linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lockdep: annotate kprobes irq fiddling

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Message-ID: <20071003105221.GA6776@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:52:21 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Prasanna S Panchamukhi <prasanna@...ibm.com>,
	Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>,
	Anil S Keshavamurthy <anil.s.keshavamurthy@...el.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lockdep: annotate kprobes irq fiddling


* Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> The below patch fixes a lockdep error in 2.6.23-rc9 when using 
> tcp_probe.
> 
> ---
> 
> Subject: lockdep: annotate kprobes irq fiddling
> 
> kprobes disables irqs for jprobes, but does not tell lockdep about it.

this resolves this warning during an allyesconfig bzImage bootup test:

 [  423.670337] WARNING: at kernel/lockdep.c:2658 check_flags()
 [  423.670341]  [<c0107f01>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x19/0x2e
 [  423.670348]  [<c0107ffa>] show_trace+0x12/0x14
 [  423.670350]  [<c0108010>] dump_stack+0x14/0x16
 [  423.670353]  [<c015249d>] check_flags+0x95/0x142
 [  423.670357]  [<c0155576>] lock_acquire+0x52/0xb8
 [  423.670360]  [<c1313c90>] _spin_lock+0x2e/0x58
 [  423.670365]  [<c11b72f9>] jtcp_rcv_established+0x6e/0x189
 [  423.670369]  [<c11810da>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x30b/0x620
 [  423.670373]  [<c1181c8c>] tcp_v4_rcv+0x89d/0x8fa
 [  423.670376]  [<c1167dba>] ip_local_deliver+0x17d/0x225
 [  423.670380]  [<c11682f5>] ip_rcv+0x493/0x4ce
 [  423.670383]  [<c11177ef>] netif_receive_skb+0x347/0x365
 [  423.670388]  [<c07b6e7b>] nv_napi_poll+0x501/0x6c3
 [  423.670393]  [<c1115b1a>] net_rx_action+0xa3/0x1b6
 [  423.670396]  [<c013bdee>] __do_softirq+0x76/0xfb
 [  423.670400]  [<c0109189>] do_softirq+0x75/0xf3

	Ingo
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