linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH -tip] x86,trace: Add irq_enter/exit() in smp_trace_reschedule

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Message-ID: <A5ED84D3BB3A384992CBB9C77DEDA4D443E12CE6@USINDEM103.corp.hds.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Jul 2013 11:40:54 +0000
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"'mingo@...e.hu' (mingo@...e.hu)" <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH -tip] x86,trace: Add irq_enter/exit() in
 smp_trace_reschedule_interrupt()

Ingo,

Please merge this patch to your tree.
It is a bug fix of irq_vector tracepoints patch.

Seiji

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Rostedt [mailto:rostedt@...dmis.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 2:16 PM
> To: Seiji Aguchi
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; x86@...nel.org; hpa@...or.com; mingo@...e.hu; tglx@...utronix.de
> Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip] x86,trace: Add irq_enter/exit() in smp_trace_reschedule_interrupt()
> 
> On Fri, 2013-06-28 at 14:02 -0400, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> > Reschedule vector tracepoints may be called in cpu idle state.
> > This causes lockdep check warning below.
> >
> > The tracepoint requires rcu but for accuracy it also
> > requires irq_enter() (tracepoints record the irq context), thus, the
> > tracepoint interrupt handler should be calling irq_enter() and not
> > rcu_irq_enter() (irq_enter() calls rcu_irq_enter()).
> >
> > So, add irq_enter/exit() to smp_trace_reschedule_interrupt()
> > with common pre/post processing functions, smp_entering_irq()
> > and exiting_irq() (exiting_irq() calls just irq_exit()
> >  in arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h),
> > because these can be shared among reschedule, call_function,
> > and call_function_single vectors.
> >
> > [   50.720557] Testing event reschedule_exit:
> > [   50.721349]
> > [   50.721502] ===============================
> > [   50.721835] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
> > [   50.722169] 3.10.0-rc6-00004-gcf910e8 #190 Not tainted
> > [   50.722582] -------------------------------
> > [   50.722915] /c/kernel-tests/src/linux/arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h:50 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
> > [   50.723770]
> > [   50.723770] other info that might help us debug this:
> > [   50.723770]
> > [   50.724385]
> > [   50.724385] RCU used illegally from idle CPU!
> > [   50.724385] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
> > [   50.725232] RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
> > [   50.725690] no locks held by swapper/0/0.
> > [   50.726010]
> > [   50.726010] stack backtrace:
> > [   50.726359] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.10.0-rc6-00004-gcf910e8 #190
> > [   50.726965] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2011
> >
> > [   50.727417]  00000001 00000001 79c53f04 798bd9f9 79c53f2c 79077a70 79b412c6 79b41fd1
> > [   50.728159]  00000001 00000000 79c5ef8c 87147c58 00000000 79c55800 79c53f38 79010b65
> > [   50.728849]  79c52000 79c53f7c 798c720e 79c52000 79c5ef8c 00000004 00000000 79c55800
> > [   50.729532] Call Trace:
> > [   50.729730]  [<798bd9f9>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
> > [   50.730072]  [<79077a70>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xf2/0xfa
> > [   50.730498]  [<79010b65>] smp_trace_reschedule_interrupt+0x1c8/0x1d0
> > [   50.730979]  [<798c720e>] trace_reschedule_interrupt+0x36/0x3c
> > [   50.731214]  [<7901875f>] ? native_safe_halt+0x5/0x7
> > [   50.731214]  [<790085cc>] default_idle+0xb1/0x1e2
> > [   50.731214]  [<79008d05>] arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0x10
> > [   50.731214]  [<79069ddf>] cpu_startup_entry+0x1e4/0x2c3
> > [   50.731214]  [<798adb34>] rest_init+0x12c/0x132
> > [   50.731214]  [<798ada08>] ? __read_lock_failed+0x14/0x14
> > [   50.731214]  [<79d309e4>] start_kernel+0x38d/0x393
> > [   50.731214]  [<79d30489>] ? repair_env_string+0x51/0x51
> > [   50.731214]  [<79d302c3>] i386_start_kernel+0x79/0x7d
> > [   50.771947] OK
> > [   50.772099] Testing event reschedule_entry: OK
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> -- Steve
>