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Message-ID: <516F3DE8.1040909@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:27:20 +0800
From: Simon Jeons <simon.jeons@...il.com>
To: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
CC: Mitsuhiro Tanino <mitsuhiro.tanino.gm@...achi.com>,
Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch 0/2] mm: Add parameters to make kernel behavior at
memory error on dirty cache selectable
Hi Naoya,
On 04/17/2013 10:55 PM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 03:14:36PM +0800, Simon Jeons wrote:
>> Hi Naoya,
>> On 04/11/2013 03:11 PM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
>>> Hi Tanino-san,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:26:19PM +0900, Mitsuhiro Tanino wrote:
>>> ...
>>>> Solution
>>>> ---------
>>>> The patch proposes a new sysctl interface, vm.memory_failure_dirty_panic,
>>>> in order to prevent data corruption comes from data lost problem.
>>>> Also this patch displays information of affected file such as device name,
>>>> inode number, file offset and file type if the file is mapped on a memory
>>>> and the page is dirty cache.
>>>>
>>>> When SRAO machine check occurs on a dirty page cache, corresponding
>>>> data cannot be recovered any more. Therefore, the patch proposes a kernel
>>>> option to keep a system running or force system panic in order
>>>> to avoid further trouble such as data corruption problem of application.
>>>>
>>>> System administrator can select an error action using this option
>>>> according to characteristics of target system.
>>> Can we do this in userspace?
>>> mcelog can trigger scripts when a MCE which matches the user-configurable
>>> conditions happens, so I think that we can trigger a kernel panic by
>>> chekcing kernel messages from the triggered script.
>>> For that purpose, I recently fixed the dirty/clean messaging in commit
>>> ff604cf6d4 "mm: hwpoison: fix action_result() to print out dirty/clean".
>> In your commit ff604cf6d4, you mentioned that "because when we check
>> PageDirty in action_result() it was cleared after page isolation even if
>> it's dirty before error handling." Could you point out where page
>> isolation and clear PageDirty? I don't think is isolate_lru_pages.
> Here is the result of ftracing of memory_failure().
> cancel_dirty_page() is called inside me_pagecache_dirty(), that's it.
Cool! What's the option you used in this ftrace.
>
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857024: funcgraph_entry: | memory_failure() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857024: funcgraph_entry: 0.283 us | PageHuge();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857025: funcgraph_entry: 0.321 us | _cond_resched();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857025: funcgraph_entry: 0.348 us | hwpoison_filter();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857026: funcgraph_entry: 0.323 us | PageHuge();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857027: funcgraph_entry: 0.264 us | PageHuge();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857027: funcgraph_entry: | kmem_cache_alloc_trace() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857028: funcgraph_entry: 0.254 us | _cond_resched();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857028: funcgraph_exit: 0.905 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857029: funcgraph_entry: 0.308 us | _read_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857029: funcgraph_entry: 0.326 us | _spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857057: funcgraph_entry: | kfree() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857057: funcgraph_entry: 0.252 us | __phys_addr();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857058: funcgraph_exit: 1.000 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857058: funcgraph_entry: | try_to_unmap() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857058: funcgraph_entry: | try_to_unmap_file() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857059: funcgraph_entry: 0.430 us | _spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857060: funcgraph_entry: 0.719 us | vma_prio_tree_next();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857061: funcgraph_entry: | try_to_unmap_one() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857061: funcgraph_entry: | page_check_address() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857061: funcgraph_entry: 0.256 us | PageHuge();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857062: funcgraph_entry: 0.419 us | _spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857063: funcgraph_exit: 1.812 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857063: funcgraph_entry: | flush_tlb_page() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857064: funcgraph_entry: | native_flush_tlb_others() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857064: funcgraph_entry: 0.286 us | is_uv_system();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857065: funcgraph_entry: | flush_tlb_others_ipi() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857065: funcgraph_entry: 0.336 us | _spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857066: funcgraph_entry: | physflat_send_IPI_mask() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857066: funcgraph_entry: 0.405 us | default_send_IPI_mask_sequence_phys();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857067: funcgraph_exit: 1.032 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857068: funcgraph_exit: 3.704 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857069: funcgraph_exit: 5.000 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857069: funcgraph_exit: 6.060 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857070: funcgraph_entry: | set_page_dirty() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857070: funcgraph_entry: | __set_page_dirty_buffers() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857070: funcgraph_entry: 0.278 us | _spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857071: funcgraph_exit: 0.972 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857071: funcgraph_exit: 1.636 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857072: funcgraph_entry: 0.269 us | native_set_pte_at();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857072: funcgraph_entry: | page_remove_rmap() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857073: funcgraph_entry: 0.281 us | PageHuge();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857073: funcgraph_entry: | __dec_zone_page_state() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857073: funcgraph_entry: 0.330 us | __dec_zone_state();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857074: funcgraph_exit: 0.991 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857074: funcgraph_entry: | mem_cgroup_update_file_mapped() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857075: funcgraph_entry: 0.278 us | lookup_page_cgroup();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857076: funcgraph_exit: 1.112 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857076: funcgraph_exit: 3.668 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857076: funcgraph_entry: 0.309 us | put_page();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857077: funcgraph_exit: + 16.206 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857077: funcgraph_exit: + 18.641 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857077: funcgraph_exit: + 19.336 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857078: funcgraph_entry: | me_pagecache_dirty() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857079: funcgraph_entry: | me_pagecache_clean() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857079: funcgraph_entry: | delete_from_lru_cache() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857080: funcgraph_entry: | isolate_lru_page() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857080: funcgraph_entry: 0.424 us | _spin_lock_irq();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857081: funcgraph_entry: | mem_cgroup_lru_del_list() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857081: funcgraph_entry: 0.278 us | lookup_page_cgroup();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857082: funcgraph_exit: 1.097 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857082: funcgraph_entry: 0.381 us | __mod_zone_page_state();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857083: funcgraph_exit: 3.660 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857084: funcgraph_entry: 0.384 us | put_page();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857084: funcgraph_exit: 5.176 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857085: funcgraph_entry: | generic_error_remove_page() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857086: funcgraph_entry: | truncate_inode_page() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857086: funcgraph_entry: | do_invalidatepage() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857087: funcgraph_entry: | ext4_da_invalidatepage() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857087: funcgraph_entry: | ext4_invalidatepage() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857088: funcgraph_entry: | jbd2_journal_invalidatepage() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857088: funcgraph_entry: 0.281 us | _cond_resched();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857088: funcgraph_entry: | unlock_buffer() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857089: funcgraph_entry: | wake_up_bit() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857089: funcgraph_entry: | bit_waitqueue() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857089: funcgraph_entry: 0.308 us | __phys_addr();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857090: funcgraph_exit: 1.005 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857091: funcgraph_entry: 0.409 us | __wake_up_bit();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857091: funcgraph_exit: 2.495 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857092: funcgraph_exit: 3.240 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857092: funcgraph_entry: | try_to_free_buffers() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857093: funcgraph_entry: 0.377 us | _spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857093: funcgraph_entry: | drop_buffers() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857094: funcgraph_entry: 0.427 us | put_page();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857095: funcgraph_exit: 1.378 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857095: funcgraph_entry: | cancel_dirty_page() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857096: funcgraph_entry: | dec_zone_page_state() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857096: funcgraph_entry: | __dec_zone_page_state() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857097: funcgraph_entry: 0.408 us | __dec_zone_state();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857097: funcgraph_exit: 1.198 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857098: funcgraph_exit: 1.987 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857099: funcgraph_exit: 3.303 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857099: funcgraph_entry: | free_buffer_head() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857099: funcgraph_entry: 0.579 us | kmem_cache_free();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857100: funcgraph_entry: 0.406 us | recalc_bh_state();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857101: funcgraph_exit: 2.269 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857102: funcgraph_exit: 9.451 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857102: funcgraph_exit: + 14.532 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857102: funcgraph_exit: + 15.321 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857103: funcgraph_exit: + 16.285 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857103: funcgraph_exit: + 17.133 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857104: funcgraph_entry: 0.439 us | cancel_dirty_page();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857105: funcgraph_entry: | remove_from_page_cache() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857105: funcgraph_entry: 0.408 us | _spin_lock_irq();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857106: funcgraph_entry: | __remove_from_page_cache() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857107: funcgraph_entry: | __dec_zone_page_state() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857107: funcgraph_entry: 0.457 us | __dec_zone_state();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857108: funcgraph_exit: 1.224 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857109: funcgraph_exit: 2.757 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857109: funcgraph_entry: | mem_cgroup_uncharge_cache_page() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857109: funcgraph_entry: | __mem_cgroup_uncharge_common() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857110: funcgraph_entry: 0.421 us | lookup_page_cgroup();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857111: funcgraph_entry: 0.383 us | bit_spin_lock();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857112: funcgraph_exit: 2.119 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857112: funcgraph_exit: 2.920 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857112: funcgraph_exit: 7.783 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857113: funcgraph_entry: 0.393 us | put_page();
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857113: funcgraph_exit: + 27.960 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857114: funcgraph_exit: + 29.017 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857114: funcgraph_exit: + 35.595 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857115: funcgraph_exit: + 36.476 us | }
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857115: funcgraph_entry: | action_result() {
> mceinj.sh-7662 [000] 154195.857116: funcgraph_entry: | vprintk() {
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