linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26.6-rt11: BUGs (sleeping function called from invalid context)

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0901161548290.8586@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:49:42 -0500 (EST)
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Fernando Lopez-Lezcano <nando@...ma.Stanford.EDU>
cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: 2.6.26.6-rt11: BUGs (sleeping function called from invalid
 context)




On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 14:01 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > Peter, I think we've seen this before. It is the highmem code sleeping.
> > 
> > On Fri, 7 Nov 2008, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > 
> > > Three BUGs while booting 2.6.26.7 + rt11 (same hardware: no problems
> > > with 2.6.24.7-rt21):
> > > 
> > > Nov  7 10:31:19 host kernel: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid
> > > context IRQ-22(540) at arch/x86/mm/highmem_32.c:8
> > > Nov  7 10:31:19 host kernel: in_atomic():0 [00000000], irqs_disabled():1
> > > Nov  7 10:31:19 host kernel: Pid: 540, comm: IRQ-22 Not tainted
> > > 2.6.26.7-1.rt11.1fc9.ccrma.i686.rt #1
> > > Nov  7 10:31:19 host kernel: [<c041ff88>] __might_sleep+0xe8/0xed
> > > Nov  7 10:31:19 host kernel: [<c041cd55>] kmap+0x42/0x55
> > 
> > As here.
> 
> Still happening in 2.6.26.8-rt13...

Could you try this patch and see if it fixes your issue.

Thanks,

-- Steve

---
 drivers/ata/libata-sff.c |   12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6.26.8-rt13/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.26.8-rt13.orig/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c	2009-01-16 15:47:38.000000000 -0500
+++ linux-2.6.26.8-rt13/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c	2009-01-16 15:48:07.000000000 -0500
@@ -740,9 +740,9 @@ unsigned int ata_sff_data_xfer_noirq(str
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int consumed;
 
-	local_irq_save(flags);
+	local_irq_save_nort(flags);
 	consumed = ata_sff_data_xfer(dev, buf, buflen, rw);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	local_irq_restore_nort(flags);
 
 	return consumed;
 }
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_qu
 		unsigned long flags;
 
 		/* FIXME: use a bounce buffer */
-		local_irq_save(flags);
+		local_irq_save_nort(flags);
 		buf = kmap_atomic(page, KM_IRQ0);
 
 		/* do the actual data transfer */
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_qu
 				       do_write);
 
 		kunmap_atomic(buf, KM_IRQ0);
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		local_irq_restore_nort(flags);
 	} else {
 		buf = page_address(page);
 		ap->ops->sff_data_xfer(qc->dev, buf + offset, qc->sect_size,
@@ -918,14 +918,14 @@ next_sg:
 		unsigned long flags;
 
 		/* FIXME: use bounce buffer */
-		local_irq_save(flags);
+		local_irq_save_nort(flags);
 		buf = kmap_atomic(page, KM_IRQ0);
 
 		/* do the actual data transfer */
 		consumed = ap->ops->sff_data_xfer(dev,  buf + offset, count, rw);
 
 		kunmap_atomic(buf, KM_IRQ0);
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
+		local_irq_restore_nort(flags);
 	} else {
 		buf = page_address(page);
 		consumed = ap->ops->sff_data_xfer(dev,  buf + offset, count, rw);
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