On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:40:50 -0500 Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The debugobjects code will sometimes pop a warning like this when the > queue_timeout job is queued to a workqueue: > > [ 5157.128514] WARNING: at lib/debugobjects.c:262 debug_print_object+0x8c/0xb0() > [ 5157.128742] Hardware name: Bochs > [ 5157.128742] ODEBUG: activate not available (active state 0) object type: timer_list hint: stub_timer+0x0/0x20 > [ 5157.128742] Modules linked in: nfsd(O) nfs_acl auth_rpcgss lockd sunrpc floppy virtio_net i2c_piix4 i2c_core virtio_balloon joydev pcspkr virtio_blk [last unloaded: nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] Pid: 1312, comm: rpc.nfsd Tainted: G W O 3.3.0-rc1+ #1 > [ 5157.128742] Call Trace: > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff8106135f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff81061456>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x46/0x50 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff8132ba2c>] debug_print_object+0x8c/0xb0 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff81070db0>] ? timer_debug_hint+0x10/0x10 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff8132c02b>] debug_object_activate+0xfb/0x190 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff81072728>] ? lock_timer_base.isra.24+0x38/0x70 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff81074676>] mod_timer+0xf6/0x450 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff810749e8>] add_timer+0x18/0x20 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff8108168e>] queue_delayed_work_on+0xbe/0x140 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff81084441>] queue_delayed_work+0x21/0x40 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa006e568>] rpc_queue_upcall+0xe8/0x100 [sunrpc] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa012a121>] __cld_pipe_upcall+0x61/0xc0 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa012ad98>] nfsd4_cld_init+0x48/0x140 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa012b22a>] nfsd4_client_tracking_init+0x2a/0xc0 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff8169797e>] ? mutex_unlock+0xe/0x10 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa01266fa>] nfs4_state_start+0x1a/0x100 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa01028c5>] nfsd_svc+0x135/0x200 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa0103df0>] ? write_maxblksize+0x130/0x130 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa0103e6d>] write_threads+0x7d/0xd0 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff811dd16a>] ? simple_transaction_get+0xca/0xe0 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffffa0102ee7>] nfsctl_transaction_write+0x57/0x90 [nfsd] > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff811b4c9f>] vfs_write+0xaf/0x190 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff811b4fdd>] sys_write+0x4d/0x90 > [ 5157.128742] [<ffffffff816a3469>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b > > This occurs when an rpc_inode object is recycled. The slab constructor > routine doesn't necessarily get called on it again, so the debugobjects > code isn't aware that it's already initialized. > > Work around this problem by initializing the delayed work every time > an inode is allocated out of the slab, not just when a new slab is. > > Cc: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c | 4 ++-- > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c > index 63a7a7a..58e1dd1 100644 > --- a/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c > +++ b/net/sunrpc/rpc_pipe.c > @@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ rpc_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb) > rpci = (struct rpc_inode *)kmem_cache_alloc(rpc_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); > if (!rpci) > return NULL; > + > + INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rpci->queue_timeout, rpc_timeout_upcall_queue); > return &rpci->vfs_inode; > } > > @@ -1073,8 +1075,6 @@ init_once(void *foo) > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rpci->pipe); > rpci->pipelen = 0; > init_waitqueue_head(&rpci->waitq); > - INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&rpci->queue_timeout, > - rpc_timeout_upcall_queue); > rpci->ops = NULL; > } > It looks like Stanislav's proposed namespace patches for rpc_pipefs should also fix this problem as well. Assuming those are slated for 3.4, I think we can drop this patch. Thanks, -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html