Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758872AbYLQLPG (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:15:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751091AbYLQLOx (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:14:53 -0500 Received: from E23SMTP05.au.ibm.com ([202.81.18.174]:33998 "EHLO e23smtp05.au.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750994AbYLQLOu (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:14:50 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:42:03 +0530 From: Kamalesh Babulal To: Jens Axboe Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, LKML , dm-devel@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mel@csn.ul.ie Subject: Re: [BUG] linux-next: 20081209 - kernel bug at __rcu_process_callbacks, while booting up Message-ID: <20081217111203.GA4426@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: Kamalesh Babulal References: <20081210115721.GB6107@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081210145414.GA6945@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081210163007.GA6391@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081210175338.GB6745@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081210180936.GD6391@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081210183302.GD6745@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081212194026.GA5455@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081212221611.GG6950@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081216143001.GA4365@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20081216143721.GT32491@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081216143721.GT32491@kernel.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Jens Axboe [2008-12-16 15:37:21]: > On Tue, Dec 16 2008, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > * Paul E. McKenney [2008-12-12 14:16:11]: > > > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 01:10:26AM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > > > * Paul E. McKenney [2008-12-10 10:33:02]: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:39:36PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > > > > > * Paul E. McKenney [2008-12-10 09:53:38]: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:00:07PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > > > > > > > * Paul E. McKenney [2008-12-10 06:54:14]: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 05:27:21PM +0530, Kamalesh Babulal wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kernel bug is hit while booting up the next-20081208/09 kernels over > > > > > > > > > > the x86_64 box. The IP is pointing to 0x0 and its stuck at > > > > > > > > > > __rcu_process_callbacks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kernel config? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanx, Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have attached the kernel config file. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, Kamalesh, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No significant recent changes in this area. Is this consistent? > > > > > > > Any chance of "git bisect"? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanx, Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried reproducing it for three times and I was successfull in reproducing it thrice. > > > > > > I have already started the git bisect, will update the results soon. > > > > > > > > > > Very good, looking forward to seeing the result! > > > > > > > > > > Thanx, Paul > > > > > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > > > After a Complete round of git bisect, I was not able to reproduce the oops, > > > > but when I tried again with complete next-20081209 patch, I am getting > > > > different warning message altogether this time > > > > > > Might be that the two oopses are different manifestations of the same > > > underlying problem, right? > > > > > > Thanx, Paul > > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > Your were right, those were the manifestation of the same > > problem. Adding to it another calltrace was commonly visible > > during the git-bisect. > > Did you try with a newer version? Should be fixed since last week. > > -- > Jens Axboe > Hi Jens, I tried with the next-20081216 kernel, but the kernel was stuck after loading the initrd image, passing unknown_nmi_panic=1, triggered following call trace, Initializing CPU#0 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000048 IP: [] init_ISA_irqs+0x20/0x5d PGD 0 Thread overran stack, or stack corrupted Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP last sysfs file: CPU 0 Modules linked in: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.28-rc8-next-20081216-autokern1 #1 RIP: 0010:[] [] init_ISA_irqs+0x20/0x5d RSP: 0018:ffffffff8071df38 EFLAGS: 00010093 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff80796e40 RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000092 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffffffff8071df48 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffff8071df18 R11: 0000000000000070 R12: ffff88000103a040 R13: cccccccccccccccd R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff8070e3c0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000048 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006a0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo ffffffff8071c000, task ffffffff806a43a0) Stack: cccccccccccccccd ffffffff80754aa0 ffffffff8071df68 ffffffff8072c591 ffffffff8071df68 ffffffff8073ca50 ffffffff8071df98 ffffffff80725af2 0000000000000000 0000000000837a70 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 Call Trace: [] native_init_IRQ+0xd/0x8a2 [] ? rcu_init+0x9/0xb [] start_kernel+0x1a1/0x315 [] x86_64_start_reservations+0xaf/0xb3 [] x86_64_start_kernel+0xda/0xe1 Code: 20 5f 6a 80 e8 63 08 cb ff c9 c3 55 48 89 e5 53 31 db 48 83 ec 08 e8 05 88 00 00 31 ff e8 cd 2f ae ff 89 df e8 4d d5 b3 ff 89 df 40 48 00 02 00 00 48 c7 40 40 00 00 00 00 c7 40 4c 01 00 00 RIP [] init_ISA_irqs+0x20/0x5d RSP CR2: 0000000000000048 ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.28-rc8-next-20081216-autokern1 #1 Call Trace: [] panic+0xa0/0x160 [] ? account+0xe2/0xf1 [] ? blocking_notifier_call_chain+0xf/0x11 [] do_exit+0x7c/0x7a9 [] ? get_random_bytes+0x1b/0x1d [] oops_end+0xb2/0xba [] do_page_fault+0x738/0x7e7 [] page_fault+0x1f/0x30 [] ? init_ISA_irqs+0x20/0x5d [] ? init_ISA_irqs+0x1e/0x5d [] native_init_IRQ+0xd/0x8a2 [] ? rcu_init+0x9/0xb [] start_kernel+0x1a1/0x315 [] x86_64_start_reservations+0xaf/0xb3 [] x86_64_start_kernel+0xda/0xe1 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at kernel/smp.c:299 smp_call_function_many+0x3a/0x215() Hardware name: IBM eServer BladeCenter LS20 -[885055U]- Modules linked in: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.28-rc8-next-20081216-autokern1 #1 Call Trace: [] warn_slowpath+0xd3/0xf2 [] ? printk+0x67/0x69 [] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xda/0xe1 [] ? touch_nmi_watchdog+0x65/0x69 [] ? printk_address+0x2c/0x2e [] ? x86_64_start_kernel+0xda/0xe1 [] ? print_context_stack+0x97/0xaf [] ? dump_trace+0x26f/0x27e [] smp_call_function_many+0x3a/0x215 [] ? stop_this_cpu+0x0/0x20 [] smp_call_function+0x20/0x24 [] native_smp_send_stop+0x22/0x30 [] panic+0xb4/0x160 [] ? account+0xe2/0xf1 [] ? blocking_notifier_call_chain+0xf/0x11 [] do_exit+0x7c/0x7a9 [] ? get_random_bytes+0x1b/0x1d [] oops_end+0xb2/0xba [] do_page_fault+0x738/0x7e7 [] page_fault+0x1f/0x30 [] ? init_ISA_irqs+0x20/0x5d [] ? init_ISA_irqs+0x1e/0x5d [] native_init_IRQ+0xd/0x8a2 [] ? rcu_init+0x9/0xb [] start_kernel+0x1a1/0x315 [] x86_64_start_reservations+0xaf/0xb3 [] x86_64_start_kernel+0xda/0xe1 ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da22 ]--- -- Thanks & Regards, Kamalesh Babulal, Linux Technology Center, IBM, ISTL. -- 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/