Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1163331AbWLGUuu (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:50:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1163329AbWLGUuu (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:50:50 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:47390 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1163331AbWLGUut (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Dec 2006 15:50:49 -0500 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 21:49:42 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Andrew Morton Cc: Alan , Len Brown , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@suse.de, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [patch] x86_64: do not enable the NMI watchdog by default Message-ID: <20061207204942.GA20524@elte.hu> References: <20061206223025.GA17227@elte.hu> <200612061857.30248.len.brown@intel.com> <20061207121135.GA15529@elte.hu> <20061207123011.4b723788@localhost.localdomain> <20061207123836.213c3214.akpm@osdl.org> <20061207204745.GC13327@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061207204745.GC13327@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.6 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.6 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3889 Lines: 91 * Ingo Molnar wrote: > > (the patch doesn't vaguely apply btw). > > patch below should apply to tail of current-ish -mm. Build and boot > tested on x86_64. btw., lockdep noticed a locking breakage in netconsole, see the log below. My guess: dev_watchdog shouldnt be taking the lock without _bh. Ingo ---------------> Calling initcall 0xffffffff8098f2e0: rtl8139_init_module+0x0/0x14() 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28 ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC2] enabled at IRQ 17 IOAPIC[0]: Set PCI routing entry (2-17 -> 0x59 -> IRQ 17 Mode:1 Active:1) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:07.0[A] -> Link [APC2] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xa000, 00:c0:df:03:68:5d, IRQ 17 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139B' Calling initcall 0xffffffff803ce560: init_netconsole+0x0/0x68() netconsole: device eth0 not up yet, forcing it eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0xC5E1 netconsole: carrier detect appears untrustworthy, waiting 4 seconds ================================= [ INFO: inconsistent lock state ] 2.6.19-mm1 #4 --------------------------------- inconsistent {softirq-on-W} -> {in-softirq-W} usage. swapper/0 [HC0[0]:SC1[1]:HE1:SE0] takes: (&dev->_xmit_lock){-+..}, at: [] dev_watchdog+0x15/0xe0 {softirq-on-W} state was registered at: [] mark_lock+0x78/0x3cf [] mark_held_locks+0x53/0x71 [] trace_hardirqs_on+0x113/0x137 [] rtl8139_poll+0x3c9/0x3ee [] netpoll_poll+0xa1/0x32f [] netpoll_send_skb+0xdf/0x137 [] netpoll_send_udp+0x263/0x270 [] write_msg+0x4c/0x7e [] __call_console_drivers+0x5f/0x70 [] _call_console_drivers+0x64/0x68 [] release_console_sem+0x148/0x207 [] register_console+0x1b1/0x1ba [] init_netconsole+0x54/0x68 [] init+0x178/0x347 [] child_rip+0xa/0x12 [] 0xffffffffffffffff irq event stamp: 23912 hardirqs last enabled at (23912): [] _spin_unlock_irq+0x28/0x52 hardirqs last disabled at (23911): [] _spin_lock_irq+0xf/0x3e softirqs last enabled at (23896): [] __do_softirq+0xdb/0xe4 softirqs last disabled at (23909): [] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 other info that might help us debug this: no locks held by swapper/0. stack backtrace: Call Trace: [] dump_trace+0xc1/0x3eb [] show_trace+0x39/0x57 [] dump_stack+0x13/0x15 [] print_usage_bug+0x26b/0x27a [] mark_lock+0x12b/0x3cf [] __lock_acquire+0x3c0/0xa0f [] lock_acquire+0x4d/0x67 [] _spin_lock+0x2c/0x38 [] dev_watchdog+0x15/0xe0 [] run_timer_softirq+0x167/0x1db [] __do_softirq+0x62/0xe4 [] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 [] do_softirq+0x36/0x9c [] irq_exit+0x45/0x51 [] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x49/0x5c [] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6b/0x70 [] default_idle+0x36/0x50 [] cpu_idle+0x9b/0xd4 [] start_secondary+0x498/0x4a7 netconsole: network logging started Calling initcall 0xffffffff803ce8f4: aec62xx_ide_init+0x0/0x14() Calling initcall 0xffffffff803cf093: ali15x3_ide_init+0x0/0x14() Calling initcall 0xffffffff803d086b: amd74xx_ide_init+0x0/0x14() - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/