On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 01:31:01PM -0700, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Thursday, August 19, 2010, Tejun Heo wrote: > > Hello, > > > > On 08/19/2010 04:05 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > On Thursday, August 19, 2010, Tejun Heo wrote: > > >> Hello, Rafael. > > >> > > >> On 08/19/2010 12:01 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > >>> While testing 2.6.36-rc1 (with a couple of fixes on top) I noticed > > >>> that the ath9k driver didn't work after resume from suspend to RAM. > > >>> An attempt to unload the driver using rmmod caused the BUG_ON() in > > >>> kernel/workqueue.c:2844 to trigger. > > >> > > >> That BUG_ON() triggers if destroy_workqueue() is called while work > > >> items are still pending on the workqueue. Can you please trigger > > >> stack traces after resume and post it? > > > > > > Do you mean sysrq-t? > > > > Yeah, I'm a bit confused regarding what's going on. I thought the > > most likely cause is thawing failing to kick a frozen workqueue into > > working state but then flush_workqueue() which is called from > > destroy_workqueue() should have hung too, that is, unless > > flush_workqueue() is broken too. If flush_workqueue() is not broken, > > then it could be that workqueue itself isn't at fault and works are > > being scheduled and executed fine for the workqueue ath9k is using but > > the driver doesn't work for another reason. > > > > Also, the BUG_ON() being triggered means either flush_workqueue() is > > broken or the driver is failing to stop works on the workqueue from > > being requeued before calling destroy_workqueue(). So, finding out > > the followings would be great, > > > > * While the driver isn't working, do a sysrq-t and see whether any > > worker is executing a work for ath9k. > > > > * Repeat it several times and see whether the work is stuck or making > > progress and/or executing on different workers. > > Actaully, I'm unable to reproduce the resume issue with current mainline > (HEAD = 763008c4357b73c8d18396dfd8d79dc58fa3f99d), so I guess it either is > a race (or another timing issue), or it's been fixed by one of the patches on > top of -rc1. > > I'll let you know if I see it again. To be clear, this is a non-issue now until further notice, ACK? Luis _______________________________________________ linux-pm mailing list linux-pm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pm
