On 16/09/15 12:59, Denis Kirjanov wrote: > On 9/16/15, Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 16/09/15 10:51, Denis Kirjanov wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I see the following trace on qemu startup (ps700 blade): >>> >>> v4.2-11169-g64d1def >>> >>> >>> [ 143.369638] =============================== >>> [ 143.369640] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ] >>> [ 143.369643] 4.2.0-11169-g64d1def #10 Tainted: G S >>> [ 143.369645] ------------------------------- >>> [ 143.369647] arch/powerpc/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:3310 >>> suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage! >>> [ 143.369649] >>> other info that might help us debug this: >>> >>> [ 143.369652] >>> rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1 >>> [ 143.369655] 1 lock held by qemu-system-ppc/2292: >>> [ 143.369656] #0: (&vcpu->mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<d000000004225bac>] >>> .vcpu_load+0x2c/0xb0 [kvm] >>> [ 143.369672] >>> stack backtrace: >>> [ 143.369675] CPU: 12 PID: 2292 Comm: qemu-system-ppc Tainted: G S >>> 4.2.0-11169-g64d1def #10 >>> [ 143.369677] Call Trace: >>> [ 143.369682] [c0000001d08bf200] [c000000000816dd0] >>> .dump_stack+0x98/0xd4 (unreliable) >>> [ 143.369687] [c0000001d08bf280] [c0000000000f7058] >>> .lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x108/0x170 >>> [ 143.369696] [c0000001d08bf310] [d0000000042296d8] >>> .kvm_io_bus_read+0x1d8/0x220 [kvm] >>> [ 143.369705] [c0000001d08bf3c0] [d00000000422f980] >>> .kvmppc_h_logical_ci_load+0x60/0xe0 [kvm] >> >> Could it be that we need to srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu) before >> calling the kvm_io_bus_read/write() function in the >> kvmppc_h_logical_ci_load/store() function? > > I haven't had time to dig into this. I'll try it. FYI, I had the same problem with kvm_hv, so I tried to come up with a patch: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/519143/ Sorry, forgot to CC: you there, but it would be great if you could give it a try! Thomas -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html