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Date:	Mon, 31 May 2010 13:37:29 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Jay Vosburgh <fubar@...ibm.com>
CC:	Flavio Leitner <fbl@...close.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Matt Mackall <mpm@...enic.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...hat.com>,
	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [v5 Patch 1/3] netpoll: add generic support for bridge and bonding
 devices

On 05/31/10 13:29, Cong Wang wrote:
> On 05/29/10 05:03, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
>> Flavio Leitner<fbl@...close.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 04:16:34PM +0800, Cong Wang wrote:
>>>> On 05/28/10 02:05, Flavio Leitner wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys!
>>>>>
>>>>> I finally could test this to see if an old problem reported on
>>>>> bugzilla[1] was
>>>>> fixed now, but unfortunately it is still there.
>>>>>
>>>>> The ticket is private I guess, but basically the problem happens
>>>>> when bonding
>>>>> driver tries to print something after it had taken the write_lock
>>>>> (monitor
>>>>> functions, enslave/de-enslave), so the printk() will pass through
>>>>> netpoll, then
>>>>> on bonding again which no matter what mode you use, it will try to
>>>>> read_lock()
>>>>> the lock again. The result is a deadlock and the entire system hangs.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does the attached patch fix this hang?
>>>
>>> I got another issue now:
>>>
>>> [ 89.523062] bonding: bond0: enslaving eth0 as a backup interface
>>> with a down link.
>>> [ 89.580746] bonding: bond0: enslaving eth2 as a backup interface
>>> with a down link.
>>> [ 91.198527] e1000: eth2 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Half Duplex, Flow
>>> Control: None
>>> [ 91.238245] bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface
>>> eth2.
>>>
>>> [ 91.245381] BUG: scheduling while atomic: bond0/2716/0x10000100
>>> [ 91.251565] 5 locks held by bond0/2716:
>>> [ 91.255663] #0: ((bond_dev->name)){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff81045fb4>]
>>> worker_thread+0x19a/0x2e2
>>> [ 91.265179] #1: ((&(&bond->mii_work)->work)){+.+.+.}, at:
>>> [<ffffffff81045fb4>] worker_thread+0x19a/0x2e2
>>> [ 91.275554] #2: (rtnl_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff812daf38>]
>>> rtnl_lock+0x12/0x14
>>> [ 91.284018] #3: (&bond->lock){++.+.+}, at: [<ffffffffa029e06a>]
>>> bond_mii_monitor+0x2a2/0x4ed [bonding]
>>> [ 91.294230] #4: (&bond->curr_slave_lock){+...+.}, at:
>>> [<ffffffffa029e239>] bond_mii_monitor+0x471/0x4ed [bonding]
>>> [ 91.305387] Modules linked in: bonding sunrpc ip6t_REJECT xt_tcpudp
>>> nf_conntrack_ipv6 xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables
>>> x_tables ipv6 dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_multipath uinput
>>> snd_hda_codec_idt snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq
>>> snd_seq_device snd_pcm ppdev parport_pc parport rtc_cmos snd_timer
>>> tg3 snd ide_cd_mod i5000_edac i2c_i801 libphy rtc_core rtc_lib
>>> edac_core pcspkr e1000 dcdbas uhci_hcd tulip shpchp i2c_core cdrom
>>> serio_raw soundcore sg snd_page_alloc raid0 sd_mod button [last
>>> unloaded: mperf]
>>> [ 91.357735] Pid: 2716, comm: bond0 Not tainted
>>> 2.6.34-04700-gd938a70-dirty #36
>>> [ 91.371112] Call Trace:
>>> [ 91.373825] [<ffffffff81056002>] ? __debug_show_held_locks+0x22/0x24
>>> [ 91.380530] [<ffffffff8102e4a2>] __schedule_bug+0x6d/0x72
>>> [ 91.386284] [<ffffffff81363f6e>] schedule+0xc9/0x791
>>> [ 91.391600] [<ffffffff81032540>] __cond_resched+0x25/0x30
>>> [ 91.397350] [<ffffffff81364757>] _cond_resched+0x27/0x32
>>> [ 91.403013] [<ffffffff810ab243>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x2b/0xac
>>> [ 91.408936] [<ffffffff812c61fd>] skb_clone+0x42/0x5d
>>> [ 91.414253] [<ffffffff812ec696>] netlink_broadcast+0x192/0x369
>>> [ 91.420436] [<ffffffff812ecdc3>] nlmsg_notify+0x43/0x89
>>> [ 91.426012] [<ffffffff812dabc7>] rtnl_notify+0x2b/0x2d
>>> [ 91.431501] [<ffffffff812dacbc>] rtmsg_ifinfo+0xf3/0x118
>>> [ 91.437165] [<ffffffff812dad0c>] rtnetlink_event+0x2b/0x2f
>>> [ 91.443003] [<ffffffff81369fe4>] notifier_call_chain+0x32/0x5e
>>> [ 91.449188] [<ffffffff8104d618>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0xf/0x11
>>> [ 91.455634] [<ffffffff812cfc73>] call_netdevice_notifiers+0x45/0x4a
>>> [ 91.462253] [<ffffffff812d04f7>] netdev_bonding_change+0x12/0x14
>>
>> This warning is because the notifier call is happening with spin
>> locks held.
>>
>>> [ 91.468614] [<ffffffffa029d589>] bond_select_active_slave+0xe8/0x123
>>> [bonding]
>>> [ 91.476408] [<ffffffffa029e241>] bond_mii_monitor+0x479/0x4ed [bonding]
>>> [ 91.483375] [<ffffffff81046009>] worker_thread+0x1ef/0x2e2
>>> [ 91.489212] [<ffffffff81045fb4>] ? worker_thread+0x19a/0x2e2
>>> [ 91.495227] [<ffffffffa029ddc8>] ? bond_mii_monitor+0x0/0x4ed [bonding]
>>> [ 91.502192] [<ffffffff81049c71>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x34
>>> [ 91.508897] [<ffffffff81045e1a>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x2e2
>>> [ 91.514734] [<ffffffff810498bb>] kthread+0x7a/0x82
>>> [ 91.519878] [<ffffffff81003714>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
>>> [ 91.526060] [<ffffffff81366ffc>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
>>> [ 91.531723] [<ffffffff81049841>] ? kthread+0x0/0x82
>>> [ 91.536953] [<ffffffff81003710>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
>>> [ 91.543343] bonding: bond0: making interface eth2 the new active one.
>>> [ 91.550554] bonding: bond0: first active interface up!
>>> [ 91.556859] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): bond0: link becomes ready
>>>
>>>
>>> No other patch applied. Just started netconsole over bonding, so no need
>>> to pull the cable from slaves. Reproduced twice, one I got the
>>> backtrace above, and on the other one the system hangs completely
>>> after the BUG: scheduling message.
>>>
>>> fbl
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> ----------------------->
>>>>
>>>> We should notify netconsole that bond is changing its slaves
>>>> when we use active-backup mode.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong<amwang@...hat.com>
>>>>
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>>>> b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>>>> index 5e12462..9494c02 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
>>>> @@ -1199,6 +1199,7 @@ void bond_select_active_slave(struct bonding
>>>> *bond)
>>>>
>>>> best_slave = bond_find_best_slave(bond);
>>>> if (best_slave != bond->curr_active_slave) {
>>>> + netdev_bonding_change(bond->dev, NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE);
>>>> bond_change_active_slave(bond, best_slave);
>>>> rv = bond_set_carrier(bond);
>>>> if (!rv)
>>
>> You can't do this here; the driver is holding various spin
>> locks, and notifier calls can sleep (hence the warning). If you look at
>> the bond_change_active_slave function, it drops all locks other than
>> RTNL before making a notifier call, e.g.,
>>
>> void bond_change_active_slave(struct bonding *bond, struct slave
>> *new_active)
>> {
>> [...]
>> if (bond->params.mode == BOND_MODE_ACTIVEBACKUP) {
>> [...]
>> write_unlock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
>> read_unlock(&bond->lock);
>>
>> netdev_bonding_change(bond->dev, NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER);
>>
>> read_lock(&bond->lock);
>> write_lock_bh(&bond->curr_slave_lock);
>> }
>>
>>
>> You may be able to add your notifier to this case, or change
>> your handler to notice the _FAILOVER notifier.
>
>
> Thanks for your analysis! Hmm, I think let netconsole to handle
> NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER here is a better solution.
>

No, in bond_change_active_slave() does notification after
printing messages, thus will not solve the problem here,
we need to notify netconsole before printing any messages.

Thanks.
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