linux-kernel - Re: INFO: task hung in filemap

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 22:56:42 +0900
From:   Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:     dvyukov@...gle.com
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Subject: Re: INFO: task hung in filemap_fault

Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> > No problem. In the "tty: User triggerable soft lockup." case, I manually
> > trimmed the reproducer at https://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=151368630414963 .
> > That is,
> >
> >  (1) Can the problem be reproduced even if setup_tun(0, true); is commented out?
> >
> >  (2) Can the problem be reproduced even if NONFAILING(A = B); is replaced with
> >      plain A = B; assignment?
> >
> >  (3) Can the problem be reproduced even if install_segv_handler(); is commented
> >      out?
> >
> >  (4) Can the problem be reproduced even if some syscalls (e.g. __NR_memfd_create,
> >      __NR_getsockopt, __NR_perf_event_open) are replaced with no-op?
> >
> > and so on. Then, I finally reached a reproducer which I sent, and the bug was fixed.
> >
> > What is important is that everyone can try simplifying the reproducer written
> > in plain C in order to narrow down the culprit. Providing a (e.g.) CGI service
> > which generates plain C reproducer like gistfile1.txt will be helpful to me.
> 
> I am not completely following. You previously mentioned raw.log, which
> is a collection of multiple programs, but now you seem to be talking
> about a single reproducer. When syzbot manages to reproduce the bug
> only with syzkaller program but not with a corresponding C program, it
> provides only syzkaller program. It such case it can sense to convert.
> But the case you pointed to actually contains C program. So there is
> no need to do the conversion at all... What am I missing?
> 

raw.log is not readable for me.
I want to see C program even if syzbot did not manage to reproduce the bug.
If C program is available, everyone can try reproducing the bug with manually
trimmed C program.