Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: bug: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code in rr_select_path() | From | Jens Axboe <> | Date | Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:54:35 -0600 |
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On 08/05/2016 09:42 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote: > On Fri, Aug 05 2016 at 11:33P -0400, > Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> wrote: > >> On 08/05/2016 09:27 AM, Mike Snitzer wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 03 2016 at 11:35am -0400, >>> Benjamin Block <bblock@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hej Mike, >>>> >>>> when running a debug-kernel today with several multipath-devices using >>>> the round-robin path selector I noticed that the kernel throws these >>>> warnings here: >>>> >>>> BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: kdmwork-252:0/881 >>>> caller is rr_select_path+0x36/0x108 [dm_round_robin] >>>> CPU: 1 PID: 881 Comm: kdmwork-252:0 Not tainted 4.7.0-debug #4 >>>> 00000000617679b8 0000000061767a48 0000000000000002 0000000000000000 >>>> 0000000061767ae8 0000000061767a60 0000000061767a60 00000000001145d0 >>>> 0000000000000000 0000000000b962ae 0000000000bb291e 000000000000000b >>>> 0000000061767aa8 0000000061767a48 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 >>>> 0700000000b962ae 00000000001145d0 0000000061767a48 0000000061767aa8 >>>> Call Trace: >>>> ([<00000000001144a2>] show_trace+0x8a/0xe0) >>>> ([<0000000000114586>] show_stack+0x8e/0xf0) >>>> ([<00000000006c7fdc>] dump_stack+0x9c/0xe0) >>>> ([<00000000006fbbc0>] check_preemption_disabled+0x108/0x130) >>>> ([<000003ff80268646>] rr_select_path+0x36/0x108 [dm_round_robin]) >>>> ([<000003ff80259a42>] choose_path_in_pg+0x42/0xc8 [dm_multipath]) >>>> ([<000003ff80259b62>] choose_pgpath+0x9a/0x1a0 [dm_multipath]) >>>> ([<000003ff8025b51a>] __multipath_map.isra.5+0x72/0x228 [dm_multipath]) >>>> ([<000003ff8025b75e>] multipath_map+0x3e/0x50 [dm_multipath]) >>>> ([<000003ff80225eb6>] map_request+0x66/0x458 [dm_mod]) >>>> ([<000003ff802262ec>] map_tio_request+0x44/0x70 [dm_mod]) >>>> ([<000000000016835a>] kthread_worker_fn+0xf2/0x1d8) >>>> ([<00000000001681da>] kthread+0x112/0x120) >>>> ([<000000000098378a>] kernel_thread_starter+0x6/0xc) >>>> ([<0000000000983784>] kernel_thread_starter+0x0/0xc) >>>> no locks held by kdmwork-252:0/881. >>>> >>>> >>>> There are several more of these warnings, but all have the same >>>> stack-trace (this is on s390x, but this looks like its only common code) >>>> - sometimes the process-context is multipath. >>>> >>>> Looking at the changes in this function, it rather looks like this is >>>> caused by changes made in commit >>>> b0b477c7e0dd93f8916d106018ded1331b81bf61 (dm round robin: use percpu >>>> 'repeat_count' and 'current_path'). >>>> >>>> The kernel is a stock v4.7 with some debug options enabled (prominently >>>> DEBUG_PREEMPT). Need any more info? >>> >>> As you can see from commit b0b477c7e0dd9 the round-robin path selector >>> is now using percpu data (pointer) and a percpu_counter. >>> >>> I'm really not sure how else to access this percpu data. >>> >>> Cc'ing LKML, linux-block, Jens and hch to cast a wider net in the hopes >>> of getting an answer to how to fix this. >> >> From a quick look, looks like you are using this_cpu_ptr() without >> having preemption disabled. > > Right, that is what it looked like to me too. > > I'm just not sure on what the proper pattern is to fix this. > > I'll look closer though.
I always forget the details (if this confuses lockdep or not), but you could potentially turn it into:
local_irq_save(flags); x = this_cpu_ptr(); [...]
spin_lock(&s->lock); [...]
instead.
-- Jens Axboe
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