linux-kernel - Re: INFO: task hung in __get

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:10:17 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     syzbot <syzbot+10007d66ca02b08f0e60@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: INFO: task hung in __get_super

On 2018/06/19 20:53, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Tetsuo Handa
> <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp> wrote:
>> This bug report is getting no feedback, but I guess that this bug is in
>> block or mm or locking layer rather than fs layer.
>>
>> NMI backtrace for this bug tends to report that sb_bread() from fill_super()
>>  from mount_bdev() is stalling is the cause of keep holding s_umount_key for
>> more than 120 seconds. What is strange is that NMI backtrace for this bug tends
>> to point at rcu_read_lock()/pagecache_get_page()/radix_tree_deref_slot()/
>> rcu_read_unlock() which is expected not to stall.
>>
>> Since CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT is set to 120 (and actually +5 due to
>> CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y) which is longer than CONFIG_DEFAULT_HUNG_TASK_TIMEOUT,
>> maybe setting CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT to smaller values (e.g. 25) can
>> give us some hints...
> 
> If an rcu stall is the true root cause of this, then I guess would see
> "rcu stall" bug too. Rcu stall is detected after 120 seconds, but task
> hang after 120-240 seconds. So rcu stall has much higher chances to be
> detected. Do you see the corresponding "rcu stall" bug?

RCU stall is detected after 125 seconds due to CONFIG_PROVE_RCU=y
(e.g. https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=1fac0fd91219f3f2a03d6fa7deafc95fbed79cc2 ).

I didn't find the corresponding "rcu stall" bug. But it is not required
that one RCU stall takes longer than 120 seconds.

down(); // Will take 120 seconds due to multiple RCU stalls
  rcu_read_lock():
  do_something();
  rcu_read_unlock(): // Took 30 seconds for unknown reason.
  rcu_read_lock():
  do_something();
  rcu_read_unlock(): // Took 30 seconds for unknown reason.
  rcu_read_lock():
  do_something();
  rcu_read_unlock(): // Took 30 seconds for unknown reason.
  rcu_read_lock():
  do_something();
  rcu_read_unlock(): // Took 30 seconds for unknown reason.
up();