Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:36:16 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: rcu stall. |
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* Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> wrote:
> Machine was under heavy load (300 or so running processes > calling random system calls). The rcu stall detector kicked in, > spewed this, and then the machine completely locked up.
Without having looked at it in detail, isnt this a lockup somewhere in the wireless code:
> [<ffffffff8114f842>] ? simple_release_fs+0x22/0x57 > [<ffffffff81082e4f>] ? arch_local_irq_restore+0x6/0xd > [<ffffffff81084df8>] lock_acquired+0x20f/0x21e > [<ffffffff814be9cc>] _raw_spin_lock+0x62/0x6a > [<ffffffff8114f842>] ? simple_release_fs+0x22/0x57 > [<ffffffff814bf215>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x28/0x2c > [<ffffffff8114f842>] simple_release_fs+0x22/0x57 > [<ffffffff811f53e9>] debugfs_remove_recursive+0x11f/0x16b > [<ffffffffa037adf3>] ieee80211_debugfs_key_remove+0x1f/0x2e [mac80211] > [<ffffffffa0373e7a>] __ieee80211_key_destroy+0x61/0x6d [mac80211] > [<ffffffffa0374250>] ieee80211_key_link+0x12c/0x165 [mac80211] > [<ffffffffa036b90e>] ieee80211_add_key+0xfb/0x133 [mac80211] > [<ffffffffa0277ff4>] nl80211_new_key+0xe5/0x106 [cfg80211] > [<ffffffffa026d2c5>] ? cfg80211_get_dev_from_ifindex+0x72/0x7a [cfg80211] > [<ffffffff81422244>] genl_rcv_msg+0x1dc/0x207 > [<ffffffff81422068>] ? genl_rcv+0x2d/0x2d > [<ffffffff81421c69>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x43/0x8f > [<ffffffff81422061>] genl_rcv+0x26/0x2d > [<ffffffff8142176a>] netlink_unicast+0xec/0x156 > [<ffffffff81421a53>] netlink_sendmsg+0x27f/0x2c0 > [<ffffffff813ed78c>] __sock_sendmsg+0x69/0x75 > [<ffffffff813ed905>] sock_sendmsg+0xa1/0xb6 > [<ffffffff81086c30>] ? lock_release+0x181/0x18e > [<ffffffff81100de0>] ? might_fault+0xa5/0xac > [<ffffffff81100d97>] ? might_fault+0x5c/0xac > [<ffffffff813ec8e4>] ? copy_from_user+0x2f/0x31 > [<ffffffff813f707a>] ? copy_from_user+0x2f/0x31 > [<ffffffff813f7370>] ? verify_iovec+0x52/0xa6 > [<ffffffff813eece3>] sys_sendmsg+0x23a/0x2b8 > [<ffffffff81086d29>] ? lock_acquire+0xec/0xfb > [<ffffffff81086c30>] ? lock_release+0x181/0x18e > [<ffffffff8114b7d7>] ? mntput+0x26/0x28 > [<ffffffff811343bc>] ? fput+0x1e6/0x1f5 > [<ffffffff8113ba95>] ? path_put+0x1f/0x23 > [<ffffffff810a9f23>] ? audit_syscall_entry+0x11c/0x148 > [<ffffffff81255e4e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f > [<ffffffff814c5d82>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
RCU stall detector is simply the first thing that noticed the hang. Enabling the regular lockup detector would probably have resulted in a similar looking hang.
Thanks,
Ingo
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