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Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:57:24 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: rcu_prempt stalls / lockup

On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 07:31:30PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 04:18:22PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
>  > > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 7/7   #P:4
>  > > #
>  > > #                              _-----=> irqs-off
>  > > #                             / _----=> need-resched
>  > > #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
>  > > #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
>  > > #                            ||| /     delay
>  > > #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
>  > > #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dNs3   851.748475: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21342 cpuend
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dNs3   851.748477: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21343 cpustart
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dNs3   851.748477: rcu_grace_period: rcu_sched 20080 cpuend
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dN.2   851.748480: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21343 cpuqs
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [000] ...1   851.748485: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21343 fqsstart
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [000] ...1   851.748487: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21343 fqsend
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [000] ...1   851.748487: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21343 fqswait
>  > > # tracer: nop
>  > > #
>  > > # entries-in-buffer/entries-written: 13/13   #P:4
>  > > #
>  > > #                              _-----=> irqs-off
>  > > #                             / _----=> need-resched
>  > > #                            | / _---=> hardirq/softirq
>  > > #                            || / _--=> preempt-depth
>  > > #                            ||| /     delay
>  > > #           TASK-PID   CPU#  ||||    TIMESTAMP  FUNCTION
>  > > #              | |       |   ||||       |         |
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] d..2   851.878457: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21349 end
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] d..2   851.878459: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21349 newreq
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] ...1   851.878459: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21349 reqwait
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] d..2   851.878460: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21350 start
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] d..2   851.878461: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21350 cpustart
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] d..2   851.878462: rcu_grace_period_init: rcu_preempt 21350 0 0 7 f
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] ...1   851.878463: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21350 fqswait
>  > >      rcu_preempt-9     [003] d..2   851.878464: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21350 cpuqs
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dNs3   851.878482: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21349 cpuend
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dNs3   851.878483: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21350 cpustart
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dNs3   851.878484: rcu_grace_period: rcu_sched 20086 cpuend
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] .N.2   851.878486: rcu_grace_period: rcu_sched 20086 cpuqs
>  > >           <idle>-0     [000] dN.2   851.878487: rcu_grace_period: rcu_preempt 21350 cpuqs

OK, so the trace ended on grace period #21350...

>  > > 
>  > > 
>  > > followed by a half dozen 'empty' traces before it totally locked up.
>  > 
>  > Cool, thank you!
>  > 
>  > Could you please also send the RCU CPU stall warning messages?
> 
> >From that run they were..
> 
> [  917.790265] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [  917.791189] 	(detected by 0, t=6502 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)

But the hang didn't happen until grace period #21390.  Sigh!  That means
that the trace doesn't tell me about the current grace period.

Thank you for getting this info, but it is beginning to look like
bisection is necessary here.  :-(

							Thanx, Paul

> [  917.792058] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [  917.792799] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [  917.793534] 	(detected by 0, t=6502 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [  917.794265] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1112.727480] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1112.728425] 	(detected by 0, t=26007 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)
> [ 1112.729300] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1112.730035] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1112.730744] 	(detected by 0, t=26007 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [ 1112.731459] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1307.664710] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1307.665623] 	(detected by 0, t=45512 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)
> [ 1307.666386] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1307.667113] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1307.667839] 	(detected by 0, t=45512 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [ 1307.668572] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1502.601961] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1502.602905] 	(detected by 0, t=65017 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)
> [ 1502.603765] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1502.604550] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1502.605305] 	(detected by 0, t=65017 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [ 1502.606061] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1697.539217] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1697.540189] 	(detected by 0, t=84522 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)
> [ 1697.541052] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1697.541826] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1697.542600] 	(detected by 0, t=84522 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [ 1697.543378] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1892.476433] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1892.477545] 	(detected by 0, t=104027 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)
> [ 1892.478402] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 1892.479208] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 1892.480010] 	(detected by 0, t=104027 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [ 1892.480831] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 2087.413694] INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 2087.414748] 	(detected by 0, t=123532 jiffies, g=21390, c=21389, q=0)
> [ 2087.415722] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> [ 2087.416558] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
> [ 2087.417392] 	(detected by 0, t=123532 jiffies, g=20128, c=20127, q=0)
> [ 2087.418231] INFO: Stall ended before state dump start, gp_kthread state: 0x2
> 
> 
> 

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