linux-kernel - suspicious RCU usage in msr tracing.

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 19:34:27 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...emonkey.org.uk>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	ak@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org
Subject: suspicious RCU usage in msr tracing.

Just hit this on Linus' current tree.

[ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
4.4.0-think+ #1 Tainted: G        W      
-------------------------------
./arch/x86/include/asm/msr-trace.h:47 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:


RCU used illegally from idle CPU!
rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
no locks held by swapper/3/0.

stack backtrace:
CPU: 3 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/3 Tainted: G        W       4.4.0-think+ #1
 ffffffff8ef82ac0 c4dd1c3486ada576 ffff880468e07f08 ffffffff8e566ae1
 ffff880464905340 ffff880468e07f38 ffffffff8e135bf8 ffffffff8f665b00
 ffff880464918000 0000000000000000 ffff880464920000 ffff880468e07f70
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8e566ae1>] dump_stack+0x4e/0x7d
 [<ffffffff8e135bf8>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xf8/0x110
 [<ffffffff8e5b3f36>] do_trace_write_msr+0x136/0x140
 [<ffffffff8e061753>] native_apic_msr_eoi_write+0x23/0x30
 [<ffffffff8e054456>] smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x36/0x50
 [<ffffffff8e05447e>] smp_call_function_interrupt+0xe/0x10
 [<ffffffff8ed1bdc0>] call_function_interrupt+0x90/0xa0
 <EOI>  [<ffffffff8e2f1b20>] ? __asan_store4+0x80/0x80
 [<ffffffff8eac6477>] ? poll_idle+0x67/0xc0
 [<ffffffff8eac5a94>] cpuidle_enter_state+0x174/0x430
 [<ffffffff8eac5da7>] cpuidle_enter+0x17/0x20
 [<ffffffff8e128ff5>] cpu_startup_entry+0x4c5/0x5a0
 [<ffffffff8e128b30>] ? default_idle_call+0x60/0x60
 [<ffffffff8e18d354>] ? clockevents_config_and_register+0x64/0x70
 [<ffffffff8e055489>] start_secondary+0x269/0x300
 [<ffffffff8e055220>] ? set_cpu_sibling_map+0x970/0x970
------------[ cut here ]------------

 44 DEFINE_EVENT(msr_trace_class, write_msr,
 45              TP_PROTO(unsigned msr, u64 val, int failed),
 46              TP_ARGS(msr, val, failed)
 47 );

Andi, could this be caused by 7f47d8cc039f8746e0038fe05f1ddcb15a2e27f0 ?

	Dave