On 28 August 2015 at 05:25, Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2015/8/28 11:13, Shawn Lin wrote: >> >> From: Jialing Fu <jlfu@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> The following panic is captured in ker3.14, but the issue still exists >> in latest kernel. >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> [ 20.738217] c0 3136 (Compiler) Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer >> dereference >> at virtual address 00000578 >> ...... >> [ 20.738499] c0 3136 (Compiler) PC is at >> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x24/0x60 >> [ 20.738527] c0 3136 (Compiler) LR is at >> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x20/0x60 >> [ 20.740134] c0 3136 (Compiler) Call trace: >> [ 20.740165] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc0008ee900>] >> _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x24/0x60 >> [ 20.740200] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc0000dd024>] __wake_up+0x1c/0x54 >> [ 20.740230] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc000639414>] >> mmc_wait_data_done+0x28/0x34 >> [ 20.740262] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc0006391a0>] >> mmc_request_done+0xa4/0x220 >> [ 20.740314] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc000656894>] >> sdhci_tasklet_finish+0xac/0x264 >> [ 20.740352] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc0000a2b58>] >> tasklet_action+0xa0/0x158 >> [ 20.740382] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc0000a2078>] >> __do_softirq+0x10c/0x2e4 >> [ 20.740411] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc0000a24bc>] irq_exit+0x8c/0xc0 >> [ 20.740439] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc00008489c>] >> handle_IRQ+0x48/0xac >> [ 20.740469] c0 3136 (Compiler) [<ffffffc000081428>] >> gic_handle_irq+0x38/0x7c >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Because in SMP, "mrq" has race condition between below two paths: >> path1: CPU0: <tasklet context> >> static void mmc_wait_data_done(struct mmc_request *mrq) >> { >> mrq->host->context_info.is_done_rcv = true; >> // >> // If CPU0 has just finished "is_done_rcv = true" in path1, and at >> // this moment, IRQ or ICache line missing happens in CPU0. >> // What happens in CPU1 (path2)? >> // >> // If the mmcqd thread in CPU1(path2) hasn't entered to sleep mode: >> // path2 would have chance to break from wait_event_interruptible >> // in mmc_wait_for_data_req_done and continue to run for next >> // mmc_request (mmc_blk_rw_rq_prep). >> // >> // Within mmc_blk_rq_prep, mrq is cleared to 0. >> // If below line still gets host from "mrq" as the result of >> // compiler, the panic happens as we traced. >> wake_up_interruptible(&mrq->host->context_info.wait); >> } >> >> path2: CPU1: <The mmcqd thread runs mmc_queue_thread> >> static int mmc_wait_for_data_req_done(... >> { >> ... >> while (1) { >> wait_event_interruptible(context_info->wait, >> (context_info->is_done_rcv || >> context_info->is_new_req)); >> static void mmc_blk_rw_rq_prep(... >> { >> ... >> memset(brq, 0, sizeof(struct mmc_blk_request)); >> >> This issue happens very coincidentally; however adding mdelay(1) in >> mmc_wait_data_done as below could duplicate it easily. >> >> static void mmc_wait_data_done(struct mmc_request *mrq) >> { >> mrq->host->context_info.is_done_rcv = true; >> + mdelay(1); >> wake_up_interruptible(&mrq->host->context_info.wait); >> } >> > > Hi, ulf > > We find this bug on Intel-C3230RK platform for very small probability. > > Whereas I can easily reproduce this case if I add a mdelay(1) or longer > delay as Jialing did. > > This patch seems useful to me. Should we push it forward? :) It seems like a very good idea! Should we add a fixes tag to it? [...] Kind regards Uffe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html