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Date:	Wed, 21 Jan 2015 17:05:50 +0800
From:	Zhang Zhen <zhenzhang.zhang@...wei.com>
To:	<paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<morgan.wang@...wei.com>, <josh@...edesktop.org>,
	<dipankar@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: RCU CPU stall console spews  leads to soft lockup disabled is
 reasonable ?

On 2015/1/21 15:02, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 02:54:05PM +0800, Zhang Zhen wrote:
>> On 2015/1/21 11:13, Zhang Zhen wrote:
>>> On 2015/1/21 10:26, Zhang Zhen wrote:
>>>> On 2015/1/20 23:25, Don Zickus wrote:
> 
> [ . . . ]
> 
>>> Sorry, i made a mistake, the log above is based on v3.10.63.
>>> I have tested the latest upstream kernel (based on ec6f34e5b552),
>>> but my test case can't triggered RCU stall warning.
>>>
>>
>> I used git bisect to find the bad commit, but found a irrelevant
>> commit(db5d711e2db776 zram: avoid null access when fail to alloc meta).
>> Before this commit, my test case can easily trigger RCU stall warning,
>> but after this commit, my test case can't trigger RCU stall warning.
> 
> I have lost track of exactly what kernel you are using.  If you are
> using a recent kernel (v3.18 or thereabouts), one thing to try is to
> apply my stack of RCU CPU stall-warning changes that are on their way
> in, please see v3.19-rc1..630181c4a915 in -rcu, which is at:
> 
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git
> 
> These handle the problems that Dave Jones and a few others located this
> past December.  Could you please give them a spin?
> 

Yeah, my test case can easily trigger RCU stall-warning based on commit 630181c4a915
in your linux-rcu git tree.

In my .config, CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_TIMEOUT=21.
Before commented out touch_softlockup_watchdog() in touch_nmi_watchdog:

/ #
/ # echo 60 > /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_thresh
[   21.885200] NMI watchdog: disabled (cpu0): hardware events not enabled
/ #  busybox insmod softlockup_test.ko
[   47.900117] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
[   47.900117] 	(detected by 0, t=5252 jiffies, g=-202, c=-203, q=7)
[   47.900117] All QSes seen, last rcu_sched kthread activity 5252 (4294904271-4294899019), jiffies_till_next_fqs=1
[   47.900117] busybox         R  running task        0    42     41 0x00000008
[   47.900117]  ffffffff81afaf40 ffff88007fa03d98 ffffffff810781c0 ffffffff81a5e5f8
[   47.900117]  ffffffff81a45d80 ffff88007fa03dd8 ffffffff810af723 0000000000000083
[   47.900117]  ffff88007fa13580 ffffffff81a45d80 ffffffff81a45d80 ffffffff810c43e0
[   47.900117] Call Trace:
[   47.900117]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff810781c0>] sched_show_task+0xb0/0x110
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810af723>] print_other_cpu_stall+0x2d3/0x2f0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810c43e0>] ? tick_nohz_handler+0xc0/0xc0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810af8b8>] __rcu_pending+0x178/0x220
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810b02a5>] rcu_check_callbacks+0x105/0x190
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810c43e0>] ? tick_nohz_handler+0xc0/0xc0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810b3582>] update_process_times+0x32/0x60
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810c41e2>] tick_sched_handle+0x32/0x80
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810c442d>] tick_sched_timer+0x4d/0x90
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810b5b57>] __run_hrtimer+0xc7/0x1c0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810b5e37>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xe7/0x220
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffffa0005000>] ? 0xffffffffa0005000
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff81035654>] local_apic_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x60
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff81035d8c>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3c/0x60
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff814ff02a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6a/0x70
[   47.900117]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff814fdaa0>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x30
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffffa000505d>] test_init+0x5d/0x1000 [softlockup_test]
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffffa0005000>] ? 0xffffffffa0005000
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff81000288>] do_one_initcall+0xb8/0x1d0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff81168794>] ? __vunmap+0x94/0xf0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810ce36b>] do_init_module+0x2b/0x1b0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810d09b5>] load_module+0x585/0x5f0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810cdd40>] ? mod_sysfs_teardown+0x150/0x150
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff810d0bbb>] SyS_init_module+0x9b/0xc0
[   47.900117]  [<ffffffff814fe252>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17
[   47.900117] rcu_sched kthread starved for 5252 jiffies!

After commented out touch_softlockup_watchdog() in touch_nmi_watchdog:

/ #
/ # echo 60 > /proc/sys/kernel/watchdog_thresh
[  123.011980] NMI watchdog: disabled (cpu0): hardware events not enabled
/ # busybox insmod softlockup_test.ko
[  150.912055] INFO: rcu_sched detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
[  150.912055] 	(detected by 0, t=5252 jiffies, g=-198, c=-199, q=6)
[  150.912055] All QSes seen, last rcu_sched kthread activity 5252 (4294930024-4294924772), jiffies_till_next_fqs=1
[  150.912055] busybox         R  running task        0    42     41 0x00000008
[  150.912055]  ffffffff81afaf40 ffff88007fa03d98 ffffffff810781c0 ffffffff81a5e5f8
[  150.912055]  ffffffff81a45d80 ffff88007fa03dd8 ffffffff810af723 0000000000000083
[  150.912055]  ffff88007fa13580 ffffffff81a45d80 ffffffff81a45d80 ffffffff810c43e0
[  150.912055] Call Trace:
[  150.912055]  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff810781c0>] sched_show_task+0xb0/0x110
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810af723>] print_other_cpu_stall+0x2d3/0x2f0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810c43e0>] ? tick_nohz_handler+0xc0/0xc0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810af8b8>] __rcu_pending+0x178/0x220
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810b02a5>] rcu_check_callbacks+0x105/0x190
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810c43e0>] ? tick_nohz_handler+0xc0/0xc0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810b3582>] update_process_times+0x32/0x60
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810c41e2>] tick_sched_handle+0x32/0x80
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810c442d>] tick_sched_timer+0x4d/0x90
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810b5b57>] __run_hrtimer+0xc7/0x1c0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810b5e37>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xe7/0x220
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffffa0005000>] ? 0xffffffffa0005000
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff81035654>] local_apic_timer_interrupt+0x34/0x60
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff81035d8c>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3c/0x60
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff814ff02a>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6a/0x70
[  150.912055]  <EOI>  [<ffffffff814fda90>] ? _raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x30
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffffa000505d>] test_init+0x5d/0x1000 [softlockup_test]
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffffa0005000>] ? 0xffffffffa0005000
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff81000288>] do_one_initcall+0xb8/0x1d0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff81168784>] ? __vunmap+0x94/0xf0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810ce36b>] do_init_module+0x2b/0x1b0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810d09b5>] load_module+0x585/0x5f0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810cdd40>] ? mod_sysfs_teardown+0x150/0x150
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff810d0bbb>] SyS_init_module+0x9b/0xc0
[  150.912055]  [<ffffffff814fe252>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17
[  150.912055] rcu_sched kthread starved for 5252 jiffies!
...
...
[  291.009857] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 135s! [busybox:42]
[  291.010286] Modules linked in: softlockup_test(O+)
[  291.010944] CPU: 0 PID: 42 Comm: busybox Tainted: G           O   3.19.0-rc1-0.27-default+ #3
[  291.011356] Hardware name: Bochs Bochs, BIOS Bochs 01/01/2007
[  291.011674] task: ffff88007d3e61d0 ti: ffff88007d3fc000 task.ti: ffff88007d3fc000
[  291.012066] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff814fda90>]  [<ffffffff814fda90>] _raw_spin_lock+0x20/0x30
[  291.012205] RSP: 0018:ffff88007d3ffdd8  EFLAGS: 00000202
[  291.012205] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88007cc1e250 RCX: 0000000000012a40
[  291.012205] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000246 RDI: ffff88007d3ffde8
[  291.012205] RBP: ffff88007d3ffdd8 R08: ffff88007fa12a40 R09: 000000000000b806
[  291.012205] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff88007d3ffcd8 R12: ffffffff8107b1a4
[  291.012205] R13: ffff88007d3ffd68 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[  291.012205] FS:  00000000007fd880(0063) GS:ffff88007fa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[  291.012205] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
[  291.012205] CR2: 000000000081c87f CR3: 000000007d3f1000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[  291.012205] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[  291.012205] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 0000000000000000 DR7: 0000000000000000
[  291.012205] Stack:
[  291.012205]  ffff88007d3ffe08 ffffffffa000505d ffff880000020000 0000000000000000
[  291.012205]  ffffffffa0005000 ffffffff81a19250 ffff88007d3ffe78 ffffffff81000288
[  291.012205]  ffff88007d317540 0000000000000020 ffff88007d317540 0000000000000001
[  291.012205] Call Trace:
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffffa000505d>] test_init+0x5d/0x1000 [softlockup_test]
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffffa0005000>] ? 0xffffffffa0005000
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff81000288>] do_one_initcall+0xb8/0x1d0
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff81168784>] ? __vunmap+0x94/0xf0
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff810ce36b>] do_init_module+0x2b/0x1b0
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff810d09b5>] load_module+0x585/0x5f0
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff810cdd40>] ? mod_sysfs_teardown+0x150/0x150
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff810d0bbb>] SyS_init_module+0x9b/0xc0
[  291.012205]  [<ffffffff814fe252>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17
[  291.012205] Code: 89 d0 c9 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 55 48 89 e5 b8 00 00 01 00 3e 0f c1 07 89 c2 c1 ea 10 66 39 d0 75 0b eb 11 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 <f3> 90 0f b7 07 66 39 c2 75 f6 c9 c3 0f 1f 40 00 55 48 89 e5 9c

>                                                         Thanx, Paul
> 
>> I'm totally confused.
>>
>> My test case:
>>
>> //
>> #include <linux/kernel.h>
>> #include <linux/module.h>
>> #include <linux/spinlock.h>
>> #include <linux/slab.h>
>> #include <linux/kthread.h>
>>
>> struct foo {
>>         int a;
>>         char b;
>>         long c;
>> };
>>
>> struct foo gbl_foo = {1, 'a', 2};
>> struct foo *pgbl_foo = &gbl_foo;
>>
>> static int my_kthread(void *data)
>> {
>>         DEFINE_SPINLOCK(foo_mutex);
>>         struct foo *new_fp;
>>         struct foo *old_fp;
>>
>>         new_fp = kmalloc(sizeof(*new_fp), GFP_KERNEL);
>>         spin_lock(&foo_mutex);
>>         old_fp = pgbl_foo;
>>         *new_fp = *old_fp;
>>         new_fp->a = 2;
>>         rcu_assign_pointer(pgbl_foo, new_fp);
>>         spin_unlock(&foo_mutex);
>>         synchronize_rcu();
>>         kfree(old_fp);
>>
>>         return 0;
>> }
>>
>> static int hello_start(void)
>> {
>>         struct task_struct *my_task = NULL;
>>         DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hello_lock);
>>
>>         my_task = kthread_run(my_kthread, NULL, "my_thread%d", 1);
>>
>>         spin_lock_init(&hello_lock);
>>         spin_lock(&hello_lock);
>>         spin_lock(&hello_lock);
>>         return 0;
>> }
>>
>> static int __init test_init(void)
>> {
>>         hello_start();
>>
>>         printk(KERN_INFO "Module init\n");
>>         return 0;
>> }
>>
>> static void __exit test_exit(void)
>> {
>>         printk(KERN_INFO "Module exit!\n");
>> }
>>
>> module_init(test_init)
>> module_exit(test_exit)
>> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>> //
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Don
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
>>>>> index 70bf118..833c015 100644
>>>>> --- a/kernel/watchdog.c
>>>>> +++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
>>>>> @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
>>>>>  	 * going off.
>>>>>  	 */
>>>>>  	raw_cpu_write(watchdog_nmi_touch, true);
>>>>> -	touch_softlockup_watchdog();
>>>>> +	//touch_softlockup_watchdog();
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_nmi_watchdog);
>>>>>  
>>>>>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> .
> 


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