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SubjectRe: [Bugme-new] [Bug 15005] New: Segmentation fault when shutting down
I'm not sure, but I can't see the start of the seg fault. Is it a kernel 
NULL pointer deref or trigger the BUG?
Mind to try patch in http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15037?



On 01/13/2010 06:07 AM, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
> bugzilla web interface).
>
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 20:59:20 GMT
> bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
>
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15005
>>
>> Summary: Segmentation fault when shutting down
>> Product: ACPI
>> Version: 2.5
>> Kernel Version: 2.6.32.3
>> Platform: All
>> OS/Version: Linux
>> Tree: Mainline
>> Status: NEW
>> Severity: blocking
>> Priority: P1
>> Component: Power-Off
>> AssignedTo: acpi_power-off@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
>> ReportedBy: mrb74@gmx.at
>> Regression: Yes
>>
>>
>> Created an attachment (id=24479)
>> --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=24479)
>> Screenshot of segmentation fault
>>
>> Currently compiled newest kernel 2.6.32.3 for Atom based netbook (datacask
>> Jupiter 1014a). Compiled the kernel with optimizations for Atom CPUs and also
>> with optimizations for i586.
>> When shutting down the system the kernel produces a segmentation fault at the
>> end of the shutdown process. Powering off fails. Both kernel fail with the same
>> error.
>> Last working kernel was 2.6.32.2.
>>
>
> It's a shutdown-time oops in clockevents_notify(). A 2.6.32.2 ->
> 2.6.32.3 regression.
>
> 2.6.32.3 included this prime suspect:
>
> : commit fa3f5a5c1c8e6a2cbc7e21755ea7c215f8cf0577
> : Author: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@linutronix.de>
> : Date: Thu Dec 10 15:35:10 2009 +0100
> :
> : clockevents: Prevent clockevent_devices list corruption on cpu hotplug
> :
> : commit bb6eddf7676e1c1f3e637aa93c5224488d99036f upstream.
> :
> : which
>
> So we may well have the same regression in 2.6.33-rcX.
>
> Martin, can you please check whether the below revert fixes things up?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> From: Andrew Morton<akpm@linux-foundation.org>
>
> Revert
>
> : commit bb6eddf7676e1c1f3e637aa93c5224488d99036f
> : Author: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@linutronix.de>
> : AuthorDate: Thu Dec 10 15:35:10 2009 +0100
> : Commit: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@linutronix.de>
> : CommitDate: Fri Dec 11 10:28:08 2009 +0100
> :
> : clockevents: Prevent clockevent_devices list corruption on cpu hotplug
>
> due to the regression reported in
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15005
>
> Cc: Xiaotian Feng<dfeng@redhat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner<tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki"<rjw@sisk.pl>
> Reported-by: Martin Bammer<mrb74@gmx.at>
> Cc:<stable@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton<akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
>
> kernel/time/clockevents.c | 18 +++---------------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN kernel/time/clockevents.c~revert-clockevents-prevent-clockevent_devices-list-corruption-on-cpu-hotplug kernel/time/clockevents.c
> --- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c~revert-clockevents-prevent-clockevent_devices-list-corruption-on-cpu-hotplug
> +++ a/kernel/time/clockevents.c
> @@ -238,9 +238,8 @@ void clockevents_exchange_device(struct
> */
> void clockevents_notify(unsigned long reason, void *arg)
> {
> - struct clock_event_device *dev, *tmp;
> + struct list_head *node, *tmp;
> unsigned long flags;
> - int cpu;
>
> raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&clockevents_lock, flags);
> clockevents_do_notify(reason, arg);
> @@ -251,19 +250,8 @@ void clockevents_notify(unsigned long re
> * Unregister the clock event devices which were
> * released from the users in the notify chain.
> */
> - list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp,&clockevents_released, list)
> - list_del(&dev->list);
> - /*
> - * Now check whether the CPU has left unused per cpu devices
> - */
> - cpu = *((int *)arg);
> - list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp,&clockevent_devices, list) {
> - if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, dev->cpumask)&&
> - cpumask_weight(dev->cpumask) == 1) {
> - BUG_ON(dev->mode != CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED);
> - list_del(&dev->list);
> - }
> - }
> + list_for_each_safe(node, tmp,&clockevents_released)
> + list_del(node);
> break;
> default:
> break;
> _
>
>



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