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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:41:59 +0200 From: Robert Wimmer <kernel@...ceti.net> To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> CC: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org, bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>, Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 15709] New: swapper page allocation failure I've added CONFIG_KALLSYMS and CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL to my .config. I've uploaded the dmesg output. Maybe it helps a little bit: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=26138 - Robert On 04/25/10 11:18, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:26:52AM +0200, Robert Wimmer wrote: > >>> I'm not sure why the lockup backtrace does not show function names - >>> is the kernel stripped? >>> >> I'm building the kernels always with "genkernel" a Gentoo >> helper programm for kernel building. But I've looked into >> the log file of genkernel and there is nothing mentioned about >> striping the kernel. There will be a future release of genkernel >> which supports this but this is currently not the case. Since >> I haven't stripped the kernel I would answer no. Maybe a >> kernel option which should be enabled? >> >> Thanks! >> Robert >> >> > Hmm. I have these > CONFIG_KALLSYMS=y > CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y > CONFIG_KALLSYMS_EXTRA_PASS=y > # CONFIG_STRIP_ASM_SYMS is not set > > > >> >> On 04/22/10 12:03, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 01:31:06PM +0200, kernel wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Maybe some comments to my former mail about what I've done: >>>> I started with a fresh clone (deleted the old /usr/src/linux >>>> of course). >>>> >>>> git clone >>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git linux >>>> >>>> Then I started bisect >>>> >>>> git bisect start 'v2.6.31' 'v2.6.30' >>>> >>>> and build the first kernel and then marked kernels which >>>> "crashed" with "soft lockup" or "swapper page allocation failure" >>>> as bad and the other ones as good. Before I've compiled >>>> a new kernel I've always done a "make mrproper". I don't know >>>> if this is needed but thought it wouldn't hurt. >>>> >>>> For me it was not clear that maybe I should have had stopped >>>> testing after the first commit that came up with a "swapper >>>> page allocation failure". It was only one commit which cased >>>> the allocation failure. All the other commits marked as bad >>>> came up with a soft lockup. But I thought it is important to >>>> find the earliest commit which crashes. So should I find out >>>> the commit with the allocation failure? >>>> >>>> >>> I think you did the right thing. We'll have to >>> figure out soft lockup thing, then if page allocation failure >>> turns out to be a different issue, look at it. >>> >>> >>> >>>> As you requested I've now done now a >>>> >>>> git checkout c02d7adf8c5429727a98bad1d039bccad4c61c50 >>>> >>>> which ended with a soft lockup within 3 min. after starting >>>> the VM (see >>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=26089&action=edit) >>>> with this kernel. >>>> >>>> >>> I'm not sure why the lockup backtrace does not show function names - >>> is the kernel stripped? >>> >>> >>> >>>> Then I've done a >>>> >>>> git checkout cf8d2c11cb77f129675478792122f50827e5b0ae >>>> >>>> compiled and restarted the VM with this kernel version >>>> (BTW: Of course I've always used the same .config for >>>> all kernels I've build.). cf8d2c11cb77f129675478792122f50827e5b0ae >>>> is running fine. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Robert >>>> >>>> >>> Well, so the soft lockup issue seems NFS-related? >>> Trond, commit cf8d2c11cb77f129675478792122f50827e5b0ae seems to >>> be causing problems on some old kernels (See bisect below). Any idea why? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:42:49 +0300, "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 01:23:12PM +0200, kernel wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> So after the compiler was running hot I've now the following result: >>>>>> >>>>>> server10:/usr/src/linux # git bisect log >>>>>> # bad: [74fca6a42863ffacaf7ba6f1936a9f228950f657] Linux 2.6.31 >>>>>> # good: [07a2039b8eb0af4ff464efd3dfd95de5c02648c6] Linux 2.6.30 >>>>>> git bisect start 'v2.6.31' 'v2.6.30' >>>>>> # good: [925d74ae717c9a12d3618eb4b36b9fb632e2cef3] V4L/DVB (11736): >>>>>> videobuf: modify return value of VIDIOC_REQBUFS ioctl >>>>>> git bisect good 925d74ae717c9a12d3618eb4b36b9fb632e2cef3 >>>>>> # bad: [a380137900fca5c79e6daa9500bdb6ea5649188e] ixgbe: Fix device >>>>>> capabilities of 82599 single speed fiber NICs. >>>>>> git bisect bad a380137900fca5c79e6daa9500bdb6ea5649188e >>>>>> # good: [1dbb5765acc7a6fe4bc1957c001037cc9d02ae03] Staging: android: >>>>>> lowmemorykiller: fix up remaining checkpatch warnings >>>>>> git bisect good 1dbb5765acc7a6fe4bc1957c001037cc9d02ae03 >>>>>> # good: [df36b439c5fedefe013d4449cb6a50d15e2f4d70] Merge branch >>>>>> 'for-2.6.31' of git://git.linux-nfs.org/projects/trondmy/nfs-2.6 >>>>>> git bisect good df36b439c5fedefe013d4449cb6a50d15e2f4d70 >>>>>> # bad: [a800faec1b21d7133b5f0c8c6dac593b7c4e118d] Merge branch >>>>>> 'for-linus' >>>>>> of git://www.jni.nu/cris >>>>>> git bisect bad a800faec1b21d7133b5f0c8c6dac593b7c4e118d >>>>>> # good: [ac1b7c378ef26fba6694d5f118fe7fc16fee2fe2] Merge >>>>>> git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6 >>>>>> git bisect good ac1b7c378ef26fba6694d5f118fe7fc16fee2fe2 >>>>>> # bad: [37c6dbe290c05023b47f52528e30ce51336b93eb] V4L/DVB (12091): >>>>>> gspca_sonixj: Add light frequency control >>>>>> git bisect bad 37c6dbe290c05023b47f52528e30ce51336b93eb >>>>>> # bad: [687d680985b1438360a9ba470ece8b57cd205c3b] Merge >>>>>> git://git.infradead.org/~dwmw2/iommu-2.6.31 >>>>>> git bisect bad 687d680985b1438360a9ba470ece8b57cd205c3b >>>>>> # bad: [1053414068bad659479e6efa62a67403b8b1ec0a] Merge branch >>>>>> 'for-linus' >>>>>> of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ieee1394/linux1394-2.6 >>>>>> git bisect bad 1053414068bad659479e6efa62a67403b8b1ec0a >>>>>> # good: [b01b4babbf204443b5a846a7494546501614cefc] firewire: net: fix >>>>>> card >>>>>> driver reloading >>>>>> git bisect good b01b4babbf204443b5a846a7494546501614cefc >>>>>> # bad: [c02d7adf8c5429727a98bad1d039bccad4c61c50] NFSv4: Replace >>>>>> nfs4_path_walk() with VFS path lookup in a private namespace >>>>>> git bisect bad c02d7adf8c5429727a98bad1d039bccad4c61c50 >>>>>> # good: [616511d039af402670de8500d0e24495113a9cab] VFS: Uninline the >>>>>> function put_mnt_ns() >>>>>> git bisect good 616511d039af402670de8500d0e24495113a9cab >>>>>> # good: [cf8d2c11cb77f129675478792122f50827e5b0ae] VFS: Add VFS helper >>>>>> functions for setting up private namespaces >>>>>> git bisect good cf8d2c11cb77f129675478792122f50827e5b0ae >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The last "git bisect good" prints out: >>>>>> >>>>>> server10:/usr/src/linux # git bisect good >>>>>> c02d7adf8c5429727a98bad1d039bccad4c61c50 is the first bad commit >>>>>> commit c02d7adf8c5429727a98bad1d039bccad4c61c50 >>>>>> Author: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> >>>>>> Date: Mon Jun 22 15:09:14 2009 -0400 >>>>>> >>>>>> NFSv4: Replace nfs4_path_walk() with VFS path lookup in a private >>>>>> namespace >>>>>> >>>>>> As noted in the previous patch, the NFSv4 client mount code >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> currently >>>> >>>> >>>>>> has several limitations. If the mount path contains symlinks, or >>>>>> referrals, or even if it just contains a '..', then the client code >>>>>> in >>>>>> nfs4_path_walk() will fail with an error. >>>>>> >>>>>> This patch replaces the nfs4_path_walk()-based lookup with a helper >>>>>> function that sets up a private namespace to represent the >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> namespace >>>> >>>> >>>>>> on the >>>>>> server, then uses the ordinary VFS and NFS path lookup code to walk >>>>>> down the >>>>>> mount path in that namespace. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> >>>>>> >>>>>> :040000 040000 97a18818f26ab9a0987f157257eb6f399c3cc1cc >>>>>> 9ab6c712bb64f1349b5ac9f2020191abb5780ca0 M fs >>>>>> >>>>>> Does this help you any further? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>> Robert >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Looks suspiciously like some error in testing. >>>>> Could you pls retest and verify again that >>>>> cf8d2c11cb77f129675478792122f50827e5b0ae >>>>> is good and c02d7adf8c5429727a98bad1d039bccad4c61c50 is bad? >>>>> >>>>> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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