linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/mm: Don't trace mm_page

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Date:	Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:36:15 +0530
From:	Preeti Murthy <preeti.lkml@...il.com>
To:	"Shreyas B. Prabhu" <shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] tracing/mm: Don't trace mm_page_free on offline cpus

Ccing Paul,

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Shreyas B. Prabhu
<shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> Since tracepoints use RCU for protection, they must not be called on
> offline cpus. trace_mm_page_free can be called on an offline cpu in
> this scenario caught by LOCKDEP:
>
>  ===============================
>  [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
>  4.1.0-rc1+ #9 Not tainted
>  -------------------------------
>  include/trace/events/kmem.h:170 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!
>
> other info that might help us debug this:
>
> RCU used illegally from offline CPU!
> rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
>  no locks held by swapper/1/0.
>
> stack backtrace:
>  CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Not tainted 4.1.0-rc1+ #9
>  Call Trace:
>  [c000001fed2f7790] [c0000000009dee8c] .dump_stack+0x98/0xd4 (unreliable)
>  [c000001fed2f7810] [c000000000128d88] .lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x108/0x170
>  [c000001fed2f78a0] [c000000000203bc4] .free_pages_prepare+0x494/0x680
>  [c000001fed2f7980] [c000000000207fd0] .free_hot_cold_page+0x50/0x280
>  [c000001fed2f7a30] [c00000000004d000] .destroy_context+0x90/0xd0
>  [c000001fed2f7ab0] [c0000000000bd1d8] .__mmdrop+0x58/0x160
>  [c000001fed2f7b40] [c0000000001068e0] .idle_task_exit+0xf0/0x100
>  [c000001fed2f7bc0] [c000000000066948] .pnv_smp_cpu_kill_self+0x58/0x2c0
>  [c000001fed2f7ca0] [c00000000003ce34] .cpu_die+0x34/0x50
>  [c000001fed2f7d10] [c0000000000176d0] .arch_cpu_idle_dead+0x20/0x40
>  [c000001fed2f7d80] [c00000000011f9a8] .cpu_startup_entry+0x708/0x7a0
>  [c000001fed2f7ec0] [c00000000003cb6c] .start_secondary+0x36c/0x3a0
>  [c000001fed2f7f90] [c000000000008b6c] start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14
>
> Fix this by converting mm_page_free trace point into TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION
> where condition is cpu_online(smp_processor_id())
>
> Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu <shreyas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  include/trace/events/kmem.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/kmem.h b/include/trace/events/kmem.h
> index dd9e612..4abda92 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/kmem.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/kmem.h
> @@ -149,12 +149,14 @@ DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(kmem_free, kmem_cache_free,
>         TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(smp_processor_id()))
>  );
>
> -TRACE_EVENT(mm_page_free,
> +TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION(mm_page_free,
>
>         TP_PROTO(struct page *page, unsigned int order),
>
>         TP_ARGS(page, order),
>
> +       TP_CONDITION(cpu_online(smp_processor_id())),
> +
>         TP_STRUCT__entry(
>                 __field(        unsigned long,  pfn             )
>                 __field(        unsigned int,   order           )
> --

Reviewed-by: Preeti U Murthy <preet@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Regards
Preeti U Murthy

> 1.9.3
>
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