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Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:17:17 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
To: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 2/2] rcu: Create rcuo kthreads only for
onlined CPUs
On 07/14/2014 06:06 AM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> RCU currently uses for_each_possible_cpu() to spawn rcuo kthreads,
> which can result in more rcuo kthreads than one would expect, for
> example, derRichard reported 64 CPUs worth of rcuo kthreads on an
> 8-CPU image. This commit therefore creates rcuo kthreads only for
> those CPUs that actually come online.
>
> Reported-by: derRichard
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Hey Paul,
Me again. :)
It seems that this patch moved thread initialization to a point way
too early during boot, before rest_init() which initializes kthreadd_task
runs, so creating a new kthread triggers a NULL ptr deref:
[ 0.000000] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null)
[ 0.000000] IP: wake_up_process (kernel/sched/core.c:1768)
[ 0.000000] PGD 0
[ 0.000000] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
[ 0.000000] Modules linked in:
[ 0.000000] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 3.16.0-rc5-next-20140718-sasha-00046-g054cefc #898
[ 0.000000] task: ffffffff9fa2d580 ti: ffffffff9fa29580 task.ti: ffffffff9fa29580
[ 0.000000] RIP: wake_up_process (kernel/sched/core.c:1768)
[ 0.000000] RSP: 0000:ffffffff9fa2d238 EFLAGS: 00010046
[ 0.000000] RAX: ffffffff9fa2d580 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffffff9f2f4567 RDI: ffffffff9f28c581
[ 0.000000] RBP: ffffffff9fa2d240 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001
[ 0.000000] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 3d3d3d3d3d3d3d3d R12: ffffffff9fab3000
[ 0.000000] R13: ffffffff99288bb0 R14: ffffffff9f18a72b R15: ffff8806f2050000
[ 0.000000] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8805f3a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[ 0.000000] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000001fa22000 CR4: 00000000000006b0
[ 0.000000] Stack:
[ 0.000000] 00000000ffffffff ffffffff9fa2d388 ffffffff991fd3e7 0000000000000002
[ 0.000000] ffffffff9fa2d580 ffffffffa13b04a0 ffffffff00000000 dead4ead00000000
[ 0.000000] ffffffffffffffff ffffffffffffffff ffffffffa13ade38 0000000000000000
[ 0.000000] Call Trace:
[ 0.000000] <UNK>
[ 0.000000] kthread_create_on_node (kernel/kthread.c:294)
[ 0.000000] ? debug_smp_processor_id (lib/smp_processor_id.c:57)
[ 0.000000] ? debug_smp_processor_id (lib/smp_processor_id.c:57)
[ 0.000000] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check (lib/smp_processor_id.c:63)
[ 0.000000] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2639 (discriminator 8))
[ 0.000000] rcu_spawn_one_boost_kthread (kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:1348)
[ 0.000000] rcu_cpu_notify (kernel/rcu/tree.c:3454)
[ 0.000000] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check (lib/smp_processor_id.c:63)
[ 0.000000] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller (kernel/locking/lockdep.c:2639 (discriminator 8))
[ 0.000000] rcu_init (kernel/rcu/tree.c:3753)
[ 0.000000] start_kernel (init/main.c:581)
[ 0.000000] ? early_idt_handlers (arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:344)
[ 0.000000] x86_64_start_reservations (arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:194)
[ 0.000000] x86_64_start_kernel (arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:183)
[ 0.000000] Code: 55 b0 8b 40 18 e9 2c fd ff ff 66 66 66 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 e8 1b 0b c9 04 55 48 89 e5 53 48 89 fb e8 ae 36 21 00 <48> 8b 03 a8 0c 75 17 48 89 df 31 d2 be 03 00 00 00 e8 98 f9 ff
All code
========
0: 55 push %rbp
1: b0 8b mov $0x8b,%al
3: 40 18 e9 sbb %bpl,%cl
6: 2c fd sub $0xfd,%al
8: ff (bad)
9: ff 66 66 jmpq *0x66(%rsi)
c: 66 66 66 66 2e 0f 1f data32 data32 data32 nopw %cs:0x0(%rax,%rax,1)
13: 84 00 00 00 00 00
19: e8 1b 0b c9 04 callq 0x4c90b39
1e: 55 push %rbp
1f: 48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
22: 53 push %rbx
23: 48 89 fb mov %rdi,%rbx
26: e8 ae 36 21 00 callq 0x2136d9
2b:* 48 8b 03 mov (%rbx),%rax <-- trapping instruction
2e: a8 0c test $0xc,%al
30: 75 17 jne 0x49
32: 48 89 df mov %rbx,%rdi
35: 31 d2 xor %edx,%edx
37: be 03 00 00 00 mov $0x3,%esi
3c: e8 98 f9 ff 00 callq 0xfff9d9
Code starting with the faulting instruction
===========================================
0: 48 8b 03 mov (%rbx),%rax
3: a8 0c test $0xc,%al
5: 75 17 jne 0x1e
7: 48 89 df mov %rbx,%rdi
a: 31 d2 xor %edx,%edx
c: be 03 00 00 00 mov $0x3,%esi
11: e8 98 f9 ff 00 callq 0xfff9ae
[ 0.000000] RIP wake_up_process (kernel/sched/core.c:1768)
[ 0.000000] RSP <ffffffff9fa2d238>
[ 0.000000] CR2: 0000000000000000
Thanks,
Sasha
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