linux-kernel - Re: 3.4-rc7: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88040b56f800 idx:1 val:-59

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Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 16:20:29 +0200
From:	Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@...d.natur.cuni.cz>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...nvz.org>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"markus@...ppelsdorf.de" <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	"hughd@...gle.com" <hughd@...gle.com>,
	"kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com" <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: 3.4-rc7: BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88040b56f800 idx:1
 val:-59



Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
> Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>> Martin Mokrejs wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>>>> Martin Mokrejs wrote:
>>>>> Andrew Morton wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 30 May 2012 00:18:31 +0400
>>>>>> Konstantin Khlebnikov<khlebnikov@...nvz.org>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 05/22, Andrew Morton wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Also, I have a note here that Oleg was unhappy with the patch.  Oleg
>>>>>>>>> happiness is important.  Has he cheered up yet?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Well, yes, I do not really like this patch ;) Because I think there is
>>>>>>>> a more simple/straightforward fix, see below. In my opinion it also
>>>>>>>> makes the original code simpler.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But. Obviously this is subjective, I can't prove my patch is "better",
>>>>>>>> and I didn't try to test it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So I won't argue with Konstantin who dislikes my patch, although I
>>>>>>>> would like to know the reason.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't remember why I dislike your patch.
>>>>>>> For now I can only say ACK )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We'll need a changelogged signed-off patch, please Oleg.  And some evidence
>>>>>> that it was tested would be nice ;)
>>>>>
>>>>> I will reboot in few hours, finally after few days ... I am running this first
>>>>> patch. I will try to test the second/alternative patch more quickly. Sorry for
>>>>> the delay.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> easiest way trigger this bug:
>>>>
>>>> #define _GNU_SOURCE
>>>> #include<unistd.h>
>>>> #include<sched.h>
>>>> #include<sys/syscall.h>
>>>> #include<sys/mman.h>
>>>>
>>>> static inline int sys_clone(unsigned long flags, void *stack, int *ptid, int *ctid)
>>>> {
>>>>       return syscall(SYS_clone, flags, stack, ptid, ctid);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>> {
>>>>       void *page;
>>>>
>>>>       page = mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
>>>>       sys_clone(CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, NULL, NULL, page);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>
>>> I am getting segfaults with this.
>>>
>>> (gdb) where
>>> #0  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>>> #1  0x00007f430f70a7e0 in __elf_set___libc_subfreeres_element_free_mem__ () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>> #2  0x00007f430f70a7e8 in __elf_set___libc_atexit_element__IO_cleanup__ () from /lib64/libc.so.6
>>> #3  0x0000000000000001 in ?? ()
>>> #4  0x0000000000000000 in ?? ()
>>> (gdb)
>>>
>>> What number should I give it as an argument? ;-)
>>
>> there is no arguments.
>>
>> yeah it corrupts stack. I'm too lazy to write it properly =)
>> but on non-patched kernel it also triggers this bug:
>> [206732.025131] BUG: Bad rss-counter state mm:ffff88000d8a6c80 idx:1 val:-1
>>
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> 
> this version works without segfaults =)
> 
> #define _GNU_SOURCE
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <sched.h>
> #include <sys/mman.h>
> 
> int child(void *arg)
> {
>     return 0;
> }
> 
> char stack[4096];
> 
> int main(int argc, char **argv)
> {
>     void *page;
> 
>     page = mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
>     clone(child, stack + sizeof(stack), CLONE_VFORK | CLONE_VM | CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID, NULL, NULL, NULL, page);
>     return 0;
> }
> 

Thanks, this app does not crash anymore. Re-confirming that both patches fix the issue on my system.

Martin
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