linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix abnormal rcu dynticks_nesting values related to async page fault

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Message-ID: <CAFTL4hzzumANj7hF5hJPZ5pKPhz4YWC-Ukb3yUKdy_DO+vb3wg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:38:14 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-next list <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	sasha.levin@...cle.com, gleb@...hat.com, avi@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Fix abnormal rcu dynticks_nesting values related to
 async page fault

2012/11/27 Li Zhong <zhong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>:
> I noticed some warnings complaining about dynticks_nesting value, like
>
> [  267.545032] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [  267.545032] WARNING: at kernel/rcutree.c:382 rcu_eqs_enter+0xab/0xc0()
> [  267.545032] Hardware name: Bochs
> [  267.545032] Modules linked in:
> [  267.545032] Pid: 0, comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 3.7.0-rc5-next-20121115 #8
> [  267.545032] Call Trace:
> [  267.545032]  [<ffffffff8104714f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
> [  267.545032]  [<ffffffff810471aa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20
> [  267.545032]  [<ffffffff810e607b>] rcu_eqs_enter+0xab/0xc0
> [  267.545032]  [<ffffffff810e60bb>] rcu_idle_enter+0x2b/0x70
> [  267.545032]  [<ffffffff8100d44f>] cpu_idle+0x6f/0x100
> [  267.545032]  [<ffffffff814bf055>] start_secondary+0x205/0x20c
> [  267.545032] ---[ end trace 924ae80da035028d ]---
>
> After enabling rcu-dyntick tracing, I got following abnormal
> dynticks_nesting values (13fffffffffffff, ff00000000000001,etc):
>                         ...
>  1      <idle>-0     [002] dN.2 18739.518567: rcu_dyntick: End 0 140000000000000                rcu_idle_exit
>  2        sshd-696   [002] d..1 18739.518675: rcu_dyntick: ++= 140000000000000 140000000000001  rcu_irq_enter   - apf (not present)

How did that happen? When I look at do_async_page_fault(),
KVM_PV_REASON_PAGE_NOT_PRESENT doesn't do rcu_irq_enter().

>
>  3      <idle>-0     [002] d..2 18739.518705: rcu_dyntick: Start 140000000000001 0              rcu_idle_enter
>  4      <idle>-0     [002] d..2 18739.521252: rcu_dyntick: End 0 1                              rcu_irq_enter   - apf (page ready)
>  5      <idle>-0     [002] dN.2 18739.521261: rcu_dyntick: Start 1 0                            rcu_irq_exit    - apf (page ready)
>  6      <idle>-0     [002] dN.2 18739.521263: rcu_dyntick: End 0 140000000000000                rcu_idle_exit
>
>  7        sshd-696   [002] d..1 18739.521299: rcu_dyntick: --= 140000000000000 13fffffffffffff  rcu_irq_exit    - apf (not present)

I'm confused for the same reason here.

>  8        sshd-696   [002] d..1 18739.521302: rcu_dyntick: Start 13fffffffffffff 0              rcu_user_enter
>  9        sshd-696   [002] d..1 18739.521330: rcu_dyntick: End 0 1                              rcu_irq_enter   - apf (not present)

Same. Now we certainly need to add some rcu_user_exit() on
do_async_page_fault(). Although I'm not quite sure when this function
is called. Is it an exception or an irq?

Thanks.
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