Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> On Mon, 2008-03-17 at 21:53 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>> [Added Peter Zijlsta and LKML]
>> Yeah, patches and such should really go to LKML as LKML is the -rt
>> development list.
>
> Sorry, I missed to add LKML. It's written in RT wiki.
> I'm not sure about BUG report too. Should I send it to LKML?
>
>>> Hiroshi, thanks for looking into this!
>>>
>>> Peter, this looks like a legit fix, could you Ack it.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I got a soft lockup message on 2.6.24.3-rt3.
>>>>> I attached the .config.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think there is a deadlock scenario, I explain later.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the console log;
>>>>> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 11s! [bash:2175]
>>>>> CPU 2:
>>>>> Modules linked in:
>>>>> Pid: 2175, comm: bash Not tainted 2.6.24.3-rt3 #1
>>>>> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8063f052>] [<ffffffff8063f052>] __spin_lock+0x57/0x67
>>>>> RSP: 0000:ffff8100c52a1d48 EFLAGS: 00000202
>>>>> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000004bc5 RCX: 0000000000004bc5
>>>>> RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00000000006c3208 RDI: 0000000000000001
>>>>> RBP: 000000000000000d R08: ffff8100cbc28018 R09: ffff810007c95458
>>>>> R10: 00000000006c3208 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: ffffffff808246e8
>>>>> R13: 000284d000000002 R14: ffffffff80387277 R15: 00000000ffffffff
>>>>> FS: 00002b28926a2ef0(0000) GS:ffff8100cf8a3940(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>>>>> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
>>>>> CR2: 00000000006c3208 CR3: 00000000c3cac000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
>>>>> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
>>>>> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>> [<ffffffff8063f024>] __spin_lock+0x29/0x67
>>>>> [<ffffffff80296597>] swap_info_get+0x65/0xdd
>>>>> [<ffffffff80296c0c>] can_share_swap_page+0x39/0x84
>>>>> [<ffffffff8028ae6e>] do_wp_page+0x2f9/0x519
>>>>> [<ffffffff8028c8d2>] handle_mm_fault+0x615/0x7cf
>>>>> [<ffffffff802db823>] proc_flush_task+0x171/0x29c
>>>>> [<ffffffff8024a64d>] recalc_sigpending+0xe/0x3c
>>>>> [<ffffffff8022645e>] do_page_fault+0x162/0x754
>>>>> [<ffffffff8026fe81>] audit_syscall_exit+0x31c/0x37a
>>>>> [<ffffffff8063f449>] error_exit+0x0/0x51
>>>>> ---------------------------
>>>>> | preempt count: 00010002 ]
>>>>> | 2-level deep critical section nesting:
>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8063f009>] .... __spin_lock+0xe/0x67
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8063f009>] .... __spin_lock+0xe/0x67
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>> BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 11s! [stress:9460]
>>>>> CPU 3:
>>>>> Modules linked in:
>>>>> Pid: 9460, comm: stress Not tainted 2.6.24.3-rt3 #1
>>>>> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff8027c974>] [<ffffffff8027c974>] find_get_page+0xad/0xbe
>>>>> RSP: 0018:ffff8100cbf25b88 EFLAGS: 00000202
>>>>> 0000000000002009 RBX: ffffffff80824bc8 RCX: 0000000000000002
>>>>> RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffff8100cbfcf298 RDI: ffff810005ad8910
>>>>> RBP: ffffffff80383a57 R08: ffff810005ad8918 R09: 0000000000000003
>>>>> R10: ffff810005ad88d8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffff80822880
>>>>> R13: ffff81000799ce48 R14: ffffffff8028921c R15: ffffffff80822880
>>>>> FS: 00002acaa373bb00(0000) GS:ffff8100cf8a32c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>>>>> CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
>>>>> CR2: 00002b9b2827c530 CR3: 000000006cc90000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
>>>>> DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
>>>>> DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>>>>> Call Trace:
>>>>> [<ffffffff8027c8ea>] find_get_page+0x23/0xbe
>>>>> [<ffffffff80296f83>] free_swap_and_cache+0x46/0xdd
>>>>> [<ffffffff8028b9b7>] unmap_vmas+0x626/0x8ce
>>>>> [<ffffffff8028fa4c>] exit_mmap+0xac/0x147
>>>>> [<ffffffff8023ced7>] mmput+0x32/0xae
>>>>> [<ffffffff80242f00>] do_exit+0x199/0x914
>>>>> [<ffffffff8024ab3b>] __dequeue_signal+0x19/0x1b7
>>>>> [<ffffffff802436a7>] do_group_exit+0x2c/0x7e
>>>>> [<ffffffff8024c47b>] get_signal_to_deliver+0x2ef/0x4aa
>>>>> [<ffffffff8020b5dc>] do_notify_resume+0xa8/0x7cd
>>>>> [<ffffffff80239320>] add_preempt_count+0x14/0x111
>>>>> [<ffffffff8038b292>] __up_read+0x13/0x8d
>>>>> [<ffffffff80226483>] do_page_fault+0x187/0x754
>>>>> [<ffffffff802335ae>] __dequeue_entity+0x2d/0x34
>>>>> [<ffffffff8020a6d5>] __switch_to+0x27/0x2c9
>>>>> [<ffffffff802264f0>] do_page_fault+0x1f4/0x754
>>>>> [<ffffffff8020c7be>] retint_signal+0x3d/0x7f
>>>>> ---------------------------
>>>>> | preempt count: 00010005 ]
>>>>> | 5-level deep critical section nesting:
>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8063f009>] .... __spin_lock+0xe/0x67
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8063f009>] .... __spin_lock+0xe/0x67
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8063f009>] .... __spin_lock+0xe/0x67
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8027c8db>] .... find_get_page+0x14/0xbe
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>> .. [<ffffffff8063f009>] .... __spin_lock+0xe/0x67
>>>>> .....[<00000000>] .. ( <= 0x0)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I also got a kernel core.
>>>>> (gdb) info thr
>>>>> 4 process 9460 0xffffffff8027c974 in find_get_page (mapping=<value optimized out>,
>>>>> offset=18446744071570598016) at include/asm/processor_64.h:385
>>>>> 3 process 2175 __spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff80893f80) at kernel/spinlock.c:333
>>>>> 2 process 9132 __spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff80893f80) at include/asm/spinlock_64.h:22
>>>>> * 1 process 9478 __spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff80893f80) at kernel/spinlock.c:333
>>>>>
>>>>> CPU3(thread 4) is in find_get_page(), and the others in __spin_lock().
>>>>> The thread 4 is waiting to turn PG_nonewrefs bit off in wait_on_page_ref() which is
>>>>> called from page_cache_get_speculative(), and the thread 4 holds the swap_lock.
>>>>> The other threads waiting the swap_lock.
>>>>> On the other hand, the thread 1 turned PG_nonewrefs bit on by calling
>>>>> lock_page_ref_irq() in remove_mapping(), and then waiting the swap_lock.
>>>>> So if the target page of remove_mapping() is in the exiting process memory,
>>>>> the kernel is deadlock.
>>>>>
>>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>>> #0 __spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff80893f80) at kernel/spinlock.c:333
>>>>> #1 0xffffffff80296597 in swap_info_get (entry=<value optimized out>)
>>>>> at mm/swapfile.c:253
>>>>> #2 0xffffffff80296618 in swap_free (entry={val = 1}) at mm/swapfile.c:300
>>>>> #3 0xffffffff80286acd in remove_mapping (mapping=<value optimized out>,
>>>>> page=0xffff810005ad8910) at mm/vmscan.c:423
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> (gdb) thr 2
>>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>>> #0 __spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff80893f80) at include/asm/spinlock_64.h:22
>>>>> #1 0xffffffff80296374 in valid_swaphandles (entry=<value optimized out>,
>>>>> offset=0xffff81001e22bc78) at mm/swapfile.c:1783
>>>>> #2 0xffffffff8028b0af in swapin_readahead (entry={val = 1}, addr=0, vma=0x1)
>>>>> at mm/memory.c:2054
>>>>> #3 0xffffffff8029a6af in shmem_getpage (inode=0xffff8100cdf4fd48, idx=0,
>>>>> pagep=0xffff81001e22bd80, sgp=SGP_FAULT, type=0xffff81001e22bd34) at mm/shmem.c:1089
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> (gdb) thr 3
>>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>>> #0 __spin_lock (lock=0xffffffff80893f80) at kernel/spinlock.c:333
>>>>> #1 0xffffffff80296597 in swap_info_get (entry=<value optimized out>)
>>>>> at mm/swapfile.c:253
>>>>> #2 0xffffffff80296c0c in can_share_swap_page (page=<value optimized out>)
>>>>> at mm/swapfile.c:317
>>>>> #3 0xffffffff8028ae6e in do_wp_page (mm=0xffff8100ce772f40, vma=0xffff8100cd212f00,
>>>>> address=7090696, page_table=0xffff8100cbcef618, pmd=0xffff8100cbc28018,
>>>>> ptl=0xffff810007c95458, orig_pte=<value optimized out>) at mm/memory.c:1606
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> (gdb) thr 4
>>>>> (gdb) bt
>>>>> #0 0xffffffff8027c974 in find_get_page (mapping=<value optimized out>,
>>>>> offset=18446744071570598016) at include/asm/processor_64.h:385
>>>>> #1 0xffffffff80296f83 in free_swap_and_cache (entry={val = 4032}) at mm/swapfile.c:403
>>>>> #2 0xffffffff8028b9b7 in unmap_vmas (tlbp=0xffff8100cbf25cd8, vma=0xffff8100cde5c678,
>>>>> start_addr=0, end_addr=18446744073709551615, nr_accounted=0xffff8100cbf25cd0,
>>>>> details=0x0) at mm/memory.c:728
>>>>> #3 0xffffffff8028fa4c in exit_mmap (mm=0xffff8100cd093600) at mm/mmap.c:2048
>>>>> #4 0xffffffff8023ced7 in mmput (mm=0xffff8100cd093600) at kernel/fork.c:443
>>>>> #5 0xffffffff80242f00 in do_exit (code=14) at kernel/exit.c:997
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it came from the lockless speculative get page patch.
>>>>> I found the newer version of this patch in linux-mm.
>>>>> http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=119477111927364&w=2
>>>>>
>>>>> I haven't tested it because it looks big change and hard to apply.
>>>>> But it seems to fix this deadlock issue.
>>>>> Any other patch to fix this issue is welcome.
>> Yeah, in the latest lockless pagecache patches Nick got rid of
>> PG_nonewrefs as suggested by Hugh, however -rt also has my concurrent
>> pagecache patches and those need PG_nonewrefs on their own, so I hadn't
>> bothered to update to Nick's latest.
>>
>> Perhaps I ought to, as you point out, page_cache_get_speculative() is
>> cleaner in his latest.. /me puts it on his overlong TODO list.
>>
>>>> Is this patch good?
>> Yes, it does look good. Doesn't remove_exclusice_swap_page() also nest
>> PG_nonewrefs inside of swap_lock?
>
> I'm not sure about it. I haven't noticed it and I haven't checked all PG_nonewrefs.
> Will look into it.
>
Is this valid fix?
diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 581afee..6fbc77e 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *page)
/* Is the only swap cache user the cache itself? */
retval = 0;
if (p->swap_map[swp_offset(entry)] == 1) {
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
/* Recheck the page count with the swapcache lock held.. */
lock_page_ref_irq(page);
if ((page_count(page) == 2) && !PageWriteback(page)) {
@@ -374,8 +375,8 @@ int remove_exclusive_swap_page(struct page *page)
retval = 1;
}
unlock_page_ref_irq(page);
- }
- spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
+ } else
+ spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
if (retval) {
swap_free(entry);
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