linux-kernel - Re: [fixup! EXP srcu] 7bf8d644f8: WARNING:at_kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:#process

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Message-ID: <20220318061603.GC12658@xsang-OptiPlex-9020>
Date:   Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:16:03 +0800
From:   Oliver Sang <oliver.sang@...el.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkp@...ts.01.org, lkp@...el.com,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [fixup! EXP srcu]  7bf8d644f8:
 WARNING:at_kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:#process_srcu

Hi Paul,

On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 11:01:29AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 03:16:08PM +0800, Oliver Sang wrote:
> > hi, Paul,
> > 
> > On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 09:53:42AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > I had a feeling that the simple fix wasn't going to cut it, so thank you
> > > > for finding a scenario that proves that to be the case.  Fix in progress,
> > > > to be folded into the original with attribution.
> > > 
> > > OK, the attribution isn't quite there yet, but the squished-together
> > > commit is here:
> > > 
> > > ea0098f19115 ("srcu: Prevent expedited GPs and blocking readers from consuming CPU")
> > > 
> > > Does this version behave better for you?
> > 
> > we tested this commit, found the issue gone.
> > please be noted the issue on 7bf8d644f8 is random and ~25% rate.
> > so I queued to run 100 times for this new commit, which is finally clean
> > according to tests.
> > 
> > =========================================================================================
> > compiler/kconfig/rootfs/sleep/tbox_group/testcase:
> >   gcc-9/x86_64-rhel-8.3-func/debian-10.4-x86_64-20200603.cgz/1/vm-snb/boot
> > 
> > commit:
> >   feebd043ec6b ("Revert "srcu: Avoid expedited GPs and blocking readers from consuming CPU"")
> >   7bf8d644f869 ("fixup! EXP srcu: Check for too many zero-delay srcu_reschedule() calls")
> >   ea0098f19115 ("srcu: Prevent expedited GPs and blocking readers from consuming CPU")
> > 
> > feebd043ec6b9eab 7bf8d644f869260f63eaaedebab ea0098f191152c7fe3db5181a2e
> > ---------------- --------------------------- ---------------------------
> >        fail:runs  %reproduction    fail:runs  %reproduction    fail:runs
> >            |             |             |             |             |
> >            :16          25%           4:16           0%            :100   dmesg.RIP:process_srcu
> >            :16          25%           4:16           0%            :100   dmesg.WARNING:at_kernel/rcu/srcutree.c:#process_srcu
> 
> Thank you for testing this!  Tested-by?

sure!

Tested-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>

(and will add this in early mail about testing if I have enough confidence
in the future :) Thanks)


> 							Thanx, Paul