linux-kernel - Re: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT

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Date:	Tue, 12 Nov 2013 10:28:38 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Mike Galbraith <bitbucket@...ine.de>
cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	RT <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Sebastian Sewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL + CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL = nogo

On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> FYI, shiny new (and virgin) 3.12.0-rt1 nohz_full config is deadlock
> prone.  I was measuring fastpath cost yesterday with pinned pipe-test.. 
> 
> x3550 M3 E5620 (bloatware config)
> CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE - CPU3
> 2.957012 usecs/loop -- avg 2.957012 676.4 KHz     1.000
> 
> CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL - CPU1 != nohz_full
> 3.735279 usecs/loop -- avg 3.735279 535.4 KHz      .791
> 
> CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL - CPU3 == nohz_full
> 5.922986 usecs/loop -- avg 5.922986 337.7 KHz      .499
> 
> (ow)
> 
> ..and noticed box eventually deadlocks, if it boots, which the instance
> below didn't.
 
> --- <RT exception stack> ---
> #11 [ffff88017b243e90] _raw_spin_lock at ffffffff815d2596
> #12 [ffff88017b243e90] rt_mutex_trylock at ffffffff815d15be
> #13 [ffff88017b243eb0] get_next_timer_interrupt at ffffffff81063b42
> #14 [ffff88017b243f00] tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick at ffffffff810bd1fd
> #15 [ffff88017b243f70] tick_nohz_irq_exit at ffffffff810bd7d2
> #16 [ffff88017b243f90] irq_exit at ffffffff8105b02d
> #17 [ffff88017b243fb0] reschedule_interrupt at ffffffff815db3dd
> --- <IRQ stack> ---
> #18 [ffff88017a2a9bc8] reschedule_interrupt at ffffffff815db3dd
>     [exception RIP: task_blocks_on_rt_mutex+51]
>     RIP: ffffffff810c1ed3  RSP: ffff88017a2a9c78  RFLAGS: 00000296
>     RAX: 0000000000080000  RBX: 0000000000000001  RCX: 0000000000000000
>     RDX: ffff88017a27d5a0  RSI: ffff88017a2a9d00  RDI: ffff880179ef8000
>     RBP: ffff880179ef8000   R8: ffff880179cfef50   R9: ffff880179ef8018
>     R10: ffff880179cfef51  R11: 0000000000000002  R12: 0000000000000001
>     R13: 0000000000000001  R14: 0000000100000000  R15: 0000000100000000
>     ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffff02  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
> #19 [ffff88017a2a9ce0] rt_spin_lock_slowlock at ffffffff815d183c

Grr....
 
     raw_spin_lock(&lock->wait_lock);

Ditto in rt_mutex_slowtrylock()

Thanks,

	tglx
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