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Date:	Sun, 24 Apr 2016 16:56:38 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc:	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: next: suspicious RCU usage message since commit 'rcu: Remove
 superfluous versions of rcu_read_lock_sched_held()'

Hi Paul,

On 04/24/2016 02:31 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 02:14:24PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I see the following log message when running a qemu test for 'beagle'
>> with omap2plus_defconfig.
>>
>> ===============================
>> [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
>> 4.6.0-rc4-next-20160422 #1 Not tainted
>> -------------------------------
>> include/trace/events/power.h:328 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/0/0.
>>
>> stack backtrace:
>> CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.6.0-rc4-next-20160422 #1
>> Hardware name: Generic OMAP3-GP (Flattened Device Tree)
>> [<c010f55c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b64c>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
>> [<c010b64c>] (show_stack) from [<c047acbc>] (dump_stack+0xa8/0xe0)
>> [<c047acbc>] (dump_stack) from [<c012bc10>] (pwrdm_set_next_pwrst+0xf8/0x1cc)
>> [<c012bc10>] (pwrdm_set_next_pwrst) from [<c01269fc>] (omap3_enter_idle_bm+0x1b8/0x1e8)
>> [<c01269fc>] (omap3_enter_idle_bm) from [<c05fa0b8>] (cpuidle_enter_state+0x84/0x408)
>> [<c05fa0b8>] (cpuidle_enter_state) from [<c0182c1c>] (cpu_startup_entry+0x1c8/0x3f0)
>> [<c0182c1c>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<c0b00c20>] (start_kernel+0x354/0x3cc)
>>
>> bisect points to commit 'rcu: Remove superfluous versions of
>> rcu_read_lock_sched_held()'. Bisect log is attached.
>
> I believe that the real fix is not a revert of that commit, but rather
> that some of the tracing statements need an "_rcuidle" suffix.
>
> Something like the following (untested, probably does not build) patch.
>
> 							Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> commit ca91304178e1cf53ee391236a0ac3969cc814e5f
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date:   Sun Apr 24 14:30:16 2016 -0700
>
>      arm: Use _rcuidle tracepoint to allow use from idle
>
>      Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c
> index 78af6d8cf2e2..12b66b5bcc55 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/powerdomain.c
> @@ -523,8 +523,8 @@ int pwrdm_set_next_pwrst(struct powerdomain *pwrdm, u8 pwrst)
>
>   	if (arch_pwrdm && arch_pwrdm->pwrdm_set_next_pwrst) {
>   		/* Trace the pwrdm desired target state */
> -		trace_power_domain_target(pwrdm->name, pwrst,
> -					  smp_processor_id());
> +		trace_power_domain_target_rcuidle(pwrdm->name, pwrst,
> +						  smp_processor_id());
>   		/* Program the pwrdm desired target state */
>   		ret = arch_pwrdm->pwrdm_set_next_pwrst(pwrdm, pwrst);
>   	}
>

It does build. After applying it, I get a different traceback.

[<c010f55c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b64c>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[<c010b64c>] (show_stack) from [<c047ac3c>] (dump_stack+0xa8/0xe0)
[<c047ac3c>] (dump_stack) from [<c012c340>] (_pwrdm_state_switch+0x188/0x32c)
[<c012c340>] (_pwrdm_state_switch) from [<c012c4f0>] (_pwrdm_post_transition_cb+0xc/0x14)
[<c012c4f0>] (_pwrdm_post_transition_cb) from [<c012ba74>] (pwrdm_for_each+0x30/0x5c)
[<c012ba74>] (pwrdm_for_each) from [<c012c72c>] (pwrdm_post_transition+0x24/0x30)
[<c012c72c>] (pwrdm_post_transition) from [<c012548c>] (omap_sram_idle+0xfc/0x240)
[<c012548c>] (omap_sram_idle) from [<c0126934>] (omap3_enter_idle_bm+0xf0/0x1e8)
[<c0126934>] (omap3_enter_idle_bm) from [<c05fa038>] (cpuidle_enter_state+0x84/0x408)
[<c05fa038>] (cpuidle_enter_state) from [<c0182b90>] (cpu_startup_entry+0x1c8/0x3f0)
[<c0182b90>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<c0b00c20>] (start_kernel+0x354/0x3cc)

After making the same change in _pwrdm_state_switch(), the traceback is gone
from my tests (beagle, beagle-xm, and overo-tobi).

Guenter