[PATCH V3 0/1] lib:atomic64 using raw_spin_lock_irq[save|resotre] for atomicity The command 'perf top -e L1-dcache-loads' causes OOPS and hang up in the following configuration. Powerpc e500 core OOPS on: 2.6.34.9 PREEMPT-RT Whole system hangs up: 3.0.3 PREEMPT-RT Listed the panic info. below. Cause of the problem is that the atomic64_add_return is interrupted by the performence counter interrupt, the interrupt handler calls atomic64_read, failed at /build/linux/kernel/rtmutex.c:832! for the reason trying to hold the same lock twice in the same context. Replace the spin_lock_irq[save|restore] with raw_spin_lock_irq[save|restore] could guarantee the atomicity of atomic64_* because the raw variant of the spin lock disables interrupts during atomic64_* operations. --- lib/atomic64.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) --- OOPS on 2.6.34.9+PREEMPT-RT: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at /build/linux/kernel/rtmutex.c:832! Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 5 [#2] PREEMPT SMP NR_CPUS=8 LTT NESTING LEVEL : 0 P4080 DS last sysfs file: /sys/devices/system/cpu/online Modules linked in: ipv6(+) [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan] NIP: c068b218 LR: c068b1e0 CTR: 00000000 REGS: eb459ae0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G D (2.6.34.9-rt) MSR: 00021002 <ME,CE> CR: 28000488 XER: 00000000 TASK = ea43d3b0[968] 'perf' THREAD: eb458000 CPU: 0 GPR00: 00000001 eb459b90 ea43d3b0 00021002 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 GPR08: 00000001 ea43d3b0 c068b1e0 00000000 28000482 10092c4c 7fffffff 80000000 GPR16: eb459d40 eb459c68 00000001 c2fa2098 eb459ec0 eac5a8e8 eac5a900 c0906308 GPR24: c0906334 00000000 eb459b9c c090d0ec 00021002 c09062e0 c09062e0 eb459b90 NIP [c068b218] rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x78/0x3a8 LR [c068b1e0] rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x40/0x3a8 Call Trace: [eb459b90] [c068b1e0] rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x40/0x3a8 (unreliable) [eb459c20] [c068bdb0] rt_spin_lock+0x40/0x98 [eb459c40] [c03d2a14] atomic64_read+0x48/0x84 [eb459c60] [c001aaf4] perf_event_interrupt+0xec/0x28c [eb459d10] [c0010138] performance_monitor_exception+0x7c/0x150 [eb459d30] [c0014170] ret_from_except_full+0x0/0x4c --- Exception: 2060 at lock_acquire+0x94/0x130 LR = lock_acquire+0x8c/0x130 [eb459e30] [c068bdf0] rt_spin_lock+0x80/0x98 [eb459e50] [c03d2884] atomic64_add_return+0x50/0x98 [eb459e70] [c00ff888] T.902+0x150/0x4f8 [eb459eb0] [c00ffedc] sys_perf_event_open+0x2ac/0x508 [eb459f40] [c0013b6c] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x4 --- Exception: c00 at 0xfa8abe4 LR = 0x10016034 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html