linux-kernel - Re: [Question] A panic when reboot --force the system

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Date:	Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:52:51 +0800
From:	Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@...wei.com>
To:	Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@...wei.com>
CC:	<sysvinit-devel@...gnu.org>, <systemd-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	"Miao Xie" <miaoxie@...wei.com>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Question] A panic when reboot --force the system

On 2015/10/23 17:45, Rui Xiang wrote:

> Hi，list
> 
> I encounter a panic about init process.
> 
> Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000007
> 
> Pid: 1, comm: init Tainted: G  R        O 3.4.24.19-0.11-default #1
> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8144dd24>] panic+0xc1/0x1e2
>  [<ffffffff8104483b>] do_exit+0x7db/0x8d0
>  [<ffffffff81044c7a>] do_group_exit+0x3a/0xa0
>  [<ffffffff8105394b>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x1ab/0x5e0
>  [<ffffffff81002270>] do_signal+0x60/0x5f0
>  [<ffffffff8145bf97>] ? do_page_fault+0x4a7/0x4d0
>  [<ffffffff81170d2c>] ? poll_select_copy_remaining+0xec/0x140
>  [<ffffffff81002885>] do_notify_resume+0x65/0x80
>  [<ffffffff8124ca7e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3c
>  [<ffffffff814587ab>] retint_signal+0x4d/0x92
> 
> The system has a little memory left, then reboot it, and get the panic.
> 
> In our host, kswapd would be wake up while using a lot of memory, and then reclaim
> some pages from init process. If we execute *"reboot"* or *"reboot -f"* to reboot
> host through sysvinit, reboot process will call sys_reboot and shut down the sas
> driver(disk), then will trigger the panic of init process.
> 
> As follow,
> 
> 		HOST					reboot process			init process
> use a lot of memory
>  wake up kswapd
>    reclaim some pages
>    (these pages are code segment
> 	or data segment of init process)
>    from init thread (pid=1)
> 								reboot
> 								  sys_reboot
> 									shutdown disk driver
> 	


												init thread read data from disk

Hi,

Does anyone know will init thread read data from disk after shutdown
the disk driver?

Thanks,
Xishi Qiu

> 														  page_fault
> 															filemap_fault
> 															  readpage failed because the disk is closed
> 															return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS
> 															send signal SIGBUS
> 														  do_signal
> 															do_exit
> 															trigger the panic
> 
> 
> It seems that reboot or force reboot through *sysvinit* have the problem.
> Furthermore, using reboot -f in *systemd* should also have this problem, right?
> 
> And is that a bug for current reboot process in sysvinit or systemd?
> 
> All comments are welcome, thanks.
> 
> .
> 


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