linux-kernel - Re: [regression] WARNING: at drivers/block/floppy.c:2929 do_fd

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Date:	Mon, 5 Dec 2011 22:22:02 +0300
From:	Sergei Trofimovich <slyich@...il.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@...rite.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [regression] WARNING: at drivers/block/floppy.c:2929
 do_fd_request+0xb7/0xb9() in 3.2.0-rc2 and 3

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 10:32:36 -0800
Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 08:21:14PM +0300, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> > Same here on 3.2.0-rc4-00077-g5983fe2
> > 
> > 'swapper' cmd looks suspicious.
> > [ CCing someone who is familar with block layer, sorry in advance ]
> > 
> > [    3.792015] floppy0: no floppy controllers found
> > [    3.792274] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [    3.792434] WARNING: at drivers/block/floppy.c:2929 do_fd_request+0xbf/0xd0()
> > [    3.792587] Hardware name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> > [    3.792738] VFS: do_fd_request called on non-open device
> > [    3.792889] Modules linked in:
> > [    3.793008] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.2.0-rc4-00077-g5983fe2 #2
> > [    3.793008] Call Trace:
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff81039a6a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff81039b41>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x41/0x50
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff813d657f>] do_fd_request+0xbf/0xd0
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff81322b95>] blk_drain_queue+0x65/0x80
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff81322c93>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xe3/0x1a0
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff818a809d>] floppy_init+0xdeb/0xe28
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff818a72b2>] ? daring+0x6b/0x6b
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff810002af>] do_one_initcall+0x3f/0x170
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff81884b34>] kernel_init+0x9d/0x11e
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff810317c2>] ? schedule_tail+0x22/0xa0
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff815dbb14>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff81884a97>] ? start_kernel+0x2be/0x2be
> > [    3.793008]  [<ffffffff815dbb10>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb
> > [    3.793008] ---[ end trace c5807061655fec8c ]---
> 
> Does the following patch make the warning go away?

It does. Thank you!
Tried to boot only once with patch though (is bug deterministic?)

> Thanks.
> 
>  block/blk-core.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
> index ea70e6c..653cc22 100644
> --- a/block/blk-core.c
> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> @@ -366,7 +366,8 @@ void blk_drain_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool drain_all)
>  		if (drain_all)
>  			blk_throtl_drain(q);
>  
> -		__blk_run_queue(q);
> +		if (!list_empty(&q->queue_head))
> +			__blk_run_queue(q);
>  
>  		if (drain_all)
>  			nr_rqs = q->rq.count[0] + q->rq.count[1];

-- 

  Sergei

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