linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.18-rc3-g3b445eea BUG: warning at /usr/src/linux-git/kernel/cpu.c:51/unlock_cpu

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Message-Id: <20060806123243.826105fc.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Sun, 6 Aug 2006 12:32:43 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	"Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Cc:	davej@...hat.com, torvalds@...l.org,
	michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rc3-g3b445eea BUG: warning at
 /usr/src/linux-git/kernel/cpu.c:51/unlock_cpu_hotplug()

On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 18:59:54 +0200
"Michal Piotrowski" <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com> wrote:

> caller is lock_cpu_hotplug+0x25/0xc5
>  [<fd95918f>] store_speed+0x36/0x9b [cpufreq_userspace]
>  [<c029fa95>] store+0x37/0x48
>  [<c0104007>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x58/0x159
>  [<c0104765>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
>  [<c010482d>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
>  [<c01fc842>] debug_smp_processor_id+0x96/0xac
>  [<c01a8197>] sysfs_write_file+0xa6/0xcc
>  [<c013e0db>] lock_cpu_hotplug+0x25/0xc5
>  [<fd95918f>] store_speed+0x36/0x9b [cpufreq_userspace]
>  [<c029fa95>] store+0x37/0x48
>  [<c01a8197>] sysfs_write_file+0xa6/0xcc
>  [<c0171577>] vfs_write+0xcd/0x179
>  [<c0171c20>] sys_write+0x3b/0x71
>  [<c010318d>] sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x8d
> DWARF2 unwinder stuck at sysenter_past_esp+0x56/0x8d
> Leftover inexact backtrace:
>  [<c0104765>] show_trace+0xd/0x10
>  [<c010482d>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
>  [<c01fc842>] debug_smp_processor_id+0x96/0xac
>  [<c013e0db>] lock_cpu_hotplug+0x25/0xc5
>  [<fd95918f>] store_speed+0x36/0x9b [cpufreq_userspace]
>  [<c029fa95>] store+0x37/0x48
>  [<c01a8197>]  [<c0171577>] vfs_write+0xcd/0x179
> 
> It's from 2.6.18-rc3-mm2.

This "unwinder stuck" thing seems to be very common.

It's a false-positive in this case - the backtrace was complete.  It would
be good if we could make the did-we-get-stuck detector a bit smarter.  Even
special-casing "sysenter_past_esp" would stop a lot of this..
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