linux-kernel - Re: __blkg_lookup oops with 4.2-rcX

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Date:	Fri, 4 Sep 2015 13:13:02 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...hat.com>
Cc:	Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...oraproject.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, msnitzer@...hat.com,
	Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: __blkg_lookup oops with 4.2-rcX

Hello,

On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 11:46:02AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> $ addr2line -e /usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/4.2.0-0.rc3.git4.1.fc24.x86_64/vmlinux ffffffff814107a0
> /usr/src/debug/kernel-4.1.fc24/linux-4.2.0-0.rc3.git4.1.fc24.x86_64/block/blk-throttle.c:1642
> 
>    1636         /*
>    1637          * Drain each tg while doing post-order walk on the blkg tree, s   1637 o
>    1638          * that all bios are propagated to td->service_queue.  It'd be
>    1639          * better to walk service_queue tree directly but blkg walk is
>    1640          * easier.
>    1641          */
>    1642         blkg_for_each_descendant_post(blkg, pos_css, td->queue->root_blkg)
>    1643                 tg_drain_bios(&blkg_to_tg(blkg)->service_queue);
>    1644 
> 
> Rich.
> 
> [    6.784689] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000bb8
> [    6.787605] IP: [<ffffffff814107a0>] blk_throtl_drain+0x80/0x220

The only struct which is large enough for 0xbb8 offset is
request_queue.  Hmm.... can you please try the brute force debug patch
below and report the kernel log after the crash?

Thanks.

diff --git a/block/blk-throttle.c b/block/blk-throttle.c
index b231935..09426e4 100644
--- a/block/blk-throttle.c
+++ b/block/blk-throttle.c
@@ -1639,8 +1639,22 @@ void blk_throtl_drain(struct request_queue *q)
 	 * better to walk service_queue tree directly but blkg walk is
 	 * easier.
 	 */
-	blkg_for_each_descendant_post(blkg, pos_css, td->queue->root_blkg)
-		tg_drain_bios(&blkg_to_tg(blkg)->service_queue);
+	printk("XXX blk_throtl_drain: td=%p ->queue=%p ->root_blkg=%p ->q/blkcg=%p/%p\n",
+	       td, td ? td->queue : NULL,
+	       (td && td->queue) ? td->queue->root_blkg : NULL,
+	       (td && td->queue && td->queue->root_blkg) ? td->queue->root_blkg->q : NULL,
+	       (td && td->queue && td->queue->root_blkg) ? td->queue->root_blkg->blkcg : NULL);
+
+	css_for_each_descendant_pre(pos_css, &td->queue->root_blkg->blkcg->css) {
+		printk("XXX pos_css=%p ", pos_css);
+		pr_cont_cgroup_path(pos_css->cgroup);
+		if ((blkg = __blkg_lookup(css_to_blkcg(pos_css),
+					  td->queue->root_blkg->q, false))) {
+			pr_cont(" blkg=%p", blkg);
+			tg_drain_bios(&blkg_to_tg(blkg)->service_queue);
+		}
+		pr_cont("\n");
+	}
 
 	/* finally, transfer bios from top-level tg's into the td */
 	tg_drain_bios(&td->service_queue);
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