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SubjectRe: Is RCU_PREEMPT working in 2.6.30.9 ?
* Mathieu Desnoyers (mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca) wrote:
> * Paul E. McKenney (paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com) wrote:
>
> > Classic RCU does have known bugs in its dyntick interface, which was one
> > of the factors motivating its removal from mainline. ;-)
> >
> > Thanx, Paul
>
> Recreated the problem with a simple test-case not involving lttng:
>
> kernel 2.6.30.9
> TREE RCU
>
> loading this hacky module:
>

Please forget about this hacky module test case. It was not actually
hung, just really slow when 8 cpus where up to get the prompt back from
1000 synchronize_sched() calls.

Mathieu

> /*
> * test-rcu-bug.c
> */
>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> #include <linux/sched.h>
> #include <linux/timex.h>
> #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
> #include <asm/ptrace.h>
>
> struct proc_dir_entry *pentry = NULL;
>
> static int my_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> {
> unsigned int i;
>
> for (i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
> synchronize_sched();
>
> return -EPERM;
> }
>
>
> static struct file_operations my_operations = {
> .open = my_open,
> };
>
> int init_module(void)
> {
> pentry = create_proc_entry("testrcu", 0444, NULL);
> if (pentry)
> pentry->proc_fops = &my_operations;
>
> return 0;
> }
>
> void cleanup_module(void)
> {
> remove_proc_entry("testrcu", NULL);
> }
>
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> MODULE_AUTHOR("Mathieu Desnoyers");
> MODULE_DESCRIPTION("rcu test");
>
> Running, in loops:
>
> One console:
> for a in $(seq 1 7); do echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$a/online; done
> for a in $(seq 1 7); do echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu$a/online; done
>
> Another console:
> for a in $(seq 1 10000); do cat /proc/testrcu; done
>
> I eventually get a hang for the cat loop. Sysrq-W shows:
>
>
> [ 1337.118630] SysRq : Show Blocked State
> [ 1337.118644] task PC stack pid father
> [ 1337.118644] md1_resync D 0000000000000000 0 1255 2
> [ 1337.118644] ffffffff807eb360 0000000000000046 fffffb7fa3c41757 ffff880439150
> [ 1337.118644] ffff88043e028860 00ffffff803f4b88 0000000000010a80 0000000000008
> [ 1337.118644] 0000000000010a80 00ff88043e028860 ffff88043e485b00 ffff88043e488
> [ 1337.118644] Call Trace:
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80684638>] ? schedule+0x18/0x40
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8052b3dc>] ? raise_barrier+0x9c/0x1a0
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80236720>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x10
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8052c4f6>] ? sync_request+0x126/0x6c0
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8054609a>] ? is_mddev_idle+0xda/0x160
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff805467f7>] ? md_do_sync+0x6d7/0xc90
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80252400>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x30
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80547677>] ? md_thread+0x47/0x120
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8022e8db>] ? __wake_up_common+0x5b/0x90
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80547630>] ? md_thread+0x0/0x120
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80547630>] ? md_thread+0x0/0x120
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80547630>] ? md_thread+0x0/0x120
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80251f24>] ? kthread+0x54/0x90
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80251ed0>] ? kthread+0x0/0x90
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8020d00a>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x20
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80251ed0>] ? kthread+0x0/0x90
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80251ed0>] ? kthread+0x0/0x90
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8020d000>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
> [ 1337.118644] cat D 0000000000000000 0 28861 4758
> [ 1337.118644] ffff88043f84b330 0000000000000082 0000000000000000 ffff88043f570
> [ 1337.118644] 0000000000000019 00ffffff80293013 0000000000010a80 0000000000008
> [ 1337.118644] 0000000000010a80 00ffffff80293887 ffff88043dd885b0 ffff88043dd88
> [ 1337.118644] Call Trace:
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802df5be>] ? inode_init_always+0xfe/0x1a0
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802df692>] ? alloc_inode+0x32/0xa0
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80684638>] ? schedule+0x18/0x40
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff806849ed>] ? schedule_timeout+0x15d/0x190
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8031a1fc>] ? proc_lookup_de+0xac/0x100
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80683b2c>] ? wait_for_common+0x15c/0x190
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80236720>] ? default_wake_function+0x0/0x10
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802dba90>] ? dput+0xb0/0x180
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffffa007c050>] ? my_open+0x0/0x20 [test_rcu_bug]
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8024f8d3>] ? synchronize_rcu+0x43/0x50
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8024f730>] ? wakeme_after_rcu+0x0/0x10
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffffa007c05d>] ? my_open+0xd/0x20 [test_rcu_bug]
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80313d52>] ? proc_reg_open+0xa2/0x190
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff80313cb0>] ? proc_reg_open+0x0/0x190
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802c6a77>] ? __dentry_open+0x127/0x350
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802d6664>] ? do_filp_open+0x2b4/0xa00
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802e0e22>] ? alloc_fd+0x122/0x150
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff802c6816>] ? do_sys_open+0x86/0x180
> [ 1337.118644] [<ffffffff8020beeb>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>
> This might be a race between queued callbacks that discards a
> completion.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mathieu
>
> --
> Mathieu Desnoyers
> OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68

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Mathieu Desnoyers
OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68


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