linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] in 2.6.25-rc3 with 64k page size and SLUB_DEBUG

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Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:45:16 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	Jens Osterkamp <Jens.Osterkamp@....de>,
	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] in 2.6.25-rc3 with 64k page size and SLUB_DEBUG_ON


* Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:

> >  Mount-cache hash table entries: 4096
> >  BUG: scheduling while atomic: kthreadd/2/0x00056ef8
> >  Call Trace:
> >  [c00000003c187b68] [c00000000000f140] .show_stack+0x70/0x1bc (unreliable)
> >  [c00000003c187c18] [c000000000052d0c] .__schedule_bug+0x64/0x80
> >  [c00000003c187ca8] [c00000000036fa84] .schedule+0xc4/0x6b0
> >  [c00000003c187d98] [c0000000003702d0] .schedule_timeout+0x3c/0xe8
> >  [c00000003c187e68] [c00000000036f82c] .wait_for_common+0x150/0x22c
> >  [c00000003c187f28] [c000000000074868] .kthreadd+0x12c/0x1f0
> >  [c00000003c187fd8] [c000000000024864] .kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
> >  ------------[ cut here ]------------
> >  kernel BUG at /home/auto/jens/kernels/linux-2.6.25-rc3/kernel/sched.c:4532!
> >  cpu 0x0: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c00000003c187bc8]
> >     pc: c000000000051f8c: .sched_setscheduler+0x5c/0x48c
> >     lr: c0000000000748b0: .kthreadd+0x174/0x1f0
> >     sp: c00000003c187e48
> >    msr: 9000000000029032
> >   current = 0xc00000007e0808a0
> >   paca    = 0xc0000000004cf880
> >     pid   = 2, comm = kthreadd
> >  kernel BUG at /home/auto/jens/kernels/linux-2.6.25-rc3/kernel/sched.c:4532!
> >  enter ? for help
> >  [c00000003c187f28] c0000000000748b0 .kthreadd+0x174/0x1f0
> >  [c00000003c187fd8] c000000000024864 .kernel_thread+0x4c/0x68
> >  0:mon>
> >
> >  In the code this corresponds to
> >
> >  int sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int policy,
> >                        struct sched_param *param)
> >  {
> >         int retval, oldprio, oldpolicy = -1, on_rq, running;
> >         unsigned long flags;
> >         const struct sched_class *prev_class = p->sched_class;
> >         struct rq *rq;
> >
> >         /* may grab non-irq protected spin_locks */
> >         BUG_ON(in_interrupt());
> >  recheck:
> >         /* double check policy once rq lock held */
> >         if (policy < 0)
> >                 policy = oldpolicy = p->policy;
> >         else if (policy != SCHED_FIFO && policy != SCHED_RR &&
> >                         policy != SCHED_NORMAL && policy != SCHED_BATCH &&
> >                         policy != SCHED_IDLE)
> >                 return -EINVAL;
> >
> >  With slub_debug=- on the kernel command line, the problem is gone.
> >  With 4k page size the problem also does not occur.
> >
> >  Any ideas on why this occurs and how to debug this further ?
> 
> There's no SLUB in the stack traces. Ingo, any suggestions how to debug this?

hm, no idea - is this powerpc? It seems to have hit a atomicity check 
due to:

> >  BUG: scheduling while atomic: kthreadd/2/0x00056ef8

preempt-count 0x00056ef8 is totally out of whack. Serious memory 
corruption.

	Ingo
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