG_ONs
> > > > > > anymore. I am going to test with the other patch in the thread.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 2476 [<ffffffff8118325e>] __wait_on_freeing_inode+0x9e/0xc0	<<< waiting for an inode to go away
> > > > > > [<ffffffff81183321>] find_inode_fast+0xa1/0xc0
> > > > > > [<ffffffff8118525f>] iget_locked+0x4f/0x180
> > > > > > [<ffffffff811ef9e3>] ext4_iget+0x33/0x9f0
> > > > > > [<ffffffff811f6a1c>] ext4_lookup+0xbc/0x160
> > > > > > [<ffffffff81174ad0>] lookup_real+0x20/0x60
> > > > > > [<ffffffff81177e25>] lookup_open+0x175/0x1d0
> > > > > > [<ffffffff8117815e>] do_last+0x2de/0x780			<<< holds i_mutex
> > > > > > [<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
> > > > > > [<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
> > > > > > [<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
> > > > > > [<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
> > > > > > [<ffffffff81582fe9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> > > > > > [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
> > > > > 
> > > > > I don't think this has anything to do with LRUs.
> > > > 
> > > > I am not claiming that. It might be a timing issue which never mattered
> > > > but it is strange I can reproduce this so easily and repeatedly with the
> > > > shrinkers patchset applied.
> > > > As I said earlier, this might be breakage in my -mm tree as well
> > > > (missing some patch which didn't go via Andrew or misapplied patch). The
> > > > situation is worsen by the state of linux-next which has some unrelated
> > > > issues.
> > > > 
> > > > I really do not want to delay the whole patchset just because of some
> > > > problem on my side. Do you have any tree that I should try to test?
> > > 
> > > No, I've just been testing Glauber's tree and sending patches for
> > > problems back to him based on it.
> > > 
> > > > > I won't have seen this on XFS stress testing, because it doesn't use
> > > > > the VFS inode hashes for inode lookups. Given that XFS is not
> > > > > triggering either problem you are seeing, that makes me think
> > > > 
> > > > I haven't tested with xfs.
> > > 
> > > That might be worthwhile if you can easily do that - another data
> > > point indicating a hang or absence of a hang will help point us in
> > > the right direction here...
> > 
> > OK, still hanging (with inode_lru_isolate-fix.patch). It is not the same
> > thing, though, as xfs seem to do lookup slightly differently.
> > 12467 [<ffffffffa02ca03e>] xfs_iget+0xbe/0x190 [xfs]
> > [<ffffffffa02d6e98>] xfs_lookup+0xe8/0x110 [xfs]
> > [<ffffffffa02cdad9>] xfs_vn_lookup+0x49/0x90 [xfs]
> > [<ffffffff81174ad0>] lookup_real+0x20/0x60
> > [<ffffffff81177e25>] lookup_open+0x175/0x1d0
> > [<ffffffff8117815e>] do_last+0x2de/0x780
> > [<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
> > [<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
> > [<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
> > [<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
> > [<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> > [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
> 
> What are the full traces?

Do you mean sysrq+t? It is attached. 

Btw. I was able to reproduce this again. The stuck processes were
sitting in the same traces for more than 28 hours without any change so
I do not think this is a temporal condition.

Traces of all processes in the D state:
7561 [<ffffffffa029c03e>] xfs_iget+0xbe/0x190 [xfs]
[<ffffffffa02a8e98>] xfs_lookup+0xe8/0x110 [xfs]
[<ffffffffa029fad9>] xfs_vn_lookup+0x49/0x90 [xfs]
[<ffffffff81174ad0>] lookup_real+0x20/0x60
[<ffffffff81177e25>] lookup_open+0x175/0x1d0
[<ffffffff8117815e>] do_last+0x2de/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
8156 [<ffffffff81178144>] do_last+0x2c4/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
8913 [<ffffffff81178144>] do_last+0x2c4/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
9100 [<ffffffffa029c03e>] xfs_iget+0xbe/0x190 [xfs]
[<ffffffffa02a8e98>] xfs_lookup+0xe8/0x110 [xfs]
[<ffffffffa029fad9>] xfs_vn_lookup+0x49/0x90 [xfs]
[<ffffffff81174ad0>] lookup_real+0x20/0x60
[<ffffffff81177e25>] lookup_open+0x175/0x1d0
[<ffffffff8117815e>] do_last+0x2de/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
9158 [<ffffffff81178144>] do_last+0x2c4/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
11247 [<ffffffff81178144>] do_last+0x2c4/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
12161 [<ffffffff81179862>] path_lookupat+0x792/0x830
[<ffffffff81179933>] filename_lookup+0x33/0xd0
[<ffffffff8117ab0b>] user_path_at_empty+0x7b/0xb0
[<ffffffff8117ab4c>] user_path_at+0xc/0x10
[<ffffffff8116ff91>] vfs_fstatat+0x51/0xb0
[<ffffffff81170116>] vfs_stat+0x16/0x20
[<ffffffff8117013f>] sys_newstat+0x1f/0x50
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
12585 [<ffffffff81178144>] do_last+0x2c4/0x780
[<ffffffff8117ae9a>] path_openat+0xda/0x400
[<ffffffff8117b303>] do_filp_open+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff81168ee0>] do_sys_open+0x160/0x1e0
[<ffffffff81168f9c>] sys_open+0x1c/0x20
[<ffffffff815830e9>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs

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