linux-kernel - Re: WARN_ON report from clockevents_program

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Message-ID: <20110418161238.GB1903@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:12:39 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: WARN_ON report from clockevents_program_event

On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 09:35:19AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
 > On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Dave Jones wrote:
 > 
 > > I just hit this warning on a box under heavy load.
 > > 
 > > WARNING: at kernel/time/clockevents.c:110 clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90()
 > > Hardware name: GA-MA78GM-S2H
 > > Modules linked in: microcode fuse btrfs zlib_deflate tun uinput rfcomm pn_pep can_raw cmtp kernelcapi sctp libcrc32c hidp can pppoe pppox ppp_generic slhc appletalk rds rose ax25 decnet irda crc_ccitt af_key phonet bluetooth rfkill af_802154 ipx p8022 psnap llc p8023 atm nfsd lockd nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc ip6t_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6 ip6table_filter ip6_tables ppdev snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore edac_core pcspkr snd_page_alloc edac_mce_amd k10temp sp5100_tco i2c_piix4 r8169 mii parport_pc parport wmi lm63 ipv6 pata_acpi firewire_ohci ata_generic firewire_core crc_itu_t pata_atiixp floppy radeon ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
 > > Pid: 16066, comm: trinity Not tainted 2.6.39-rc3+ #3
 > > Call Trace:
 > >  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff810569ac>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
 > >  [<ffffffff810569de>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
 > >  [<ffffffff81080380>] clockevents_program_event+0x37/0x90
 > >  [<ffffffff8108144d>] tick_dev_program_event+0x3c/0xfb
 > >  [<ffffffff8108152b>] tick_program_event+0x1f/0x21
 > >  [<ffffffff81076c41>] hrtimer_interrupt+0x127/0x1c2
 > >  [<ffffffff814c410e>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x79/0x8c
 > >  [<ffffffff814c2f93>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x13/0x20
 > >  <EOI>  [<ffffffff814c257a>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
 > > ---[ end trace 76ca0db688fca8df ]---
 > > hrtimer: interrupt took 47180328 ns
 > 
 > Huch, what did you do to make the timer interrupt run 47ms ? There is
 > something badly wrong.

This is probably a 'root shot himself in the foot' thing.

I ran my system call fuzzer from a wrong shell, which was a very bad idea.
(It seems to have actually destroyed the hardware, no longer even POSTs. oops).

	Dave

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