linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] [request for stable 3.10 inclusion] x86/nmi: Print all cpu stacks from NMI safely

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 09:38:23 +0800
From:	"long.wanglong" <long.wanglong@...wei.com>
To:	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>, <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	<jkosina@...e.cz>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	<peifeiyue@...wei.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	<x86@...nel.org>, <morgan.wang@...wei.com>,
	<sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] [request for stable 3.10 inclusion] x86/nmi:
 Print all cpu stacks from NMI safely

On 2015/5/20 21:22, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Tue 2015-05-19 14:57:46, Petr Mladek wrote:
>> On Tue 2015-05-19 09:08:45, Wang Long wrote:
>>> This is my backport patch series to Fix the problem(backport to 3.10):
>>> "
>>> When trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() is called on x86, it will trigger an
>>> NMI on each CPU and call show_regs(). But this can lead to a hard lock
>>> up if the NMI comes in on another printk().
>>> "
>>> The solution is described in commit "a9edc88093287183ac934be44f295f183b2c62dd":
>>> when the NMI triggers, it switches the printk routine for that CPU to call 
>>> a NMI safe printk function that records the printk in a per_cpu seq_buf 
>>> descriptor. After all NMIs have finished recording its data, the trace_
>>> seqs are printed in a safe context.
>>>
>>> The solution use "switch printk routine" and "seq_buf" infrastructures, but the
>>> 3.10 stable have no both of them.
>>>
>>> The patch 1-13 backport the "seq_buf" infrastructures. in detail, patch 1, 2
>>> and 6 only backport "seq_buf" related code.
>>>
>>> The patch 14-15 backport the "switch printk routine".
>>>
>>> The patch 16-17 is the patch to print all cpu stacks from NMI safely
>>>
>>> as discussed in https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/13/497, in 3.10 stable, this is 
>>> the only way to solve the problem and the backport code is a bit more.
>>>
>>> v1 -> v2:
>>>  * fix the indent error.
>>>  * rebase on 3.10.79
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Please, wait with the integration. I am testing it with a storm of
>> sysrq requests:
>>
>>     $> while true ; do echo l >/proc/sysrq-trigger ; done
>>
>> with iptables enabled:
>>
>>     $> iptables -A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "incomming packet:"
>>
>> and storm of pings from other machine:
>>
>>     $> ping -f <patched-host>
>>
>>
>> The machine somehow freezes. It does not make sense. I am trying to investigate.
> 
> OK, it seems that the machine freezes because there are still few
> messages printed in the NMI context, e.g.:
> 
> [ 3080.286277] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 3d on CPU 12.
> [ 3637.939276] Uhhuh. NMI received for unknown reason 2d on CPU 13.
> 
> I am not exactly sure why I get them on the test machine. But I get
> such messages from time to time when hammering it by the pings and
> sysrq-l requests.
> 
> I modified vprintk_emit() to do raw_spin_trylock(&logbuf_lock)
> and do not try to lock console in NMI context. The trylock fails
> from time to time but it does not longer freeze.
> 
> I am going to clean up the vprintk_emit() modification and send it for
> review.
> 
> Anyway, this patch set seems to work as expected. It heavily reduces
> the risk of NMI/printk-related deadlocks => it is worth having.
> 
> Feel free to use the following for the whole patchset (backport):
> 
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>
> Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.cz>

Hi Greg,

This patch set is the only way to solve the NMI/printk-related deadlock problems.
Could you please include them to 3.10 stable?

Although the code a bit more, most of the code is "seq_buf" infrastructures and
it does not affect other parts of the kernel.


Best Regards
Wang Long

>
> 
> Best Regards,
> Petr
> 
> .
> 


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