On 03/07/2017 15:13, Marc Gonzalez wrote: > On 03/07/2017 11:54, Marc Gonzalez wrote: > >> Mark Rutland points out stop_machine. I will test this solution. > > I must be misunderstanding some of the requirements for > calling stop_machine() because my kernel panics, after > many warnings. Enabling several kernel debugging features: +CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES=y +CONFIG_DEBUG_WW_MUTEX_SLOWPATH=y +CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y And at the end of smp8759_config_read: printk("in_atomic_preempt_off = %d\n", in_atomic_preempt_off()); stop_machine(do_nothing, NULL, NULL); panic("STOP HERE FOR NOW\n"); The kernel outputs: [ 1.022725] in_atomic_preempt_off = 0 [ 1.026568] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/0/1/0x00000002 [ 1.032625] 5 locks held by swapper/0/1: [ 1.036575] #0: (&dev->mutex){......}, at: [<c038c684>] __driver_attach+0x50/0xd0 [ 1.044319] #1: (&dev->mutex){......}, at: [<c038c694>] __driver_attach+0x60/0xd0 [ 1.052050] #2: (pci_lock){+.+...}, at: [<c03309d8>] pci_bus_read_config_dword+0x44/0x94 [ 1.060398] #3: (cpu_hotplug.dep_map){++++++}, at: [<c0119db0>] get_online_cpus+0x2c/0xa0 [ 1.068843] #4: (stop_cpus_mutex){+.+...}, at: [<c01a1184>] stop_cpus+0x20/0x48 [ 1.076404] Modules linked in: [ 1.079483] Preemption disabled at:[ 1.082820] [< (null)>] (null) [ 1.086165] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.9.23-1-rc4 #13 [ 1.092723] Hardware name: Sigma Tango DT [ 1.096765] [<c010f600>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b568>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) [ 1.104558] [<c010b568>] (show_stack) from [<c0304830>] (dump_stack+0x98/0xc4) [ 1.111823] [<c0304830>] (dump_stack) from [<c013eee0>] (__schedule_bug+0x94/0xec) [ 1.119436] [<c013eee0>] (__schedule_bug) from [<c0516364>] (__schedule+0x4a4/0x5f0) [ 1.127220] [<c0516364>] (__schedule) from [<c05164fc>] (schedule+0x4c/0xac) [ 1.134308] [<c05164fc>] (schedule) from [<c051b010>] (schedule_timeout+0x1f4/0x30c) [ 1.142093] [<c051b010>] (schedule_timeout) from [<c051702c>] (wait_for_common+0x8c/0x13c) [ 1.150401] [<c051702c>] (wait_for_common) from [<c05170ec>] (wait_for_completion+0x10/0x14) [ 1.158886] [<c05170ec>] (wait_for_completion) from [<c01a0d74>] (__stop_cpus+0x50/0x64) [ 1.167021] [<c01a0d74>] (__stop_cpus) from [<c01a1194>] (stop_cpus+0x30/0x48) [ 1.174282] [<c01a1194>] (stop_cpus) from [<c01a1230>] (stop_machine+0x84/0x118) [ 1.181719] [<c01a1230>] (stop_machine) from [<c034c070>] (smp8759_config_read+0x84/0x90) [ 1.189942] [<c034c070>] (smp8759_config_read) from [<c0330a00>] (pci_bus_read_config_dword+0x6c/0x94) [ 1.199301] [<c0330a00>] (pci_bus_read_config_dword) from [<c0332920>] (pci_bus_read_dev_vendor_id+0x24/0xe8) [ 1.209270] [<c0332920>] (pci_bus_read_dev_vendor_id) from [<c033413c>] (pci_scan_single_device+0x40/0xb0) [ 1.218977] [<c033413c>] (pci_scan_single_device) from [<c0334204>] (pci_scan_slot+0x58/0x100) [ 1.227636] [<c0334204>] (pci_scan_slot) from [<c033511c>] (pci_scan_child_bus+0x20/0xf8) [ 1.235858] [<c033511c>] (pci_scan_child_bus) from [<c03353ec>] (pci_scan_root_bus_msi+0xcc/0xd8) [ 1.244779] [<c03353ec>] (pci_scan_root_bus_msi) from [<c0335410>] (pci_scan_root_bus+0x18/0x20) [ 1.253612] [<c0335410>] (pci_scan_root_bus) from [<c034bc5c>] (pci_host_common_probe+0xc8/0x314) [ 1.262533] [<c034bc5c>] (pci_host_common_probe) from [<c034c444>] (tango_pcie_probe+0x148/0x350) [ 1.271455] [<c034c444>] (tango_pcie_probe) from [<c038dbc8>] (platform_drv_probe+0x34/0x6c) [ 1.279939] [<c038dbc8>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c038c5a8>] (really_probe+0x1c4/0x250) [ 1.288248] [<c038c5a8>] (really_probe) from [<c038c700>] (__driver_attach+0xcc/0xd0) [ 1.296121] [<c038c700>] (__driver_attach) from [<c038aa50>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0x9c) [ 1.304342] [<c038aa50>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c038bfac>] (driver_attach+0x1c/0x20) [ 1.312389] [<c038bfac>] (driver_attach) from [<c038bb5c>] (bus_add_driver+0x108/0x214) [ 1.320436] [<c038bb5c>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c038ccb0>] (driver_register+0x78/0xf4) [ 1.328483] [<c038ccb0>] (driver_register) from [<c038db8c>] (__platform_driver_register+0x40/0x48) [ 1.337583] [<c038db8c>] (__platform_driver_register) from [<c0816fc4>] (tango_pcie_driver_init+0x14/0x18) [ 1.347291] [<c0816fc4>] (tango_pcie_driver_init) from [<c01017dc>] (do_one_initcall+0x44/0x174) [ 1.356128] [<c01017dc>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c0800dcc>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x154/0x1e0) [ 1.364875] [<c0800dcc>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c0515544>] (kernel_init+0x8/0x10c) [ 1.373097] [<c0515544>] (kernel_init) from [<c01077d0>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24) [ 1.380799] Kernel panic - not syncing: STOP HERE FOR NOW [ 1.380799] [ 1.387714] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 4.9.23-1-rc4 #13 [ 1.395495] Hardware name: Sigma Tango DT [ 1.399529] [<c010f600>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b568>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) [ 1.407317] [<c010b568>] (show_stack) from [<c0304830>] (dump_stack+0x98/0xc4) [ 1.414582] [<c0304830>] (dump_stack) from [<c01a3bac>] (panic+0xe0/0x258) [ 1.421494] [<c01a3bac>] (panic) from [<c034c07c>] (tango_check_pcie_link+0x0/0x48) [ 1.429192] [<c034c07c>] (tango_check_pcie_link) from [<c034bfec>] (smp8759_config_read+0x0/0x90) [ 1.438114] [<c034bfec>] (smp8759_config_read) from [<00241105>] (0x241105) [ 1.445191] CPU1: stopping [ 1.447910] CPU: 1 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G W 4.9.23-1-rc4 #13 [ 1.455690] Hardware name: Sigma Tango DT [ 1.459724] [<c010f600>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c010b568>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) [ 1.467512] [<c010b568>] (show_stack) from [<c0304830>] (dump_stack+0x98/0xc4) [ 1.474774] [<c0304830>] (dump_stack) from [<c010e410>] (handle_IPI+0x19c/0x1b0) [ 1.482210] [<c010e410>] (handle_IPI) from [<c010151c>] (gic_handle_irq+0x88/0x8c) [ 1.489819] [<c010151c>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<c010c0b0>] (__irq_svc+0x70/0xb0) [ 1.497339] Exception stack(0xdf46ff80 to 0xdf46ffc8) [ 1.502415] ff80: 00000001 00000001 00000000 df468180 df46e000 c1004be4 c1004c48 00000002 [ 1.510636] ffa0: c100f990 413fc090 00000000 00000000 00000000 df46ffd0 c0165ee0 c0108240 [ 1.518853] ffc0: 20000113 ffffffff [ 1.522358] [<c010c0b0>] (__irq_svc) from [<c0108240>] (arch_cpu_idle+0x24/0x3c) [ 1.529795] [<c0108240>] (arch_cpu_idle) from [<c051b540>] (default_idle_call+0x20/0x30) [ 1.537934] [<c051b540>] (default_idle_call) from [<c015d6cc>] (cpu_startup_entry+0xd0/0x150) [ 1.546504] [<c015d6cc>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<c010e048>] (secondary_start_kernel+0x158/0x164) [ 1.555599] [<c010e048>] (secondary_start_kernel) from [<801015ac>] (0x801015ac) [ 1.563063] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: STOP HERE FOR NOW The panic call stack looks suspicious. smp8759_config_read() never calls tango_check_pcie_link(). (I compile with -fno-optimize-sibling-calls to get more accurate call stacks.) in_atomic_preempt_off is false before calling stop_machine() I suppose I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what yet. Regards.