linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Potential fix for leapsecond caused futex related load spikes

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Message-ID: <4FF08154.3050407@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 01 Jul 2012 12:56:52 -0400
From:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Potential fix for leapsecond caused futex related
 load spikes



On 07/01/2012 11:28 AM, Prarit Bhargava wrote:
> John,
> 
> I was hit by the futex issue as well.  I saw your patch and quickly did a test
> with top-of-tree + your patch using your reproducer.  I end up with warnings
> from the smp_call_function code followed by all sorts of deadlocks, etc.
> 
> I haven't had a chance to debug and will start doing so shortly ...
> 
> intel-canoepass-02 login: [  108.479555] Clock: inserting leap second 23:59:60 UTC
> [  108.485199] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [  108.490368] WARNING: at kernel/smp.c:461 smp_call_function_many+0xbd/0x260()
> [  108.498236] Hardware name: S2600CP
> [  108.502060] Modules linked in: nfs nfs_acl auth_rpcgss fscache lockd sunrpc
> kvm_intel igb coretemp kvm ixgbe ptp pps_core ioatdma mdio tpm_tis crc32c_intel
> wmi joydev dca tpm lpc_ich ghash_clmulni_intel sb_edac mfd_core edac_core
> i2c_i801 microcode pcspkr tpm_bios hid_generic isci libsas scsi_transport_sas
> mgag200 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm drm i2c_core [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> [  108.540561] Pid: 1328, comm: leaptest Not tainted 3.5.0-rc4+ #4
> [  108.547169] Hypervisor: no hypervisor
> [  108.551273] Call Trace:
> [  108.554019]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8105814f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
> [  108.561398]  [<ffffffff810581aa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
> [  108.567911]  [<ffffffff810b39bd>] smp_call_function_many+0xbd/0x260
> [  108.574931]  [<ffffffff8107e960>] ? hrtimer_wakeup+0x30/0x30
> [  108.581242]  [<ffffffff8107e960>] ? hrtimer_wakeup+0x30/0x30
> [  108.587560]  [<ffffffff810b3cb2>] smp_call_function+0x22/0x30
> [  108.593982]  [<ffffffff810b3d18>] on_each_cpu+0x28/0x70
> [  108.599825]  [<ffffffff8107ef7c>] clock_was_set+0x1c/0x30

John, the issue is that clock_was_set calls on_each_cpu() -- which cannot be
called from interrupt context as it calls smp_call_function_many().

I don't think you can call call_was_set() from update_wall_time() as
update_wall_time() is called in interrupt context.

Looking into it more ...

P.
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