linux-kernel - Re: Oops on aoe module removal

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2013 15:20:43 -0600
From:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
To:	"stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	"mitko@...ksoft-bg.com" <mitko@...ksoft-bg.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kernel-team@...oraproject.org" <kernel-team@...oraproject.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Oops on aoe module removal

On Jan 3, 2013, at 3:50 PM, Ed Cashin wrote:

> On Jan 3, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Ed Cashin wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 3, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2013-01-03 20:28, Ed Cashin wrote:
>>>> Lines: 75
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 12:15:35PM -0600, Ed Cashin wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 3, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Josh Boyer wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>> [699170.611997] aoe: AoE v47 initialised.
>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.308319] WARNING: at lib/list_debug.c:62 __list_del_entry+0x82/0xd0()
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.312031] Hardware name: S5000VSA
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.315658] list_del corruption. next->prev should be ffff880009fa37e8, but was ffffffff81c79c00
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.319352] Modules linked in: aoe(-) ip6table_filter ip6_tables ebtable_nat ebtables lockd sunrpc bridge 8021q garp stp llc vfat fat binfmt_misc iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support vhost_net lpc_ich radeon tun macvtap mfd_core serio_raw coretemp i2c_algo_bit ttm i5000_edac macvlan drm_kms_helper e1000e edac_core microcode i5k_amb shpchp i2c_i801 drm kvm_intel i2c_core kvm ioatdma dca raid1
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.336259] Pid: 8584, comm: modprobe Not tainted 3.6.11-1.fc17.x86_64 #1
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.340561] Call Trace:
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.344865]  [<ffffffff8105c8ef>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.349212]  [<ffffffff8105c9e6>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.353595]  [<ffffffff812eee52>] __list_del_entry+0x82/0xd0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.357954]  [<ffffffff812eeeb1>] list_del+0x11/0x40
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.362319]  [<ffffffff812f6458>] percpu_counter_destroy+0x28/0x50
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.366712]  [<ffffffff8114c513>] bdi_destroy+0x43/0x140
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.371127]  [<ffffffff812be20c>] blk_release_queue+0x8c/0xc0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.375454]  [<ffffffff812dc322>] kobject_cleanup+0x82/0x1b0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.379675]  [<ffffffff812dc1ab>] kobject_put+0x2b/0x60
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.383851]  [<ffffffff812b80a5>] blk_put_queue+0x15/0x20
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.387899]  [<ffffffff812bc659>] blk_cleanup_queue+0xc9/0xe0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.391794]  [<ffffffffa01f53f5>] aoedev_freedev+0x135/0x150 [aoe]
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.395668]  [<ffffffffa01f59a5>] aoedev_exit+0x65/0x80 [aoe]
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.399493]  [<ffffffffa01f5afe>] aoe_exit+0x2e/0x40 [aoe]
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.403273]  [<ffffffff810bdefe>] sys_delete_module+0x16e/0x2d0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.407119]  [<ffffffff8161db56>] ? __schedule+0x3c6/0x7a0
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.411050]  [<ffffffff8119054a>] ? sys_write+0x4a/0x90
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.415033]  [<ffffffff81627329>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.419117] ---[ end trace 9e1558af1964b569 ]---
>>>>>>>>>>> [699231.423248] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>>>> 
>>>> The blk_alloc_queue has already done a bdi_init, so do not bdi_init again in
>>>> aoeblk_gdalloc.
>>>> 
>>>> The patch below applies to v3.5.6, with its v47 aoe driver.  On my system it
>>>> eliminates the list_del corruption messages.
>>> 
>>> Since the patch doesn't apply to current -git, does the problem not
>>> exist there?
>> 
>> The original post is about an older kernel with the v47 aoe driver.  The current mainline has a v81 aoe driver, so the patch for v3.5.6 isn't expected to apply to the mainline.
>> 
>> I'm currently investigating the state of the mainline with relation to this issue.
> 
> I don't see the extra call to bdi_init in aoe driver v81 in the mainline git tree, and
> I don't see the symptoms under discussion, either, when performing the same 
> test steps.
> 
> Kernels with aoe v47 can use the patch I just posted.
> 
> I'm going to go through the stable kernels and check, but I believe kernels after
> v47 but before commit 0a41409c5180 should apply the fix in 0a41409c5180:
> 
>  commit 0a41409c518083133e79015092585d68915865be
>  Author: Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
>  Date:   Mon Dec 17 16:03:58 2012 -0800
> 
>      aoe: remove vestigial request queue allocation

...

OK.  Looks like 3.7.1 has aoe v50, exhibits the behavior in question, and needs
the above-mentioned commit 0a41409c5180 from Linus' tree as a fix.

The 3.6.11 kernel has aoe v47, so it and earlier stable kernels can use the patch
I posted in this thread.

I'm sending this to stable@...r.kernel.org to ask Greg, Ben, and other stable
maintainers (where's the list of stable kernel maintainers?) ...

Should I send git-generated patches to stable@...r.kernel.org based on each
linux-stable/linux-3.x,y branch?  There are only two cases, really: 3.7.y and others.
I suppose 3.7.y can cherry pick from the mainline.

What's the best way to do this?

-- 
  Ed Cashin
  ecashin@...aid.com


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