linux-kernel - Re: [2.6.35-rc1 BUG]: Calling sched_clock causes stack trace with DEBUG

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Message-ID: <1275531909.15884.27.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:25:09 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	davidjon@...ontk.org
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>, Divyesh Shah <dpshah@...gle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6.35-rc1 BUG]: Calling sched_clock causes stack trace with
 DEBUG_PREEMPT

On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 18:13 +0530, David John wrote:
> On 06/01/2010 03:53 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 01 2010, David John wrote:
> >> On 06/01/2010 12:15 PM, David John wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I get stack traces like the following:
> >>>
> >>> BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: init/1
> >>> caller is native_sched_clock+0x37/0x6d
> >>> Pid: 1, comm: init Not tainted 2.6.35-rc1 #99
> >>> Call Trace:
> >>> [<ffffffff811c422b>] debug_smp_processor_id+0xd3/0xec
> >>> [<ffffffff81008a1e>] native_sched_clock+0x37/0x6d
> >>> [<ffffffff811a7bfd>] blk_rq_init+0x92/0x9e
> >>> [<ffffffff811a7f2e>] get_request+0x1c8/0x27e
> >>> [<ffffffff811a8011>] get_request_wait+0x2d/0x13c
> >>> [<ffffffff810306ee>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x42
> >>> [<ffffffff81411ea6>] ? add_preempt_count+0xad/0xb1
> >>> [<ffffffff811a83b3>] __make_request+0x293/0x3b8
> >>> [<ffffffff81099737>] ? mempool_alloc_slab+0x10/0x12
> >>> [<ffffffff811a6bc4>] generic_make_request+0x187/0x1ea
> >>> [<ffffffff810306ee>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x42
> >>> [<ffffffff811a6ce5>] submit_bio+0xbe/0xc7
> >>> [<ffffffff810f1f37>] submit_bh+0xef/0x111
> >>> [<ffffffff810f4865>] block_read_full_page+0x1ec/0x20c
> >>> [<ffffffff810f6815>] ? blkdev_get_block+0x0/0x5e
> >>> [<ffffffff81411de6>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x92/0xa5
> >>> [<ffffffff810a0500>] ? __lru_cache_add+0x73/0x93
> >>> [<ffffffff810f6e81>] blkdev_readpage+0x13/0x15
> >>> [<ffffffff8109f981>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x161/0x194
> >>> [<ffffffff8109f9d0>] ra_submit+0x1c/0x20
> >>> [<ffffffff8109fc5f>] ondemand_readahead+0x1bb/0x1ce
> >>> [<ffffffff810973c9>] ? rcu_read_unlock+0xe/0x29
> >>> [<ffffffff8109fd46>] page_cache_sync_readahead+0x38/0x3a
> >>> [<ffffffff810993c2>] generic_file_aio_read+0x24d/0x57f
> >>> [<ffffffff810cf973>] ? __mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x78/0x46c
> >>> [<ffffffff810d2aa0>] do_sync_read+0xc6/0x103
> >>> [<ffffffff810306ee>] ? get_parent_ip+0x11/0x42
> >>> [<ffffffff810adca5>] ? handle_mm_fault+0x7cb/0x7e5
> >>> [<ffffffff810f69c5>] ? block_ioctl+0x32/0x36
> >>> [<ffffffff81189fcc>] ? selinux_file_permission+0x57/0xae
> >>> [<ffffffff81184524>] ? security_file_permission+0x11/0x13
> >>> [<ffffffff810d34af>] vfs_read+0xa6/0x103
> >>> [<ffffffff810d35c2>] sys_read+0x45/0x69
> >>> [<ffffffff810029ab>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> >>>
> >>> Since with commit 9195291e you call 'set_start_time_ns' from
> >>> 'blk_rq_init' which in turn calls 'sched_clock' with preempt enabled.
> >>> There are other calls to sched_clock in blk-cgroup.c. Maybe they should
> >>> be checked as well?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> David.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I see this has been reported. Never mind.
> > 
> > This should fix it for now, if you have time to test, then that would
> > not hurt.
> 
> Yes, this works.

I had the same issue, and this patch fixed it for me too.

-- Steve


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