Message-ID: <48315718.6080700@bull.net>
Date:	Mon, 19 May 2008 12:31:52 +0200
From:	Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net>
To:	Nadia Derbey <Nadia.Derbey@...l.net>
Cc:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.6.26-rc1-git4 - task blocked on powerpc for more than
 120 seconds

Nadia Derbey wrote:
> Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
> 
>> Nadia Derbey wrote:
>>
>>> Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>>>
>>>> Adrian Bunk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 06:52:53PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> While running the ltp over the powerpc with the 2.6.26-rc1-git4 
>>>>>> kernel,
>>>>>> task get blocked for more 120 seconds and does not proceeds future.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The task msgctl08 is a ipc testcase, which test the msgget(2) 
>>>>>> msgctl(2)
>>>>>> syscalls.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your report.
>>>>>
>>>>> I assume this is reproducible?
>>>>>
>>>>> If yes, what was the last kernel that worked for you?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is reproducible on 2.6.26-rc1 and 2.6.26-rc1-git(s). 2.6.25 is 
>>>> the last know kernel
>>>> to work.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've also added Pierre Peiffer and Nadia Derbey to the Cc since 
>>>>> their recent ipc commits are my first suspects.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Machine is stuck in the task, printing the following call trace
>>>>>> more than 5000 times. The oom-killer invoked once in-between.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> INFO: task msgctl08:16248 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>>>>>> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this 
>>>>>> message.
>>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>>> [c0000000762435a0] [0000000000000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
>>>>>> [c000000076243770] [c000000000010acc] .__switch_to+0x128/0x16c
>>>>>> [c000000076243800] [c0000000004b07a4] .schedule+0x7ac/0x890
>>>>>> [c0000000762438f0] [c0000000004b2ba4] 
>>>>>> .rwsem_down_failed_common+0x260/0x2b0
>>>>>> [c0000000762439b0] [c0000000004b2c60] 
>>>>>> .rwsem_down_read_failed+0x2c/0x44
>>>>>> [c000000076243a60] [c0000000004b1b84] .down_read+0x44/0x5c
>>>>>> [c000000076243af0] [c000000000295e10] .ipc_lock+0x34/0xe0
>>>>>> [c000000076243b90] [c00000000029690c] .ipc_lock_check+0x24/0x78
>>>>>> [c000000076243c20] [c0000000002972c0] .do_msgsnd+0xb0/0x3f8
>>>>>> [c000000076243d10] [c000000000293ce8] .compat_sys_msgsnd+0x94/0xc0
>>>>>> [c000000076243db0] [c000000000014418] .compat_sys_ipc+0x130/0x1f4
>>>>>> [c000000076243e30] [c000000000008734] syscall_exit+0x0/0x40
>>>>>> msgctl08 invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x1200d2, order=0, oomkilladj=0
>>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7640] [c0000000000101bc] .show_stack+0x70/0x1bc 
>>>>>> (unreliable)
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c76f0] [c0000000000c2c78] .oom_kill_process+0x78/0x230
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c77a0] [c0000000000c3390] .out_of_memory+0x28c/0x320
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7870] [c0000000000c70ac] 
>>>>>> .__alloc_pages_internal+0x364/0x468
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7980] [c0000000000e83cc] .alloc_page_vma+0x120/0x14c
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7a20] [c0000000000e0224] 
>>>>>> .read_swap_cache_async+0x7c/0x160
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7ae0] [c0000000000e035c] .swapin_readahead+0x54/0xd4
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7ba0] [c0000000000d47e8] .handle_mm_fault+0x520/0x9d8
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7c80] [c0000000004b5054] .do_page_fault+0x440/0x624
>>>>>> [c00000001e1c7e30] [c0000000000053fc] handle_page_fault+0x20/0x5c
>>>>>> Mem-info:
>>>>>> Node 0 DMA per-cpu:
>>>>>> CPU    0: hi:    6, btch:   1 usd:   1
>>>>>> CPU    1: hi:    6, btch:   1 usd:   1
>>>>>> Node 1 DMA per-cpu:
>>>>>> CPU    0: hi:    6, btch:   1 usd:   5
>>>>>> CPU    1: hi:    6, btch:   1 usd:   5
>>>>>> Active:31 inactive:2628 dirty:1 writeback:6 unstable:0
>>>>>> free:156 slab:13071 mapped:548 pagetables:41109 bounce:0
>>>>>> Node 0 DMA free:5312kB min:5760kB low:7168kB high:8640kB 
>>>>>> active:1024kB inactive:768kB present:3928832kB pages_scanned:3912 
>>>>>> all_unreclaimable? no
>>>>>> lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0
>>>>>> Node 1 DMA free:4672kB min:4992kB low:6208kB high:7488kB 
>>>>>> active:960kB inactive:169792kB present:3404992kB 
>>>>>> pages_scanned:140140 all_unreclaimable? no
>>>>>> lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0
>>>>>> Node 0 DMA: 5*64kB 15*128kB 2*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 1*2048kB 
>>>>>> 0*4096kB 0*8192kB 0*16384kB = 5312kB
>>>>>> Node 1 DMA: 8*64kB 5*128kB 6*256kB 0*512kB 0*1024kB 1*2048kB 
>>>>>> 0*4096kB 0*8192kB 0*16384kB = 4736kB
>>>>>> 8185 total pagecache pages
>>>>>> Swap cache: add 29545, delete 21888, find 5602/10373
>>>>>> Free swap  = 803712kB
>>>>>> Total swap = 2048128kB
>>>>>> 114688 pages of RAM
>>>>>> 766 reserved pages
>>>>>> 231218 pages shared
>>>>>> 7657 pages swap cached
>>>>>> Out of memory: kill process 15371 (msgctl08) score 39223 or a child
>>>>>> Killed process 15373 (msgctl08)
>>>>>> INFO: task msgctl08:15385 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>>>>>> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this 
>>>>>> message.
>>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43290] [0000000000000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43460] [c000000000010acc] .__switch_to+0x128/0x16c
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a434f0] [c0000000004b07a4] .schedule+0x7ac/0x890
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a435e0] [c0000000004b0d90] .io_schedule+0x7c/0xe8
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43670] [c0000000002d7f44] .get_request_wait+0x15c/0x1e0
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43750] [c0000000002d8950] .__make_request+0x3ec/0x4d8
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43800] [c0000000002d6624] 
>>>>>> .generic_make_request+0x35c/0x3b0
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a438e0] [c0000000002d81b0] .submit_bio+0x118/0x140
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a439a0] [c0000000000dfa88] .swap_readpage+0x94/0xb4
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43a20] [c0000000000e02b8] 
>>>>>> .read_swap_cache_async+0x110/0x160
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43ae0] [c0000000000e035c] .swapin_readahead+0x54/0xd4
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43ba0] [c0000000000d47e8] .handle_mm_fault+0x520/0x9d8
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43c80] [c0000000004b5054] .do_page_fault+0x440/0x624
>>>>>> [c0000000e9a43e30] [c0000000000053fc] handle_page_fault+0x20/0x5c
>>>>>> INFO: task msgctl08:15405 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>>>>>> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this 
>>>>>> message.
>>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757290] [0000000000000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757460] [c000000000010acc] .__switch_to+0x128/0x16c
>>>>>> [c0000000b17574f0] [c0000000004b07a4] .schedule+0x7ac/0x890
>>>>>> [c0000000b17575e0] [c0000000004b0d90] .io_schedule+0x7c/0xe8
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757670] [c0000000002d7f44] .get_request_wait+0x15c/0x1e0
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757750] [c0000000002d8950] .__make_request+0x3ec/0x4d8
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757800] [c0000000002d6624] 
>>>>>> .generic_make_request+0x35c/0x3b0
>>>>>> [c0000000b17578e0] [c0000000002d81b0] .submit_bio+0x118/0x140
>>>>>> [c0000000b17579a0] [c0000000000dfa88] .swap_readpage+0x94/0xb4
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757a20] [c0000000000e02b8] 
>>>>>> .read_swap_cache_async+0x110/0x160
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757ae0] [c0000000000e035c] .swapin_readahead+0x54/0xd4
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757ba0] [c0000000000d47e8] .handle_mm_fault+0x520/0x9d8
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757c80] [c0000000004b5054] .do_page_fault+0x440/0x624
>>>>>> [c0000000b1757e30] [c0000000000053fc] handle_page_fault+0x20/0x5c
>>>>>> INFO: task msgctl08:15406 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>>>>>> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this 
>>>>>> message.
>>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53290] [0000000000000001] 0x1 (unreliable)
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53460] [c000000000010acc] .__switch_to+0x128/0x16c
>>>>>> [c0000000eec534f0] [c0000000004b07a4] .schedule+0x7ac/0x890
>>>>>> [c0000000eec535e0] [c0000000004b0d90] .io_schedule+0x7c/0xe8
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53670] [c0000000002d7f44] .get_request_wait+0x15c/0x1e0
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53750] [c0000000002d8950] .__make_request+0x3ec/0x4d8
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53800] [c0000000002d6624] 
>>>>>> .generic_make_request+0x35c/0x3b0
>>>>>> [c0000000eec538e0] [c0000000002d81b0] .submit_bio+0x118/0x140
>>>>>> [c0000000eec539a0] [c0000000000dfa88] .swap_readpage+0x94/0xb4
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53a20] [c0000000000e02b8] 
>>>>>> .read_swap_cache_async+0x110/0x160
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53ae0] [c0000000000e035c] .swapin_readahead+0x54/0xd4
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53ba0] [c0000000000d47e8] .handle_mm_fault+0x520/0x9d8
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53c80] [c0000000004b5054] .do_page_fault+0x440/0x624
>>>>>> [c0000000eec53e30] [c0000000000053fc] handle_page_fault+0x20/0x5c
>>>
>>>
>>> Kamalesh,
>>>
>>> I'm wondering whether this is not related to a problem found in LTP 
>>> after msgmni had been changed from 16 to a computed value.
>>>
>>> Does your ltp test suite contain the patch I had sent in thread 
>>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/21/123?
>>>
>>> If you want to have a look at it, discussion started in thread 
>>> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/16/6
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Nadia
>>>
>>
>> Hi Nadia,
>> Thanks, I am using the LTP-20080430 and tried it with the 
>> 2.6.26-rc2-git4 kernel.
>> but the call trace remains the same.
>>
> 
> Ok, I'll try to find a ppc machine: could not reproduce it on my Xeon 
> machine (but actually it was with a 2.6.26-rc1 kernel).
> 
> Regards,
> Nadia
> 

Kamalesh,

I could find a ppc victim, and ... could not reproduce the problem.

Attached is the output I got.

Regards,
Nadia



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