Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755097Ab0KCL3n (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:29:43 -0400 Received: from bld-mail18.adl2.internode.on.net ([150.101.137.103]:36404 "EHLO mail.internode.on.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754558Ab0KCL3k (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:29:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 22:29:36 +1100 From: Dave Chinner To: Eric Dumazet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [regression, 2.6.37-rc1] 'ip link tap0 up' stuck in do_exit() Message-ID: <20101103112936.GB9169@dastard> References: <20101103062609.GB31163@dastard> <1288768402.2467.665.camel@edumazet-laptop> <20101103103448.GA9169@dastard> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20101103103448.GA9169@dastard> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3684 Lines: 93 On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 09:34:48PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote: > On Wed, Nov 03, 2010 at 08:13:22AM +0100, Eric Dumazet wrote: > > Le mercredi 03 novembre 2010 ? 17:26 +1100, Dave Chinner a ?crit : > > > Folks, > > > > > > Starting up KVM on a current mainline kernel using the tap > > > device for the networking is resulting in the ip process tryin gto > > > up the tap interface hanging. KVM is started with this networking > > > config: > > > > > > .... > > > -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:e4:b6:63:63:6d,model=virtio \ > > > -net tap,vlan=0,script=/vm-images/qemu-ifup,downscript=no \ > > > .... > > > > > > And the script is effectively: > > > > > > switch=br0 > > > if [ -n "$1" ];then > > > /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ip link set $1 up > > > sleep 0.5s > > > /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/brctl addif $switch $1 > > > exit 0 > > > fi > > > exit 1 > > > > > > This is resulting in the command 'ip link set tap0 up' hanging as a zombie: > > > > > > root 3005 1 0 16:53 pts/3 00:00:00 /bin/sh /vm-images/qemu-ifup tap0 > > > root 3011 3005 0 16:53 pts/3 00:00:00 /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ip link set tap0 up > > > root 3012 3011 0 16:53 pts/3 00:00:00 [ip] > > > > > > In do_exit() with this trace: > > > > > > [ 1630.782255] ip x ffff88063fcb3600 0 3012 3011 0x00000000 > > > [ 1630.789121] ffff880631328000 0000000000000046 0000000000000000 ffff880633104380 > > > [ 1630.796524] 0000000000013600 ffff88062f031fd8 0000000000013600 0000000000013600 > > > [ 1630.803925] ffff8806313282d8 ffff8806313282e0 ffff880631328000 0000000000013600 > > > [ 1630.811324] Call Trace: > > > [ 1630.813760] [] ? do_exit+0x716/0x724 > > > [ 1630.818964] [] ? do_group_exit+0x7a/0xa4 > > > [ 1630.824512] [] ? sys_exit_group+0x12/0x16 > > > [ 1630.830149] [] ? system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b > > > > > > The address comes down to the schedule() call: > > > > > > (gdb) l *(do_exit+0x716) > > > 0xffffffff8104a90d is in do_exit (kernel/exit.c:1034). > > > 1029 preempt_disable(); > > > 1030 exit_rcu(); > > > 1031 /* causes final put_task_struct in finish_task_switch(). */ > > > 1032 tsk->state = TASK_DEAD; > > > 1033 schedule(); > > > 1034 BUG(); > > > 1035 /* Avoid "noreturn function does return". */ > > > 1036 for (;;) > > > 1037 cpu_relax(); /* For when BUG is null */ > > > 1038 } > > > > > > Needless to say, KVM is not starting up. This works just fine on > > > 2.6.35.1 and so is a regression. I can't do a lot of testing on this as > > > the host is the machine that hosts all my build and test environments.... > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Dave. > > > > Could it be the same problem than > > > > http://kerneltrap.com/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/10/23/6288128 > > > > Try to revert bee31369ce16fc3898ec9a54161248c9eddb06bc ? > > It's working fine on 2.6.36 right now, so it's something that came in > with the .37 merge cycle... Actually, the machine isn't running a 2.6.36 kernel (it had booted to the working .35 kernel and I didn't notice). So i've just tested a 2.6.36 kernel, and the problem _is present_ in 2.6.36. I've reverted the above commit but that does not fix the problem. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@fromorbit.com -- 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/