linux-kernel - Re: [Next] CPU Hotplug test failures on powerpc

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Message-ID: <1260758933.2217.7.camel@pasglop>
Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:48:53 +1100
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Sachin Sant <sachinp@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Next] CPU Hotplug test failures on powerpc

On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 16:23 +0530, Sachin Sant wrote:
> While executing cpu_hotplug(from autotest) tests against latest
> next on a power6 box, the machine locks up. A soft reset shows
> the following trace

Have you heard anything about that one yet or it's still to be
debugged ? It probably hit upstream by now.

Cheers,
Ben.

> cpu 0x0: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c00000000c9333d0]
>     pc: c0000000003433d8: .find_next_bit+0x54/0xc4
>     lr: c000000000342f10: .cpumask_next_and+0x4c/0x94
>     sp: c00000000c933650
>    msr: 8000000000089032
>   current = 0xc00000000c173840
>   paca    = 0xc000000000bc2600
>     pid   = 2602, comm = hotplug06.top.s
> enter ? for help
> [link register   ] c000000000342f10 .cpumask_next_and+0x4c/0x94
> [c00000000c933650] c0000000000e9f34 .cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked+0x38/0x74 (unreliable)
> [c00000000c9336e0] c000000000090074 .move_task_off_dead_cpu+0xc4/0x1ac
> [c00000000c9337a0] c0000000005e4e5c .migration_call+0x304/0x830
> [c00000000c933880] c0000000005e0880 .notifier_call_chain+0x68/0xe0
> [c00000000c933920] c00000000012a92c ._cpu_down+0x210/0x34c
> [c00000000c933a90] c00000000012aad8 .cpu_down+0x70/0xa8
> [c00000000c933b20] c000000000525940 .store_online+0x54/0x894
> [c00000000c933bb0] c000000000463430 .sysdev_store+0x3c/0x50
> [c00000000c933c20] c0000000001f8320 .sysfs_write_file+0x124/0x18c
> [c00000000c933ce0] c00000000017edac .vfs_write+0xd4/0x1fc
> [c00000000c933d80] c00000000017efdc .SyS_write+0x58/0xa0
> [c00000000c933e30] c0000000000085b4 syscall_exit+0x0/0x40
> --- Exception: c01 (System Call) at 00000fff9fa8a8f8
> SP (fffe7aef200) is in userspace
> 0:mon> e
> cpu 0x0: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c00000000c9333d0]
>     pc: c0000000003433d8: .find_next_bit+0x54/0xc4
>     lr: c000000000342f10: .cpumask_next_and+0x4c/0x94
>     sp: c00000000c933650
>    msr: 8000000000089032
>   current = 0xc00000000c173840
>   paca    = 0xc000000000bc2600
>     pid   = 2602, comm = hotplug06.top.s
> 
> Last few messages from the dmesg log shows
> 
> 0:mon> 
> <4>IRQ 17 affinity broken off cpu 0
> <4>IRQ 18 affinity broken off cpu 0
> <4>IRQ 19 affinity broken off cpu 0
> <4>IRQ 264 affinity broken off cpu 0
> <4>cpu 0 (hwid 0) Ready to die...
> <7>clockevent: decrementer mult[83126e97] shift[32] cpu[0]
> <4>Processor 0 found.
> <4>IRQ 17 affinity broken off cpu 1
> <4>IRQ 18 affinity broken off cpu 1
> <4>IRQ 19 affinity broken off cpu 1
> <4>IRQ 264 affinity broken off cpu 1
> <4>cpu 1 (hwid 1) Ready to die...
> <7>clockevent: decrementer mult[83126e97] shift[32] cpu[1]
> <4>Processor 1 found.
> <4>cpu 1 (hwid 1) Ready to die...
> <7>clockevent: decrementer mult[83126e97] shift[32] cpu[1]
> <4>Processor 1 found.
> <4>cpu 1 (hwid 1) Ready to die...
> <6>process 2423 (bash) no longer affine to cpu1
> <7>clockevent: decrementer mult[83126e97] shift[32] cpu[1]
> <4>Processor 1 found.
> <4>cpu 1 (hwid 1) Ready to die...
> <7>clockevent: decrementer mult[83126e97] shift[32] cpu[1]
> <4>Processor 1 found.
> <4>cpu 1 (hwid 1) Ready to die...
> <7>clockevent: decrementer mult[83126e97] shift[32] cpu[1]
> <4>Processor 1 found.
> <4>cpu 1 (hwid 1) Ready to die...
> <3>INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=1000 jiffies)
> <3>INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=4000 jiffies)
> 0:mon>
> 
> After some debugging a possible suspect seems to be commit
> 6ad4c18.. : sched: Fix balance vs hotplug race
> 
> If i revert this patch i am able to execute the tests on this
> power6 without any issues. 
> 
> But at the same time the above patch is required to solve the
> cpu hotplug related race on x86_64(as a side note this same
> x86_64 issue can be recreated against latest Linus git as well)
> that i reported here :
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125802682922299&w=2
> 
> I will try few more iterations with and without the above
> patch just to make sure i have the correct results.
> 
> If someone has a suggestion let me know.
> 
> Thanks
> -Sachin
> 
> 


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