Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754766Ab1FERVQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:21:16 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:59380 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751549Ab1FERVO (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Jun 2011 13:21:14 -0400 Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:20:52 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Arne Jansen Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Linus Torvalds , mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, efault@gmx.de, npiggin@kernel.dk, akpm@linux-foundation.org, frank.rowand@am.sony.com, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [debug patch] printk: Add a printk killswitch to robustify NMI watchdog messages Message-ID: <20110605172052.GA1036@elte.hu> References: <20110605133958.GA27812@elte.hu> <4DEB8A93.30601@die-jansens.de> <20110605141003.GB29338@elte.hu> <4DEB933C.1070900@die-jansens.de> <20110605151323.GA30590@elte.hu> <20110605152641.GA31124@elte.hu> <20110605153218.GA31471@elte.hu> <4DEBA9CC.4090503@die-jansens.de> <4DEBB05C.8090506@die-jansens.de> <4DEBB3DA.8060001@die-jansens.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DEBB3DA.8060001@die-jansens.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.3.1 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2001 Lines: 55 * Arne Jansen wrote: > >>>With the all-locks-printed output we can double check what locks are > >>>held. > > btw, the output posted earlier also contains some BUG: spinlock > lockup. hm, it's hard to interpret that without the spin_lock()/unlock() logic keeping the dumps apart. Was lockdep enabled as you started the test? but ... if the lock is reasonably sorted then it's this one: <0>BUG: spinlock lockup on CPU#3, modprobe/22211, ffffffff81e1c0c0 Pid: 22211, comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 2.6.39-rc3+ #19 Call Trace: [] do_raw_spin_lock+0x156/0x170 [] _raw_spin_lock+0x51/0x70 [] ? vprintk+0x76/0x4a0 [] vprintk+0x76/0x4a0 [] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0x10 [] printk+0x63/0x65 [] do_raw_spin_lock+0x151/0x170 [] ? try_to_wake_up+0x29d/0x350 [] _raw_spin_lock+0x51/0x70 [] ? vprintk+0x76/0x4a0 [] vprintk+0x76/0x4a0 [] ? cpuacct_charge+0x9b/0xb0 [] ? cpuacct_charge+0x1f/0xb0 [] ? try_to_wake_up+0x29d/0x350 [] printk+0x63/0x65 [] spin_bug+0x70/0xf0 [] do_raw_spin_lock+0x129/0x170 [] ? try_to_wake_up+0x29d/0x350 [] _raw_spin_lock+0x51/0x70 [] ? vprintk+0x76/0x4a0 and it occured before the lockup in the scheduler. Which could be due to a race between disabling lockdep on one CPU and the scheduler doing the lock-held check on another CPU. Do you get any messages after the assert is removed, during the test? Thanks, Ingo -- 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/