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SubjectRe: BUG: tracer_alloc_buffers returned with preemption imbalance
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 06:12:51PM +0800, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> I got some boot hangs in the below branches and linux-next:
>
> rcu/dev.2012.06.21c-4f4a59a
> rcu/fixes.2012.06.20a-b43145c
> rcu/rcu.next-3f26dd3
>
> They all start with an error
>
> [ 0.131005] initcall tracer_alloc_buffers+0x0/0x22e returned with preemption imbalance
>
> Then followed by lots of scheduling while atomic bugs:
>
> [ 0.143206] Brought up 2 CPUs
> [ 0.144996] ----------------
> [ 0.145989] | NMI testsuite:
> [ 0.147988] --------------------
> [ 0.149238] remote IPI:
> [ 0.149239] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/1/0x00000002
> [ 0.151082] no locks held by swapper/0/1.
> [ 0.152991] Modules linked in:
> [ 0.153992] Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.5.0-rc3+ #24
> [ 0.155990] Call Trace:
> [ 0.157056] [<ffffffff81a21ee1>] __schedule_bug+0x67/0x75
> [ 0.158999] [<ffffffff81a3717c>] __schedule+0xb0/0x8b0
> [ 0.160995] [<ffffffff810b8fe2>] ? save_trace+0x3d/0xae
> [ 0.162993] [<ffffffff8105ad19>] ? pvclock_clocksource_read+0x4d/0xc3
> [ 0.164992] [<ffffffff810bbdff>] ? mark_lock+0x23c/0x502
> [ 0.166993] [<ffffffff8105a10b>] ? kvm_clock_read+0x2e/0x36
> [ 0.168991] [<ffffffff81a37c61>] schedule+0x65/0x67
> [ 0.170992] [<ffffffff81a35542>] schedule_timeout+0x2e/0x22a
> [ 0.172991] [<ffffffff810b8c1c>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
> [ 0.174992] [<ffffffff8109c890>] ? local_clock+0x41/0x5a
> [ 0.176995] [<ffffffff81a392f0>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x2e/0x48
> [ 0.178990] [<ffffffff810bd647>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x125/0x181
> [ 0.180995] [<ffffffff810bd6b0>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xd/0xf
> [ 0.182989] [<ffffffff81a37b06>] wait_for_common+0x10a/0x140
> [ 0.184989] [<ffffffff8109a2f2>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x2cb/0x2cb
> [ 0.186990] [<ffffffff810ea4c6>] ? call_rcu_bh+0x19/0x19
> [ 0.188988] [<ffffffff81a37bfa>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x1f
> [ 0.190989] [<ffffffff8108752d>] wait_rcu_gp+0x4d/0x54
> [ 0.192988] [<ffffffff81087534>] ? wait_rcu_gp+0x54/0x54
> [ 0.194987] [<ffffffff81a37a40>] ? wait_for_common+0x44/0x140
> [ 0.196987] [<ffffffff810e8713>] synchronize_sched+0x50/0x52
> [ 0.198987] [<ffffffff8103b272>] unregister_nmi_handler+0xc6/0xd5
> [ 0.200989] [<ffffffff8142fa79>] ? delay_tsc+0x49/0xa5
> [ 0.202988] [<ffffffff82259db7>] test_nmi_ipi.constprop.2+0x72/0x85
> [ 0.204986] [<ffffffff82259dca>] ? test_nmi_ipi.constprop.2+0x85/0x85
> [ 0.206986] [<ffffffff82259e27>] remote_ipi+0x5d/0x62
> [ 0.208985] [<ffffffff82259ce2>] dotest.constprop.1+0x6/0x69
> [ 0.210985] [<ffffffff82259ede>] nmi_selftest+0x60/0x16d
> [ 0.212986] [<ffffffff822558da>] native_smp_cpus_done+0x1c/0x111
> [ 0.214989] [<ffffffff8226198b>] smp_init+0xe2/0xeb
> [ 0.216986] [<ffffffff82248c0f>] kernel_init+0xa9/0x1c0
> [ 0.218984] [<ffffffff810bd538>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x16/0x181
> [ 0.220989] [<ffffffff81a417b4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
> [ 0.222989] [<ffffffff81a396f0>] ? retint_restore_args+0x13/0x13
> [ 0.224990] [<ffffffff82248b66>] ? start_kernel+0x3a3/0x3a3
> [ 0.226983] [<ffffffff81a417b0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
> [ 0.231002] ok |
> [ 0.231998] local IPI:
> [ 0.231998] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/1/0x00000003
> ...
>
> The first bad commit is
>
> commit b43145c912b7dabd190ec45cc31c2b96d64715ee
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Tue Jun 19 11:58:27 2012 -0700
>
> rcu: Disable preemption in rcu_blocking_is_gp()
>
> It is time to optimize CONFIG_TREE_PREEMPT_RCU's synchronize_rcu()
> for uniprocessor optimization, which means that rcu_blocking_is_gp()
> can no longer rely on RCU read-side critical sections having disabled
> preemption. This commit therefore disables preemption across
> rcu_blocking_is_gp()'s scan of the cpu_online_mask.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c
> index ce175b6..c0cc41f 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c
> ...
> static inline int rcu_blocking_is_gp(void)
> {
> might_sleep(); /* Check for RCU read-side critical section. */
> + preempt_disable();
> return num_online_cpus() <= 1;
> + preempt_enable();
> }

Thank you! I have no idea how a preempt_disable() causes that badness
to happen, but this commit is not yet critically important, so I will
drop it.

Thanx, Paul



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