Re: RCU splat on boot from an idle CPU

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On Mon, 31 Aug 2015, Philipp Schrader wrote:

Cc'ing Paul and Steven

> Hi all,
> 
> I've got a real-time kernel on a DRA7 evaluation module (EVM).
> Very early in the boot process I get the following splat.
> 
> [    0.055073]
> [    0.055076] ===============================
> [    0.055079] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
> [    0.055084] 4.1.6+ #2 Not tainted
> [    0.055086] -------------------------------
> [    0.055090] include/trace/events/hist.h:31 suspicious
> rcu_dereference_check() usage!
> [    0.055093]
> [    0.055093] other info that might help us debug this:
> [    0.055093]
> [    0.055097]
> [    0.055097] RCU used illegally from idle CPU!
> [    0.055097] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
> [    0.055100] RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
> [    0.055104] no locks held by swapper/0/0.
> [    0.055106]
> [    0.055106] stack backtrace:
> [    0.055112] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.1.6+ #2
> [    0.055116] Hardware name: Generic DRA74X (Flattened Device Tree)
> [    0.055130] [<c00196b8>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c001515c>]
> (show_stack+0x20/0x24)
> [    0.055146] [<c001515c>] (show_stack) from [<c07bc408>]
> (dump_stack+0x84/0xa0)
> [    0.055160] [<c07bc408>] (dump_stack) from [<c009bc38>]
> (lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xb0/0x110)
> [    0.055172] [<c009bc38>] (lockdep_rcu_suspicious) from [<c01246c4>]
> (time_hardirqs_off+0x2b8/0x3c8)
> [    0.055184] [<c01246c4>] (time_hardirqs_off) from [<c009a218>]
> (trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x2c/0xf4)
> [    0.055194] [<c009a218>] (trace_hardirqs_off_caller) from
> [<c009a2f4>] (trace_hardirqs_off+0x14/0x18)
> [    0.055204] [<c009a2f4>] (trace_hardirqs_off) from [<c00c7ecc>]
> (rcu_idle_enter+0x78/0xcc)
> [    0.055213] [<c00c7ecc>] (rcu_idle_enter) from [<c0093eb0>]
> (cpu_startup_entry+0x190/0x518)
> [    0.055222] [<c0093eb0>] (cpu_startup_entry) from [<c07b95b4>]
> (rest_init+0x13c/0x17c)
> [    0.055231] [<c07b95b4>] (rest_init) from [<c0b32c74>]
> (start_kernel+0x320/0x380)
> [    0.055238] [<c0b32c74>] (start_kernel) from [<8000807c>] (0x8000807c)
> 
> I'm not sure how to debug this; I'm still reading up on RCUs. Pretty
> nifty ideas.
> 
> Looking at include/trace/events/hist.h it appears line 31 is the end
> of a TRACE_EVENT macro usage.
> Does that mean the macro is using RCU improperly somehow?
> 
> Thanks,
> Philipp
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