linux-kernel - Re: linux-next 20141216 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:2849

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Message-ID: <20141218174629.GB29827@madcap2.tricolour.ca>
Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:46:29 -0500
From:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-audit@...hat.com
Subject: Re: linux-next 20141216 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid
 context at mm/slab.c:2849

On 14/12/18, Eric Paris wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 11:45 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Dec 2014 20:09:54 -0500, Valdis Kletnieks said:
> > > Spotted these two while booting single-user on 20141216.  20141208
> > > doesn't throw these, so it's something in the last week or so..
> > 
> > Gaah!  Turns out that 20141208 *is* susceptible - it had been booting
> > just fine for several days, but it went around the bend, apparently due
> > to a userspace or initrd change.
> 
> $5 says you updated systemd?
> 
> Richard?

Ok, so if you are correct, then either we justify dropping the lock (I
assume the one commone to both BUG reports [sig->cred_guard_mutex] ),
or we make yet another queue were were hoping to avoid...

It would also be good to narrow it down to a rule that triggers this.

> > egrep 'BUG|Linux vers' from my syslog:
> > 
> > Dec  9 12:19:53 turing-police kernel: [    0.000000] Linux version 3.18.0-next-20141208 (source@...ing-police.cc.vt.edu) (gcc version 4.9.2 20141101 (Red Hat 4.9.2-1) (GCC) ) #27 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 8 22:20:07 EST 2014
...
> > Dec 12 19:42:30 turing-police kernel: [    0.000000] Linux version 3.18.0-next-20141208 (source@...ing-police.cc.vt.edu) (gcc version 4.9.2 20141101 (Red Hat 4.9.2-1) (GCC) ) #27 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 8 22:20:07 EST 2014
> > Dec 12 20:00:39 turing-police kernel: [ 1109.635328] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:2849
...
> > Dec 12 20:42:47 turing-police kernel: [ 3633.863552] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:2849
> > Dec 12 20:51:33 turing-police kernel: [    0.000000] Linux version 3.18.0-next-20141208 (source@...ing-police.cc.vt.edu) (gcc version 4.9.2 20141101 (Red Hat 4.9.2-1) (GCC) ) #27 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 8 22:20:07 EST 2014
> > Dec 12 21:51:04 turing-police kernel: [ 3587.132867] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at mm/slab.c:2849
...
> > I need to figure out what changed around 7:30PM on the 12th.

- RGB

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