linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: tracing: don't trace hcalls on offline CPUs

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Message-ID: <1448519967.9839.13.camel@ellerman.id.au>
Date:	Thu, 26 Nov 2015 17:39:27 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc: tracing: don't trace hcalls on offline CPUs

On Tue, 2015-11-24 at 21:23 +0300, Denis Kirjanov wrote:

> ./drmgr -c cpu -a -r gives the following warning:
> 
> [ 2327.035563] RCU used illegally from offline CPU!
> rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> [ 2327.035564] no locks held by swapper/12/0.
> [ 2327.035565] stack backtrace:
> [ 2327.035567] CPU: 12 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/12 Tainted: G S >   4.3.0-rc3-00060-g353169a #5
> [ 2327.035568] Call Trace:
> [ 2327.035573] [c0000001d62578e0] [c0000000008977fc] .dump_stack+0x98/0xd4 (unreliable)
> [ 2327.035577] [c0000001d6257960] [c000000000109bd8] .lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x108/0x170
> [ 2327.035580] [c0000001d62579f0] [c00000000006a1d0] .__trace_hcall_exit+0x2b0/0x2c0
> [ 2327.035584] [c0000001d6257ab0] [c00000000006a2e8] plpar_hcall_norets_trace+0x70/0x8c
> [ 2327.035588] [c0000001d6257b20] [c000000000067a14] .icp_hv_set_cpu_priority+0x54/0xc0
> [ 2327.035592] [c0000001d6257ba0] [c000000000066c5c] .xics_teardown_cpu+0x5c/0xa0
> [ 2327.035595] [c0000001d6257c20] [c0000000000747ac] .pseries_mach_cpu_die+0x6c/0x320
> [ 2327.035598] [c0000001d6257cd0] [c0000000000439cc] .cpu_die+0x3c/0x60
> [ 2327.035602] [c0000001d6257d40] [c0000000000183d8] .arch_cpu_idle_dead+0x28/0x40
> [ 2327.035606] [c0000001d6257db0] [c0000000000ff1dc] .cpu_startup_entry+0x4fc/0x560
> [ 2327.035610] [c0000001d6257ed0] [c000000000043728] .start_secondary+0x328/0x360
> [ 2327.035614] [c0000001d6257f90] [c000000000008a6c] start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14
> [ 2327.035620] cpu 12 (hwid 12) Ready to die...
> [ 2327.144463] cpu 13 (hwid 13) Ready to die...
> [ 2327.294180] cpu 14 (hwid 14) Ready to die...
> [ 2327.403599] cpu 15 (hwid 15) Ready to die...


I can't get this to hit.

I've got LOCKDEP=y, I've enabled the hcall tracepoints, and then I offline a
cpu via sysfs.

What am I missing? Or does it only hit when you use drmgr?

cheers

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