On Wed 2025-01-22 16:51:46, Yafang Shao wrote: > I encountered a hard lockup while attempting to reproduce the panic issue > that occurred on our production servers [0]. The hard lockup manifests as > follows: > > [15852778.150191] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:421106 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.169471] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:421244 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.188746] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:421457 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.208021] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:422407 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.227292] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423184 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.246576] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423582 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.265863] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423738 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.285149] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423739 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.304446] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423833 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.323738] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423893 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.343017] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423894 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.362292] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423976 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.381565] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:423977 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.400847] livepatch: klp_try_switch_task: grpc_executor:424610 is sleeping on function do_exit > [15852778.412319] NMI watchdog: Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP on cpu 15 > ... > [15852778.412374] CPU: 15 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S W O K 6.1.52-3 > [15852778.412377] Hardware name: New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. H3C UniServer R4950 G5/RS45M2C9S, BIOS 5.12 10/15/2021 > [15852778.412378] RIP: 0010:queued_write_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x135 > ... > [15852778.412397] Call Trace: > [15852778.412398] <NMI> > [15852778.412400] ? show_regs.cold+0x1a/0x1f > [15852778.412403] ? watchdog_overflow_callback.cold+0x1e/0x70 > [15852778.412406] ? __perf_event_overflow+0x102/0x1e0 > [15852778.412409] ? perf_event_overflow+0x19/0x20 > [15852778.412411] ? x86_pmu_handle_irq+0xf7/0x160 > [15852778.412415] ? flush_tlb_one_kernel+0xe/0x30 > [15852778.412418] ? __set_pte_vaddr+0x2d/0x40 > [15852778.412421] ? set_pte_vaddr_p4d+0x3d/0x50 > [15852778.412423] ? set_pte_vaddr+0x6d/0xa0 > [15852778.412424] ? __native_set_fixmap+0x28/0x40 > [15852778.412426] ? native_set_fixmap+0x54/0x60 > [15852778.412428] ? ghes_copy_tofrom_phys+0x75/0x120 > [15852778.412431] ? __ghes_peek_estatus.isra.0+0x4e/0xb0 > [15852778.412434] ? ghes_in_nmi_queue_one_entry.constprop.0+0x3d/0x240 > [15852778.412437] ? amd_pmu_handle_irq+0x48/0xc0 > [15852778.412438] ? perf_event_nmi_handler+0x2d/0x50 > [15852778.412440] ? nmi_handle+0x60/0x120 > [15852778.412443] ? default_do_nmi+0x45/0x120 > [15852778.412446] ? exc_nmi+0x118/0x150 > [15852778.412447] ? end_repeat_nmi+0x16/0x67 > [15852778.412450] ? copy_process+0xf01/0x19f0 > [15852778.412452] ? queued_write_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x135 > [15852778.412455] ? queued_write_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x135 > [15852778.412457] ? queued_write_lock_slowpath+0x75/0x135 > [15852778.412459] </NMI> > [15852778.412460] <TASK> > [15852778.412461] _raw_write_lock_irq+0x43/0x50 > [15852778.412463] copy_process+0xf01/0x19f0 > [15852778.412466] kernel_clone+0x9d/0x3e0 > [15852778.412468] ? autofs_dev_ioctl_requester+0x100/0x100 > [15852778.412471] __do_sys_clone+0x66/0x90 > [15852778.412475] __x64_sys_clone+0x25/0x30 > [15852778.412477] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 > [15852778.412478] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x64/0xce > [15852778.412481] RIP: 0033:0x7f426bb3b9c1 > ... > > Notably, dynamic_debug is enabled to collect debug information when > applying a livepatch, resulting in a large amount of debug output. > > The issue arises because klp_try_switch_task() holds the tasklist_lock, and > if another task attempts to acquire it, it must spin until it's available. > This becomes problematic in the copy_process() path, where IRQs are > disabled, leading to the hard lockup. To prevent this, we should implement > a check for spinlock contention before proceeding. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/live-patching/CALOAHbA9WHPjeZKUcUkwULagQjTMfqAdAg+akqPzbZ7Byc=qrw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [0] > Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 7 ++++++- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c > index ba069459c101..774017825bb4 100644 > --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c > +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c > @@ -467,9 +467,14 @@ void klp_try_complete_transition(void) > * unless the patch includes changes to a very common function. > */ > read_lock(&tasklist_lock); > - for_each_process_thread(g, task) > + for_each_process_thread(g, task) { > if (!klp_try_switch_task(task)) > complete = false; > + if (rwlock_is_contended(&tasklist_lock) || need_resched()) { Are you able to finish the livepatch transition with this patch? > + complete = false; > + break; > + } > + } > read_unlock(&tasklist_lock); > > /* With this patch, any operation which takes the tasklist_lock might break klp_try_complete_transition(). I am afraid that this might block the transition for a long time on huge systems with some specific loads. And the problem is caused by a printk() added just for debugging. I wonder if you even use a slow serial port. You might try to use printk_deferred() instead. Also you might need to disable interrupts around the read_lock()/read_unlock() to make sure that the console handling will be deferred after the tasklist_lock gets released. Anyway, I am against this patch. Best Regards, Petr
