linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5 v2] Convert all tasklets to workqueues V2

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Message-Id: <200706231715.56375.edt@aei.ca>
Date:	Sat, 23 Jun 2007 17:15:55 -0400
From:	Ed Tomlinson <edt@....ca>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@...ibm.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5 v2] Convert all tasklets to workqueues V2

Hi,

Applied this to 2.6.21-5 along with an older version of dyntick and cfs v18, durring boot I got:

[   54.154077] hci_usb_isoc_rx_submit: hci0 isoc rx submit failed urb ffff81004ec55628 err -38
[   54.154086] hci_usb_isoc_rx_submit: hci0 isoc rx submit failed urb ffff81004ec55628 err -38
[   54.168147] BUG: at kernel/mutex.c:132 __mutex_lock_common()
[   54.170801]
[   54.170802] Call Trace:
[   54.175975]  [<ffffffff801790a0>] check_preempt_curr_fair+0x70/0x90
[   54.178694]  [<ffffffff8015b11f>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x6f/0x200
[   54.181417]  [<ffffffff8015b2c9>] mutex_lock+0x19/0x20
[   54.184165]  [<ffffffff80185c01>] flush_workqueue+0x31/0x50
[   54.186975]  [<ffffffff80190e75>] tasklet_disable+0x15/0x20
[   54.189829]  [<ffffffff8815289f>] :bluetooth:hci_cc_host_ctl+0x17f/0x240
[   54.192767]  [<ffffffff88153e4c>] :bluetooth:hci_event_packet+0x139c/0x1560
[   54.195712]  [<ffffffff88154d24>] :bluetooth:hci_send_to_sock+0x134/0x180
[   54.198657]  [<ffffffff8815073f>] :bluetooth:hci_rx_task+0x9f/0x270
[   54.201588]  [<ffffffff80190df0>] work_tasklet_exec+0x0/0x50
[   54.204473]  [<ffffffff80190e2c>] work_tasklet_exec+0x3c/0x50
[   54.207282]  [<ffffffff801488d4>] run_workqueue+0x94/0x130
[   54.210032]  [<ffffffff80145c59>] worker_thread+0x149/0x190
[   54.212781]  [<ffffffff80177430>] default_wake_function+0x0/0x10
[   54.215539]  [<ffffffff80145b10>] worker_thread+0x0/0x190
[   54.218241]  [<ffffffff801300f3>] kthread+0xd3/0x110
[   54.220880]  [<ffffffff801581c8>] child_rip+0xa/0x12
[   54.223484]  [<ffffffff80130020>] kthread+0x0/0x110
[   54.226075]  [<ffffffff801581be>] child_rip+0x0/0x12

Has this patch uncovered a problem in bluetooth or is it a problem with the patch?

TIA,
Ed Tomlinson

On Friday 22 June 2007 14:20, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> -- 
> 
> This is version 2 of the tasklet to workqueue conversion.
> 
> Changes from version 1.
> 
> - removed config option and simply replace the old implementation
>   with the work queue one (recommended by Ingo Molnar).
> 
> - replaced clear_bit with test_and_clear_bit to avoid the race of
>   executing the tasklet function twice. (thanks to Oleg Nesterov
>   for pointing that out).
> 
> - Removed most of the pr_debug prints. (Kept one)
>   (recommended by Ingo Molnar)
> 
> - Removed call to softirq_init.
> 
> - Added Author credit to Dipankar Sarma for the RCU tasklet to
>   softirq conversion.
> 
> - Tested on my Powerbook to add another arch to the mix :-)
>   Funny that booting with this change was the first time that
>   the bcm43xx didn't get stuck for several seconds on bootup.
>   It's also one of the few drivers that use tasklet_disable_nosync.
>   So either this shows that the change fixed something, or that
>   it broke something (or was just a fluke).
> 
> 
> -- Steve
> 
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