linux-kernel - Re: sleeping function called from invalid context at block/cfq-iosched.c (Was: Re: 2.6.21-mm1)

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Message-Id: <20070507162349.0790706f.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 7 May 2007 16:23:49 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sleeping function called from invalid context at
 block/cfq-iosched.c (Was: Re: 2.6.21-mm1)

On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:58:36 +0100
Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu> wrote:

> 
> I've just got this under mainline too now (0ec54aa8af5e6faa346aa55a1ad15ee6c25bb42d 2007-05-05 22:08:06):
> 
> [84567.084000] BUG: scheduling while atomic: pdflush/0xeff84acf/186
> [84567.084000] INFO: lockdep is turned off.
> [84567.084000] do_IRQ: stack overflow: 440
> [84567.084000]  [<b0104f3a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
> [84567.084000]  [<b0104f62>] show_trace+0x12/0x20
> [84567.084000]  [<b0105075>] dump_stack+0x15/0x20
> [84567.084000]  [<b01069a8>] do_IRQ+0xd8/0xe0
> [84567.084000]  [<b0104bd6>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34
> [84567.084000]  [<b0120a28>] printk+0x18/0x20
> [84567.084000]  [<b0140b33>] debug_show_held_locks+0x23/0x30
> [84567.084000]  [<b04e7fea>] schedule+0x52a/0x680
> [84567.084000]  [<b04e8a0a>] schedule_timeout+0x8a/0x90
> [84567.084000]  [<b026c61e>] xlog_state_sync+0x21e/0x260
> [84567.084000]  [<b0269274>] _xfs_log_force+0x44/0x70
> [84567.084000]  [<b022dd22>] xfs_alloc_search_busy+0xd2/0xe0
> [84567.084000]  [<b022d1e6>] xfs_alloc_get_freelist+0xe6/0x100
> [84567.084000]  [<b022fb7f>] xfs_alloc_split+0x1f/0x4c0
> [84567.084000]  [<b022ec3d>] xfs_alloc_insrec+0x35d/0x3b0
> [84567.084000]  [<b02304f9>] xfs_alloc_insert+0x59/0xd0
> [84567.084000]  [<b022c847>] xfs_free_ag_extent+0x297/0x640
> [84567.084000]  [<b022ce11>] xfs_alloc_fix_freelist+0x1d1/0x4c0
> [84567.084000]  [<b022d73b>] xfs_alloc_vextent+0x1eb/0x4b0
> [84567.084000]  [<b023d4bb>] xfs_bmap_btalloc+0x3bb/0x8f0
> [84567.084000]  [<b023da11>] xfs_bmap_alloc+0x21/0x40
> [84567.084000]  [<b02411bf>] xfs_bmapi+0xdbf/0x1450
> [84567.084000]  [<b0266b4a>] xfs_iomap_write_allocate+0x2ba/0x520
> [84567.084000]  [<b026587b>] xfs_iomap+0x45b/0x470
> [84567.084000]  [<b028d85c>] xfs_bmap+0x2c/0x40
> [84567.084000]  [<b0284a0c>] xfs_map_blocks+0x3c/0x80
> [84567.084000]  [<b0285953>] xfs_page_state_convert+0x2f3/0x670
> [84567.084000]  [<b0285d2a>] xfs_vm_writepage+0x5a/0xf0
> [84567.084000]  [<b01539a6>] generic_writepages+0x226/0x360
> [84567.084000]  [<b0285de4>] xfs_vm_writepages+0x24/0x60
> [84567.084000]  [<b0153b0c>] do_writepages+0x2c/0x50
> [84567.084000]  [<b01887d9>] __sync_single_inode+0x59/0x1f0
> [84567.084000]  [<b01889b4>] __writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x1d0
> [84567.084000]  [<b0188d09>] sync_sb_inodes+0x1c9/0x2e0
> [84567.084000]  [<b0188eee>] writeback_inodes+0xce/0xe0
> [84567.084000]  [<b01535c3>] wb_kupdate+0x73/0xf0
> [84567.084000]  [<b015419e>] __pdflush+0xce/0x1a0
> [84567.084000]  [<b0154295>] pdflush+0x25/0x30
> [84567.084000]  [<b01342b4>] kthread+0x94/0xd0
> [84567.084000]  [<b0104d7b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x1c
> [84567.084000]  =======================
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f3a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f62>] do_IRQ: stack overflow: 328
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f3a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f62>] show_trace+0x12/0x20
> [84567.087000]  [<b0105075>] dump_stack+0x15/0x20
> [84567.087000]  [<b01069a8>] do_IRQ+0xd8/0xe0
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104bd6>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34
> [84567.087000]  [<b0120a28>] printk+0x18/0x20
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f0d>] print_trace_address+0x1d/0x30
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104e18>] dump_trace+0x48/0xb0
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f3a>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x30
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104f62>] show_trace+0x12/0x20
> [84567.087000]  [<b0105075>] dump_stack+0x15/0x20
> [84567.087000]  [<b04e7ffa>] schedule+0x53a/0x680
> [84567.087000]  [<b04e8a0a>] schedule_timeout+0x8a/0x90
> [84567.087000]  [<b026c61e>] xlog_state_sync+0x21e/0x260
> [84567.087000]  [<b0269274>] _xfs_log_force+0x44/0x70
> [84567.087000]  [<b022dd22>] xfs_alloc_search_busy+0xd2/0xe0
> [84567.087000]  [<b022d1e6>] xfs_alloc_get_freelist+0xe6/0x100
> [84567.087000]  [<b022fb7f>] xfs_alloc_split+0x1f/0x4c0
> [84567.087000]  [<b022ec3d>] xfs_alloc_insrec+0x35d/0x3b0
> [84567.087000]  [<b02304f9>] xfs_alloc_insert+0x59/0xd0
> [84567.087000]  [<b022c847>] xfs_free_ag_extent+0x297/0x640
> [84567.087000]  [<b022ce11>] xfs_alloc_fix_freelist+0x1d1/0x4c0
> [84567.087000]  [<b022d73b>] xfs_alloc_vextent+0x1eb/0x4b0
> [84567.087000]  [<b023d4bb>] xfs_bmap_btalloc+0x3bb/0x8f0
> [84567.087000]  [<b023da11>] xfs_bmap_alloc+0x21/0x40
> [84567.087000]  [<b02411bf>] xfs_bmapi+0xdbf/0x1450
> [84567.087000]  [<b0266b4a>] xfs_iomap_write_allocate+0x2ba/0x520
> [84567.087000]  [<b026587b>] xfs_iomap+0x45b/0x470
> [84567.087000]  [<b028d85c>] xfs_bmap+0x2c/0x40
> [84567.087000]  [<b0284a0c>] xfs_map_blocks+0x3c/0x80
> [84567.087000]  [<b0285953>] xfs_page_state_convert+0x2f3/0x670
> [84567.087000]  [<b0285d2a>] xfs_vm_writepage+0x5a/0xf0
> [84567.087000]  [<b01539a6>] generic_writepages+0x226/0x360
> [84567.087000]  [<b0285de4>] xfs_vm_writepages+0x24/0x60
> [84567.087000]  [<b0153b0c>] do_writepages+0x2c/0x50
> [84567.087000]  [<b01887d9>] __sync_single_inode+0x59/0x1f0
> [84567.087000]  [<b01889b4>] __writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x1d0
> [84567.087000]  [<b0188d09>] sync_sb_inodes+0x1c9/0x2e0
> [84567.087000]  [<b0188eee>] writeback_inodes+0xce/0xe0
> [84567.087000]  [<b01535c3>] wb_kupdate+0x73/0xf0
> [84567.087000]  [<b015419e>] __pdflush+0xce/0x1a0
> [84567.087000]  [<b0154295>] pdflush+0x25/0x30
> [84567.087000]  [<b01342b4>] kthread+0x94/0xd0
> [84567.087000]  [<b0104d7b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x1c
> [84567.087000] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00008034
> [84567.087000]  printing eip:
> [84567.087000] b0104e36
> [84567.087000] *pde = 00000000
> [84567.087000] Oops: 0000 [#1]
> [84567.087000] PREEMPT
> [84567.087000] Modules linked in: drbd mt352 saa7134_dvb dvb_pll video_buf_dvb dvb_core
> [84567.087000] CPU:    0
> [84567.087000] EIP:    0060:[<b0104e36>]    Not tainted VLI
> [84567.087000] EFLAGS: 00010046   (2.6.21-git #197)
> [84567.087000] EIP is at dump_trace+0x66/0xb0
> [84567.087000] eax: 00000000   ebx: b18f6fe0   ecx: b06323ec   edx: b05afc71
> [84567.087000] esi: 00008000   edi: 00008ffd   ebp: b18f6138   esp: b18f6120
> [84567.087000] ds: 007b   es: 007b   fs: 0000  gs: 0000  ss: 0068
> [84567.087000] Process pdflush (pid: 186, ti=b18f5000 task=eff84ad0 task.ti=b18f6000)
> [84567.087000] Stack: b18f6130 b04ea9af 00000001 b05b9937 0000000a b06d656e b18f6158 b0104f3a
> [84567.087000]        b06323ec b05b9937 00000000 b06356a8 b18f6160 b18f622a b18f6168 b0104f62
> [84567.087000]        b05b9937 b06d656e b18f6178 b0105075 b05afeac b18f6184 b18f61a8 b01069a8
> [84567.087000] Call Trace:
> [84567.087000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000034
> [84567.087000]  printing eip:
> [84567.087000] b0104e36
> [84567.087000] *pde = 00000000
> [84567.087000] Oops: 0000 [#2]
> [84567.087000] PREEMPT
> [84567.087000] Modules linked in: drbd mt352 saa7134_dvb dvb_pll video_buf_dvb dvb_core
> [84567.087000] CPU:    0
> [84567.087000] EIP:    0060:[<b0104e36>]    Not tainted VLI
> [84567.087000] EFLAGS: 00010046   (2.6.21-git #197)
> [84567.087000] EIP is at dump_trace+0x66/0xb0
> [84567.087000] eax: 00000000   ebx: b18f5f60   ecx: b06323ec   edx: b05afc71
> [84567.087000] esi: 00000000   edi: 00000ffd   ebp: b18f5f60   esp: b18f5f48
> [84567.087000] ds: 007b   es: 007b   fs: 0000  gs: 0000  ss: 0068
> [84567.087000] Process pdflush (pid: 186, ti=b18f5000 task=eff84ad0 task.ti=b18f6000)
> [84567.087000] Stack: 5b3e303c 36353438 38302e37 b05afcde 00000018 00000000 b18f5f80 b0104f3a
> [84567.087000]        b06323ec b05afcde 
> 
> Then it just gave up doing anything sane, presumably because of the stack overflow  in do_IRQ:
> http://redrum.lp0.eu/tmp/100_4037.jpg
> http://redrum.lp0.eu/tmp/100_4038.jpg
> 

ugly.  And you're using 8k stacks?

The way we'll fix this is to wait for someone to do a git-bisect on it. 
Perhaps you can do that?

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