On Friday, December 14, 2012 02:59:21 PM Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote: > This patch forces complete struct cpufreq_stats allocation for all cpus before > registering CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER notifier, otherwise in some conditions > cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans() can be called in the middle of stats allocation, > in this case cpufreq_stats_table already exists, but stat->freq_table is NULL. I'll queue it up for submission as v3.8 material. Does it need to be marked as -stable material too? Rafael > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@xxxxxxx> > Cc: cpufreq <cpufreq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-pm <linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > <1>[ 363.116198] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) > <1>[ 363.116668] IP: [<ffffffffa11a70e4>] cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans+0x64/0xf0 [cpufreq_stats] > <4>[ 363.116977] PGD 23177e067 PUD 2349c1067 PMD 0 > <4>[ 363.117151] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP > <4>[ 363.117151] last sysfs file: /sys/module/freq_table/initstate > <4>[ 363.117151] CPU 5 > <4>[ 363.117151] Modules linked in: cpufreq_stats(+)(U) [a lot] [last unloaded: umc] > <4>[ 363.117151] > <4>[ 363.117151] Pid: 1690, comm: kondemand/5 veid: 0 Tainted: P WC --------------- T 2.6.32-279.5.1.el6-042stab061.7-vz #112 042stab061_7 System manufacturer System Product Name/Crosshair IV Formula > <4>[ 363.117151] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa11a70e4>] [<ffffffffa11a70e4>] cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans+0x64/0xf0 [cpufreq_stats] > <4>[ 363.117151] RSP: 0018:ffff880234281920 EFLAGS: 00010246 > <4>[ 363.117151] RAX: 00000000001e12e8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000002ab980 > <4>[ 363.117151] RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000005 > <4>[ 363.117151] RBP: ffff880234281940 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 > <4>[ 363.117151] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 2222222222222222 R12: ffff880218ce7400 > <4>[ 363.117151] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 > <4>[ 363.117151] FS: 00007f499ffe0700(0000) GS:ffff880031000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > <4>[ 363.117151] CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b > <4>[ 363.117151] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000230af7000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > <4>[ 363.117151] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > <4>[ 363.117151] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > <4>[ 363.117151] Process kondemand/5 (pid: 1690, veid: 0, threadinfo ffff880234280000, task ffff8802330c48c0) > <4>[ 363.117151] Stack: > <4>[ 363.117151] ffffffff810cf4f3 0000000000000001 00000000ffffffff ffffffffa11a7ac0 > <4>[ 363.117151] <d> ffff880234281990 ffffffff815454a8 ffff880234281c80 0000000000000000 > <4>[ 363.117151] <d> ffff880234281a10 ffffffff833be978 ffffffff833be8e0 0000000000000001 > <4>[ 363.117151] Call Trace: > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff810cf4f3>] ? is_module_text_address+0x23/0x30 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff815454a8>] notifier_call_chain+0x58/0xb0 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff810a5a8d>] __srcu_notifier_call_chain+0x5d/0x90 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff810a5ad6>] srcu_notifier_call_chain+0x16/0x20 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff81442a0a>] cpufreq_notify_transition+0x12a/0x190 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffffa026df08>] powernowk8_target+0x628/0xb30 [powernow_k8] > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8144289b>] __cpufreq_driver_target+0x8b/0x90 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffffa0279388>] do_dbs_timer+0x3b8/0x3bc [cpufreq_ondemand] > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffffa0278fd0>] ? do_dbs_timer+0x0/0x3bc [cpufreq_ondemand] > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff81097df4>] worker_thread+0x264/0x440 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff81097da3>] ? worker_thread+0x213/0x440 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff81097b90>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x440 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8109f050>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff81097b90>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x440 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8109e986>] kthread+0x96/0xa0 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8100c34a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8100bc90>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8109e8f0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xa0 > <4>[ 363.117151] [<ffffffff8100c340>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20 > <4>[ 363.117151] Code: 89 f9 48 8b 0c cd 20 53 9c 81 4c 8b 24 08 4d 85 e4 74 d3 8b 4a 08 41 8b 54 24 10 45 8b 6c 24 18 85 d2 74 22 49 8b 74 24 28 31 db <3b> 0e 75 10 eb 1a 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 63 c3 3b 0c 86 74 0c 83 > <1>[ 363.117151] RIP [<ffffffffa11a70e4>] cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans+0x64/0xf0 [cpufreq_stats] > <4>[ 363.117151] RSP <ffff880234281920> > <4>[ 363.117151] CR2: 0000000000000000 > --- > drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c | 11 +++++++---- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c > index e40e508..9d7732b 100644 > --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c > +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c > @@ -364,18 +364,21 @@ static int __init cpufreq_stats_init(void) > if (ret) > return ret; > > + register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier); > + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) > + cpufreq_update_policy(cpu); > + > ret = cpufreq_register_notifier(¬ifier_trans_block, > CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER); > if (ret) { > cpufreq_unregister_notifier(¬ifier_policy_block, > CPUFREQ_POLICY_NOTIFIER); > + unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier); > + for_each_online_cpu(cpu) > + cpufreq_stats_free_table(cpu); > return ret; > } > > - register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier); > - for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { > - cpufreq_update_policy(cpu); > - } > return 0; > } > static void __exit cpufreq_stats_exit(void) > -- I speak only for myself. Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe cpufreq" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html