Hi, I've got kernel panic on my box which works as FibreChannel initiator. I was able to reproduce this panic by setting dev_loss_tmo=2 and enabling/disabling ports every 5 seconds on the switch in 5 minutes. I added some debug points in the kernel code and that's what I've got so far: 1. system is inserting new device into __devices list DEBUG: scsi_sysfs_device_initialize(): sdev=ffff88046a931000 7:0:5:0 Pid: 910, comm: kworker/u:2 Tainted: P O 3.2.48-swt9004 #33 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81245c42>] ? scsi_alloc_sdev+0x1d2/0x240 [<ffffffff8123d4bd>] ? scsi_device_lookup_by_target+0x8d/0xc0 [<ffffffff8124623a>] ? scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x42a/0xb20 [<ffffffff811acb7d>] ? kobject_set_name_vargs+0x6d/0x80 [<ffffffff81230b4f>] ? dev_set_name+0x3f/0x50 [<ffffffff811ac782>] ? kobject_get+0x12/0x20 [<ffffffffa000b3e4>] ? fc_host_match+0x14/0x70 [scsi_transport_fc] [<ffffffff8123726f>] ? attribute_container_add_device+0x4f/0x160 [<ffffffff811ac782>] ? kobject_get+0x12/0x20 [<ffffffff812304e4>] ? get_device+0x14/0x20 [<ffffffff812459c5>] ? scsi_alloc_target+0x295/0x2d0 [<ffffffff81230bca>] ? device_release+0x1a/0x80 [<ffffffff81246bce>] ? __scsi_scan_target+0xce/0x5f0 [<ffffffff8102ec22>] ? dequeue_task_fair+0x52/0x150 [<ffffffff8139a91d>] ? __schedule+0x25d/0x7d0 [<ffffffff812477b6>] ? scsi_scan_target+0xc6/0xe0 [<ffffffffa000e75f>] ? fc_scsi_scan_rport+0xaf/0xc0 [scsi_transport_fc] [<ffffffff8104eb06>] ? process_one_work+0x116/0x3a0 [<ffffffff8104f1ec>] ? worker_thread+0x14c/0x400 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff81052f06>] ? kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff8139f134>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81052e70>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff8139f130>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb 2. later in scsi_probe_and_add_lun() this device is removing DEBUG: __scsi_remove_device(): sdev=ffff88046a931000 7:0:5:0 Pid: 910, comm: kworker/u:2 Tainted: P O 3.2.48-swt9004 #33 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81248c66>] ? __scsi_remove_device+0x46/0x110 [<ffffffff81246268>] ? scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x458/0xb20 [<ffffffff81230b4f>] ? dev_set_name+0x3f/0x50 [<ffffffff811ac782>] ? kobject_get+0x12/0x20 [<ffffffff812459c5>] ? scsi_alloc_target+0x295/0x2d0 [<ffffffff81230bca>] ? device_release+0x1a/0x80 [<ffffffff81246bce>] ? __scsi_scan_target+0xce/0x5f0 [<ffffffff8102ec22>] ? dequeue_task_fair+0x52/0x150 [<ffffffff8139a91d>] ? __schedule+0x25d/0x7d0 [<ffffffff812477b6>] ? scsi_scan_target+0xc6/0xe0 [<ffffffffa000e75f>] ? fc_scsi_scan_rport+0xaf/0xc0 [scsi_transport_fc] [<ffffffff8104eb06>] ? process_one_work+0x116/0x3a0 [<ffffffff8104f1ec>] ? worker_thread+0x14c/0x400 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff81052f06>] ? kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff8139f134>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81052e70>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff8139f130>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb 3. another thread is trying to remove this device because of timeout DEBUG: __scsi_remove_device(): sdev=ffff88046a931000 7:0:5:0 Pid: 4, comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: P O 3.2.48-swt9004 #33 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81248c66>] ? __scsi_remove_device+0x46/0x110 [<ffffffff8139b63a>] ? mutex_lock+0x1a/0x40 [<ffffffff81248d58>] ? scsi_remove_device+0x28/0x40 [<ffffffff81242a00>] ? scsi_kmap_atomic_sg+0x180/0x180 [<ffffffff81248ed1>] ? scsi_remove_target+0x141/0x1e0 [<ffffffff8104eb06>] ? process_one_work+0x116/0x3a0 [<ffffffff8104f1ec>] ? worker_thread+0x14c/0x400 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff81052f06>] ? kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff8139f134>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81052e70>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff8139f130>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb and it's got dead sdev object. I don't understand how this can happen because __scsi_remove_target() iterating over __devices and getting sdev reference under host_lock and that should be enough. DEBUG: kref_put(): kref=ffff88046a9312e0 val=-1 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at lib/kref.c:61 kref_put+0x88/0xc0() Hardware name: X9DRi-LN4+/X9DR3-LN4+ Modules linked in: qla2xxx(O) igb ehci_hcd scsi_transport_fc Pid: 4, comm: kworker/0:0 Tainted: P O 3.2.48-swt9004 #33 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81037bfb>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x7b/0xc0 [<ffffffff811ac6c0>] ? kobject_del+0x30/0x30 [<ffffffff811adb08>] ? kref_put+0x88/0xc0 [<ffffffff81248cac>] ? __scsi_remove_device+0x8c/0x110 [<ffffffff8139b63a>] ? mutex_lock+0x1a/0x40 [<ffffffff81248d58>] ? scsi_remove_device+0x28/0x40 [<ffffffff81242a00>] ? scsi_kmap_atomic_sg+0x180/0x180 [<ffffffff81248ed1>] ? scsi_remove_target+0x141/0x1e0 [<ffffffff8104eb06>] ? process_one_work+0x116/0x3a0 [<ffffffff8104f1ec>] ? worker_thread+0x14c/0x400 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff8104f0a0>] ? rescuer_thread+0x310/0x310 [<ffffffff81052f06>] ? kthread+0x96/0xa0 [<ffffffff8139f134>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81052e70>] ? kthread_worker_fn+0x120/0x120 [<ffffffff8139f130>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb Here is the patch which helped me: diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c index 9117d0b..676e5ff 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c @@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ static void __scsi_remove_target(struct scsi_target *starget) unsigned long flags; struct scsi_device *sdev; + mutex_lock(&shost->scan_mutex); spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags); restart: list_for_each_entry(sdev, &shost->__devices, siblings) { @@ -1102,12 +1103,13 @@ static void __scsi_remove_target(struct scsi_target *starget) scsi_device_get(sdev)) continue; spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags); - scsi_remove_device(sdev); + __scsi_remove_device(sdev); scsi_device_put(sdev); spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags); goto restart; } spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags); + mutex_unlock(&shost->scan_mutex); } /** I'm not sure about the fix is correct, but I was not able to reproduce the panic. P.S. Here is another patch which help to detect reference count underflow diff --git a/include/linux/kref.h b/include/linux/kref.h index 484604d..05dd2b3 100644 --- a/include/linux/kref.h +++ b/include/linux/kref.h @@ -68,9 +68,13 @@ static inline void kref_get(struct kref *kref) static inline int kref_sub(struct kref *kref, unsigned int count, void (*release)(struct kref *kref)) { + long refs; + WARN_ON(release == NULL); - if (atomic_sub_and_test((int) count, &kref->refcount)) { + refs = atomic_sub_return((int) count, &kref->refcount); + WARN_ON(refs < 0); + if (refs == 0) { release(kref); return 1; } -- Andrey Zonov -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html