linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] 2.6.24-rc2-mm1

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Message-ID: <20071117230049.GA25905@dyad>
Date:	Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:49 +0100
From:	root@...d.programming.kicks-ass.net (root)
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>,
	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jan Blunck <jblunck@...e.de>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.24-rc2-mm1 - kernel bug on nfs v4

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:09:46PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Sadly lockdep does not work for me, as it gets turned off early:
> > [   39.851594] ---------------------------------
> > [   39.855963] inconsistent {softirq-on-W} -> {in-softirq-W} usage.
> > [   39.861981] swapper/0 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE0:SE0] takes:
> > [   39.866963]  (&n->list_lock){-+..}, at: [<ffffffff802935c1>]
> 
> hey, that means it found a bug - which is not sad at all :-)

---
Subject: lockdep: slub: annotate boot time node->list_lock usage

inconsistent {softirq-on-W} -> {in-softirq-W} usage.
swapper/0 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE0:SE0] takes:
 (&n->list_lock){-+..}, at: [<ffffffff802935c1>] add_partial+0x31/0xa0
{softirq-on-W} state was registered at:
  [<ffffffff80259fb8>] __lock_acquire+0x3e8/0x1140
  [<ffffffff80259838>] debug_check_no_locks_freed+0x188/0x1a0
  [<ffffffff8025ad65>] lock_acquire+0x55/0x70
  [<ffffffff802935c1>] add_partial+0x31/0xa0
  [<ffffffff805c76de>] _spin_lock+0x1e/0x30
  [<ffffffff802935c1>] add_partial+0x31/0xa0
  [<ffffffff80296f9c>] kmem_cache_open+0x1cc/0x330
  [<ffffffff805c7984>] _spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x30
  [<ffffffff802974f4>] create_kmalloc_cache+0x64/0xf0
  [<ffffffff80295640>] init_alloc_cpu_cpu+0x70/0x90
  [<ffffffff8080ada5>] kmem_cache_init+0x65/0x1d0
  [<ffffffff807f1b4e>] start_kernel+0x23e/0x350
  [<ffffffff807f112d>] _sinittext+0x12d/0x140
  [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
CC: Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
CC: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 mm/slub.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/slub.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/slub.c
@@ -2155,6 +2155,7 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kme
 {
 	struct page *page;
 	struct kmem_cache_node *n;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	BUG_ON(kmalloc_caches->size < sizeof(struct kmem_cache_node));
 
@@ -2179,7 +2180,14 @@ static struct kmem_cache_node *early_kme
 #endif
 	init_kmem_cache_node(n);
 	atomic_long_inc(&n->nr_slabs);
+	/*
+	 * lockdep requires consistent irq usage for each lock
+	 * so even though there cannot be a race this early in
+	 * the boot sequence, we still disable irqs.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	add_partial(kmalloc_caches, page, 0);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 	return n;
 }
 
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