netdev - Re: tg3: Badness at kernel/mutex.c:207

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Message-ID: <20091001162524.GA15376@xw6200.broadcom.net>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:25:24 -0700
From:	"Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
To:	"Felix Radensky" <felix@...edded-sol.com>
cc:	"Matthew Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: tg3: Badness at kernel/mutex.c:207

On Thu, Oct 01, 2009 at 02:36:38AM -0700, Felix Radensky wrote:
> Hi, Matt
> 
> Matt Carlson wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 02:20:57PM -0700, Felix Radensky wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I'm running linux-2.6.31 on a custom MPC8536 based board with BCM57760 chip.
> >> Both tg3 driver, and Broadcom PHY driver are modules.
> >>
> >> Each time I run ifconfig eth2 up, I get the following error message:
> >>
> >> Badness at kernel/mutex.c:207
> >> NIP: c025132c LR: c0251314 CTR: c0251334
> >> REGS: efbedbd0 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted  (2.6.31)
> >> MSR: 00029000 <EE,ME,CE>  CR: 24020422  XER: 00000000
> >> TASK = efacce10[1080] 'ifconfig' THREAD: efbec000
> >> GPR00: 00000000 efbedc80 efacce10 00000001 00007020 00000002 00000000 
> >> 00000200
> >> GPR08: 00029000 c0350000 c0330000 00000001 24020424 10057d94 000002a0 
> >> 1000d82c
> >> GPR16: 1000d81c 1000d814 10010000 10050000 ef897a0c efbede18 ffff8914 
> >> ef897a00
> >> GPR24: 00008000 c034b480 efbec000 efb0122c c0350000 efacce10 ef82d2c0 
> >> efb01228
> >> NIP [c025132c] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1f0/0x1f8
> >> LR [c0251314] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1d8/0x1f8
> >> Call Trace:
> >> [efbedcd0] [c025134c] mutex_lock+0x18/0x34
> >> [efbedcf0] [f534a228] tg3_chip_reset+0x7cc/0x9f8 [tg3]
> >> [efbedd20] [f534a8f0] tg3_reset_hw+0x58/0x2360 [tg3]
> >> [efbedd70] [f5351dd4] tg3_open+0x610/0x910 [tg3]
> >> [efbeddb0] [c01e1c6c] dev_open+0x100/0x138
> >> [efbeddd0] [c01dff20] dev_change_flags+0x80/0x1ac
> >> [efbeddf0] [c02232cc] devinet_ioctl+0x648/0x824
> >> [efbede60] [c0223de4] inet_ioctl+0xcc/0xf8
> >> [efbede70] [c01cdf44] sock_ioctl+0x60/0x300
> >> [efbede90] [c008a35c] vfs_ioctl+0x34/0x8c
> >> [efbedea0] [c008a580] do_vfs_ioctl+0x88/0x724
> >> [efbedf10] [c008ac5c] sys_ioctl+0x40/0x74
> >> [efbedf40] [c000f814] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x3c
> >> Instruction dump:
> >> 0fe00000 4bfffe80 801a000c 5409016f 4182fe60 4bf0f6d9 2f830000 41befe54
> >> 3d20c035 8009c2c0 2f800000 40befe44 <0fe00000> 4bfffe3c 9421ffe0 7c0802a6
> >>
> >> Does it indicate a real problem, or something that can be ignored ?
> >>
> >> Additional information from kernel log:
> >>
> >> tg3.c:v3.99 (April 20, 2009)
> >> tg3 0002:05:00.0: enabling bus mastering
> >> tg3 0002:05:00.0: PME# disabled
> >> tg3 mdio bus: probed
> >> eth2: Tigon3 [partno(BCM57760) rev 57780001] (PCI Express) MAC address 
> >> 00:10:18:00:00:00
> >> eth2: attached PHY driver [Broadcom BCM57780] (mii_bus:phy_addr=500:01)
> >> eth2: RXcsums[1] LinkChgREG[0] MIirq[0] ASF[0] TSOcap[1]
> >> eth2: dma_rwctrl[76180000] dma_mask[64-bit]
> >> tg3 0002:05:00.0: PME# disabled
> >>     
> >
> > Yes, this is a real problem.  The driver is taking the MDIO bus lock
> > while holding the device's own spinlock.  I think I may have a
> > workaround.  Let me test it and get back to you.
> >   
> 
> Did you have a chance to look into it ?

Yes, and the fix seems to work.  The patch changes the locking behavior
of the driver, so I'm being extra careful and checking for possible side
effects.  That's why it's taking so long.  Sorry for the delay.

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