On 11/01/2016 10:12 AM, Nikolay Borisov wrote: > Hello, > > I got the following rcu_sched/soft lockup on a server: > > [7056389.638502] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU > [7056389.638509] 21-...: (20994 ticks this GP) idle=9ef/140000000000001/0 softirq=3256767558/3256767596 fqs=6843 > [7056389.638510] (t=21001 jiffies g=656551647 c=656551646 q=469247) > [7056389.638513] Task dump for CPU 21: > [7056389.638515] hive_exec R running task 0 4413 31126 0x0000000a > [7056389.638518] ffffffff81c40280 ffff883fff323dc0 ffffffff8107f53d 0000000000000015 > [7056389.638520] ffffffff81c40280 ffff883fff323dd8 ffffffff81081ce9 0000000000000016 > [7056389.638522] ffff883fff323e08 ffffffff810aa34b ffff883fff335d00 ffffffff81c40280 > [7056389.638524] Call Trace: > [7056389.638525] <IRQ> [<ffffffff8107f53d>] sched_show_task+0xbd/0x120 > [7056389.638535] [<ffffffff81081ce9>] dump_cpu_task+0x39/0x40 > [7056389.638539] [<ffffffff810aa34b>] rcu_dump_cpu_stacks+0x8b/0xc0 > [7056389.638541] [<ffffffff810ade76>] rcu_check_callbacks+0x4d6/0x7b0 > [7056389.638547] [<ffffffff810c0a50>] ? tick_init_highres+0x20/0x20 > [7056389.638549] [<ffffffff810b28b9>] update_process_times+0x39/0x60 > [7056389.638551] [<ffffffff810c0a9d>] tick_sched_timer+0x4d/0x180 > [7056389.638553] [<ffffffff810c0a50>] ? tick_init_highres+0x20/0x20 > [7056389.638554] [<ffffffff810b3197>] __hrtimer_run_queues+0xe7/0x260 > [7056389.638556] [<ffffffff810b3718>] hrtimer_interrupt+0xa8/0x1a0 > [7056389.638561] [<ffffffff81034608>] local_apic_timer_interrupt+0x38/0x60 > [7056389.638565] [<ffffffff81616a7d>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x3d/0x50 > [7056389.638568] [<ffffffff816151e9>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x89/0x90 > [7056389.638569] <EOI> [<ffffffff8113fb4a>] ? shrink_zone+0x28a/0x2a0 > [7056389.638575] [<ffffffff8113fcd4>] do_try_to_free_pages+0x174/0x460 > [7056389.638579] [<ffffffff81308415>] ? find_next_bit+0x15/0x20 > [7056389.638581] [<ffffffff811401e7>] try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages+0xa7/0x170 > [7056389.638585] [<ffffffff8118d0ef>] try_charge+0x18f/0x650 > [7056389.638588] [<ffffffff81087486>] ? update_curr+0x66/0x180 > [7056389.638591] [<ffffffff811915ed>] mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x7d/0x1c0 > [7056389.638595] [<ffffffff81128cf2>] __add_to_page_cache_locked+0x42/0x230 > [7056389.638596] [<ffffffff81128f28>] add_to_page_cache_lru+0x28/0x80 > [7056389.638600] [<ffffffff812719b2>] ext4_mpage_readpages+0x172/0x820 > [7056389.638603] [<ffffffff81172d02>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x92/0x120 > [7056389.638608] [<ffffffff81228ce6>] ext4_readpages+0x36/0x40 > [7056389.638611] [<ffffffff811374e0>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x180/0x210 > [7056389.638613] [<ffffffff8112b1f0>] filemap_fault+0x370/0x400 > [7056389.638615] [<ffffffff81231716>] ext4_filemap_fault+0x36/0x50 > [7056389.638618] [<ffffffff8115629f>] __do_fault+0x3f/0xd0 > [7056389.638620] [<ffffffff8115a205>] handle_mm_fault+0x1245/0x19c0 > [7056389.638622] [<ffffffff810b2f1a>] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x1a/0x110 > [7056389.638626] [<ffffffff810775a2>] ? __might_sleep+0x52/0xb0 > [7056389.638628] [<ffffffff810b3bdd>] ? hrtimer_nanosleep+0xbd/0x1a0 > [7056389.638631] [<ffffffff810430bb>] __do_page_fault+0x1ab/0x410 > [7056389.638632] [<ffffffff8104332c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0x10 > [7056389.638634] [<ffffffff81616172>] page_fault+0x22/0x30 > > Here is the stack of the same process when taken with 'bt' in crash: > > #0 [ffff8820d5fb3598] __schedule at ffffffff8160fa9a > #1 [ffff8820d5fb35e0] preempt_schedule_common at ffffffff8161043f > #2 [ffff8820d5fb35f8] _cond_resched at ffffffff8161047c > #3 [ffff8820d5fb3608] shrink_page_list at ffffffff8113dd94 > #4 [ffff8820d5fb36e8] shrink_inactive_list at ffffffff8113eab1 > #5 [ffff8820d5fb37a8] shrink_lruvec at ffffffff8113f710 > #6 [ffff8820d5fb38a8] shrink_zone at ffffffff8113f99c > #7 [ffff8820d5fb3920] do_try_to_free_pages at ffffffff8113fcd4 > #8 [ffff8820d5fb39a0] try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages at ffffffff811401e7 > #9 [ffff8820d5fb3a10] try_charge at ffffffff8118d0ef > #10 [ffff8820d5fb3ab0] mem_cgroup_try_charge at ffffffff811915ed > #11 [ffff8820d5fb3af0] __add_to_page_cache_locked at ffffffff81128cf2 > #12 [ffff8820d5fb3b48] add_to_page_cache_lru at ffffffff81128f28 > #13 [ffff8820d5fb3b70] ext4_mpage_readpages at ffffffff812719b2 > #14 [ffff8820d5fb3c78] ext4_readpages at ffffffff81228ce6 > #15 [ffff8820d5fb3c88] __do_page_cache_readahead at ffffffff811374e0 > #16 [ffff8820d5fb3d30] filemap_fault at ffffffff8112b1f0 > #17 [ffff8820d5fb3d88] ext4_filemap_fault at ffffffff81231716 > #18 [ffff8820d5fb3db0] __do_fault at ffffffff8115629f > #19 [ffff8820d5fb3e10] handle_mm_fault at ffffffff8115a205 > #20 [ffff8820d5fb3ee8] __do_page_fault at ffffffff810430bb > #21 [ffff8820d5fb3f40] do_page_fault at ffffffff8104332c > #22 [ffff8820d5fb3f50] page_fault at ffffffff81616172 > > > And then multiple softlockups such as : > > [7056427.875860] Call Trace: > [7056427.875866] [<ffffffff8113f92e>] shrink_zone+0x6e/0x2a0 > [7056427.875869] [<ffffffff8113fcd4>] do_try_to_free_pages+0x174/0x460 > [7056427.875873] [<ffffffff81308415>] ? find_next_bit+0x15/0x20 > [7056427.875875] [<ffffffff811401e7>] try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages+0xa7/0x170 > [7056427.875878] [<ffffffff8118d0ef>] try_charge+0x18f/0x650 > [7056427.875883] [<ffffffff81087486>] ? update_curr+0x66/0x180 > [7056427.875885] [<ffffffff811915ed>] mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x7d/0x1c0 > [7056427.875889] [<ffffffff81128cf2>] __add_to_page_cache_locked+0x42/0x230 > [7056427.875891] [<ffffffff81128f28>] add_to_page_cache_lru+0x28/0x80 > [7056427.875894] [<ffffffff812719b2>] ext4_mpage_readpages+0x172/0x820 > [7056427.875898] [<ffffffff81172d02>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x92/0x120 > [7056427.875903] [<ffffffff81228ce6>] ext4_readpages+0x36/0x40 > [7056427.875905] [<ffffffff811374e0>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x180/0x210 > [7056427.875907] [<ffffffff8112b1f0>] filemap_fault+0x370/0x400 > [7056427.875909] [<ffffffff81231716>] ext4_filemap_fault+0x36/0x50 > [7056427.875912] [<ffffffff8115629f>] __do_fault+0x3f/0xd0 > [7056427.875915] [<ffffffff8115a205>] handle_mm_fault+0x1245/0x19c0 > [7056427.875916] [<ffffffff81190a67>] ? mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize+0x2c7/0x360 > [7056427.875920] [<ffffffff810430bb>] __do_page_fault+0x1ab/0x410 > [7056427.875921] [<ffffffff8104332c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0x10 > [7056427.875924] [<ffffffff81616172>] page_fault+0x22/0x30 > So after further debugging the following seems to be a better representation of what's happened: So the softlockup for a task is as follows: [7056427.875372] NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#17 stuck for 22s! [nginx:47108] [7056427.875832] CPU: 17 PID: 47108 Comm: nginx Tainted: G W O K 4.4.14-clouder5 #2 [7056427.875833] Hardware name: Supermicro PIO-628U-TR4T+-ST031/X10DRU-i+, BIOS 1.0c 03/23/2015 [7056427.875835] task: ffff88208a06d280 ti: ffff88235af70000 task.ti: ffff88235af70000 [7056427.875836] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8118dbf3>] [<ffffffff8118dbf3>] mem_cgroup_iter+0x33/0x3e0 [7056427.875844] RSP: 0018:ffff88235af73868 EFLAGS: 00000246 [7056427.875845] RAX: 0000000000000005 RBX: ffff88235af739a8 RCX: ffff88207fffc000 [7056427.875846] RDX: ffff88235af738e0 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8823990d1400 [7056427.875847] RBP: ffff88235af738a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000001d0df03 [7056427.875848] R10: 28f5c28f5c28f5c3 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8823990d1400 [7056427.875849] R13: ffff8823990d1400 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88407fffae30 [7056427.875850] FS: 00007f8cdee26720(0000) GS:ffff883fff2a0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [7056427.875851] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [7056427.875852] CR2: 00007f4d199780e0 CR3: 0000002e0b4e3000 CR4: 00000000001406e0 [7056427.875853] Stack: [7056427.875854] 00ff8823990d1598 ffff88235af738a0 ffff88235af739a8 ffff8823990d1400 [7056427.875856] 0000000000000000 ffff88207fffc000 ffff88407fffae30 ffff88235af73918 [7056427.875858] ffffffff8113f92e 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [7056427.875860] Call Trace: [7056427.875866] [<ffffffff8113f92e>] shrink_zone+0x6e/0x2a0 [7056427.875869] [<ffffffff8113fcd4>] do_try_to_free_pages+0x174/0x460 [7056427.875873] [<ffffffff81308415>] ? find_next_bit+0x15/0x20 [7056427.875875] [<ffffffff811401e7>] try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages+0xa7/0x170 [7056427.875878] [<ffffffff8118d0ef>] try_charge+0x18f/0x650 [7056427.875883] [<ffffffff81087486>] ? update_curr+0x66/0x180 [7056427.875885] [<ffffffff811915ed>] mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x7d/0x1c0 [7056427.875889] [<ffffffff81128cf2>] __add_to_page_cache_locked+0x42/0x230 [7056427.875891] [<ffffffff81128f28>] add_to_page_cache_lru+0x28/0x80 [7056427.875894] [<ffffffff812719b2>] ext4_mpage_readpages+0x172/0x820 [7056427.875898] [<ffffffff81172d02>] ? alloc_pages_current+0x92/0x120 [7056427.875903] [<ffffffff81228ce6>] ext4_readpages+0x36/0x40 [7056427.875905] [<ffffffff811374e0>] __do_page_cache_readahead+0x180/0x210 [7056427.875907] [<ffffffff8112b1f0>] filemap_fault+0x370/0x400 [7056427.875909] [<ffffffff81231716>] ext4_filemap_fault+0x36/0x50 [7056427.875912] [<ffffffff8115629f>] __do_fault+0x3f/0xd0 [7056427.875915] [<ffffffff8115a205>] handle_mm_fault+0x1245/0x19c0 [7056427.875916] [<ffffffff81190a67>] ? mem_cgroup_oom_synchronize+0x2c7/0x360 [7056427.875920] [<ffffffff810430bb>] __do_page_fault+0x1ab/0x410 [7056427.875921] [<ffffffff8104332c>] do_page_fault+0xc/0x10 [7056427.875924] [<ffffffff81616172>] page_fault+0x22/0x30 ffffffff8118dbf3 is mem_cgroup_iter called from shrink_zone but in the outer do {} while. However, after crashing the machine via sysrq and looking at the callstack for the same process looks like: #0 [ffff88235af73598] __schedule at ffffffff8160fa9a #1 [ffff88235af735e0] preempt_schedule_common at ffffffff8161043f #2 [ffff88235af735f8] _cond_resched at ffffffff8161047c #3 [ffff88235af73608] shrink_page_list at ffffffff8113dd94 #4 [ffff88235af736e8] shrink_inactive_list at ffffffff8113eab1 #5 [ffff88235af737a8] shrink_lruvec at ffffffff8113f710 #6 [ffff88235af738a8] shrink_zone at ffffffff8113f99c #7 [ffff88235af73920] do_try_to_free_pages at ffffffff8113fcd4 #8 [ffff88235af739a0] try_to_free_mem_cgroup_pages at ffffffff811401e7 #9 [ffff88235af73a10] try_charge at ffffffff8118d0ef #10 [ffff88235af73ab0] mem_cgroup_try_charge at ffffffff811915ed #11 [ffff88235af73af0] __add_to_page_cache_locked at ffffffff81128cf2 #12 [ffff88235af73b48] add_to_page_cache_lru at ffffffff81128f28 #13 [ffff88235af73b70] ext4_mpage_readpages at ffffffff812719b2 #14 [ffff88235af73c78] ext4_readpages at ffffffff81228ce6 #15 [ffff88235af73c88] __do_page_cache_readahead at ffffffff811374e0 #16 [ffff88235af73d30] filemap_fault at ffffffff8112b1f0 #17 [ffff88235af73d88] ext4_filemap_fault at ffffffff81231716 #18 [ffff88235af73db0] __do_fault at ffffffff8115629f #19 [ffff88235af73e10] handle_mm_fault at ffffffff8115a205 #20 [ffff88235af73ee8] __do_page_fault at ffffffff810430bb #21 [ffff88235af73f40] do_page_fault at ffffffff8104332c #22 [ffff88235af73f50] page_fault at ffffffff81616172 This is the shrink_lruvec in the inner do {} while So clearly the same task has made some progress and has even re-scheduled due to the cond_resched in shrink_page_list. This means that in order for the softlockup to be triggered in shrink_zone this means that the code after the inner while should've taken more than 22 seconds (the time out for the s oftlockup watchdog). The function which are there are shrink_slab (but this seems to have the necessary cond_resched in its callees e.g. do_shrink_slab) and vmpressure - this is very lightweight. So it's still puzzling how come the softlockup is triggered in shrink_zone, when there in fact is plenty of opportunity to resched while scanning the lists -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>