The patch titled Subject: percpu_ref: dump mem_dump_obj() info upon reference-count underflow has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was percpu_ref-dump-mem_dump_obj-info-upon-reference-count-underflow.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: percpu_ref: dump mem_dump_obj() info upon reference-count underflow Reference-count underflow for percpu_ref is detected in the RCU callback percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_rcu(), and the resulting warning does not print anything allowing easy identification of which percpu_ref use case is underflowing. This is of course not normally a problem when developing a new percpu_ref use case because it is most likely that the problem resides in this new use case. However, when deploying a new kernel to a large set of servers, the underflow might well be a new corner case in any of the old percpu_ref use cases. This commit therefore calls mem_dump_obj() to dump out any additional available information on the underflowing percpu_ref instance. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210106011750.13709-6-paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/percpu-refcount.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c~percpu_ref-dump-mem_dump_obj-info-upon-reference-count-underflow +++ a/lib/percpu-refcount.c @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/slab.h> +#include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/percpu-refcount.h> /* @@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ static void percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_ struct percpu_ref_data, rcu); struct percpu_ref *ref = data->ref; unsigned long __percpu *percpu_count = percpu_count_ptr(ref); + static atomic_t underflows; unsigned long count = 0; int cpu; @@ -191,9 +193,13 @@ static void percpu_ref_switch_to_atomic_ */ atomic_long_add((long)count - PERCPU_COUNT_BIAS, &data->count); - WARN_ONCE(atomic_long_read(&data->count) <= 0, - "percpu ref (%ps) <= 0 (%ld) after switching to atomic", - data->release, atomic_long_read(&data->count)); + if (WARN_ONCE(atomic_long_read(&data->count) <= 0, + "percpu ref (%ps) <= 0 (%ld) after switching to atomic", + data->release, atomic_long_read(&data->count)) && + atomic_inc_return(&underflows) < 4) { + pr_err("%s(): percpu_ref underflow", __func__); + mem_dump_obj(data); + } /* @ref is viewed as dead on all CPUs, send out switch confirmation */ percpu_ref_call_confirm_rcu(rcu); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx are