Hi.
We've seen this perf-related warning with 3.10 on several different
machines. When this warning occurs there are multiple instances of
perf stat running.
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WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c:1191
intel_pmu_handle_irq+0xc9/0x2cb()
perfevents: irq loop stuck!
Modules linked in: netconsole configfs cpufreq_ondemand ipv6
dm_multipath video sbs sbshc acpi_pad acpi_ipmi acpi_i2c i2c_core
parport_pc lp parport tcp_diag inet_diag ipmi_si ipmi_
andler iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support dcdbas ses enclosure bnx2 hed wmi
serio_raw i7core_edac edac_core lpc_ich mfd_core microcode
acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf shpchp megaraid_sas
CPU: 6 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/6 Not tainted 3.10.28 #1
0000000000000000 ffff881219c06cf8 ffffffff814bdbf8 ffff881219c06d30
ffffffff8103d453 ffff881219c06d40 0000000000000064 ffff881219c0bc90
0000000000000040 ffff88052ca35800 ffff881219c06d90 ffffffff8103d4b7
Call Trace:
<NMI> [<ffffffff814bdbf8>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
[<ffffffff8103d453>] warn_slowpath_common+0x65/0x7d
[<ffffffff8103d4b7>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x4c/0x4e
[<ffffffff810137c1>] intel_pmu_handle_irq+0xc9/0x2cb
[<ffffffff814c4262>] perf_event_nmi_handler+0x17/0x19
[<ffffffff814c3b20>] nmi_handle.isra.1+0x73/0xab
[<ffffffff814c3ab2>] ? nmi_handle.isra.1+0x5/0xab
[<ffffffff814c3bff>] do_nmi+0xa7/0x2c9
[<ffffffff814c3307>] end_repeat_nmi+0x1e/0x2e
[<ffffffff810129e9>] ? x86_pmu_disable_event+0x1b/0x1d
[<ffffffff810129e9>] ? x86_pmu_disable_event+0x1b/0x1d
[<ffffffff810129e9>] ? x86_pmu_disable_event+0x1b/0x1d
<<EOE>> <IRQ> [<ffffffff81013092>] intel_pmu_disable_event+0xc8/0xdf
[<ffffffff8100e4ee>] x86_pmu_stop+0x3a/0x9f
[<ffffffff8100e582>] x86_pmu_del+0x2f/0x9c
[<ffffffff810e40e2>] event_sched_out+0x8b/0xf1
[<ffffffff810e4582>] __perf_remove_from_context+0x3f/0x89
[<ffffffff810e2b57>] remote_function+0x17/0x40
[<ffffffff8108fdc5>] generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0xb8/0xe8
[<ffffffff8101e397>] smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x18/0x29
[<ffffffff814ca77a>] call_function_single_interrupt+0x6a/0x70
<EOI> [<ffffffff8106c7d4>] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x42/0xc7
[<ffffffff813dd3bb>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x52/0xa3
[<ffffffff813dd3b4>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x4b/0xa3
[<ffffffff813dd4f1>] cpuidle_idle_call+0xe5/0x13f
[<ffffffff810093ee>] arch_cpu_idle+0xe/0x1d
[<ffffffff8107ef86>] cpu_startup_entry+0x128/0x17a
[<ffffffff814b0c4b>] start_secondary+0x246/0x248
---[ end trace 6259476cbb715a4d ]---
CPU#6: ctrl: 0000000000000000
CPU#6: status: 0000000000000008
CPU#6: overflow: 0000000000000000
CPU#6: fixed: 00000000000000bb
CPU#6: pebs: 0000000000000000
CPU#6: active: 0000000300000003
CPU#6: gen-PMC0 ctrl: 0000000000530151
CPU#6: gen-PMC0 count: 0000ffff8154731e
CPU#6: gen-PMC0 left: 000000007eab8d8a
CPU#6: gen-PMC1 ctrl: 00000000005301b7
CPU#6: gen-PMC1 count: 0000ffff800ac9b4
CPU#6: gen-PMC1 left: 000000007ff53654
CPU#6: gen-PMC2 ctrl: 0000000000000000
CPU#6: gen-PMC2 count: 0000000000000000
CPU#6: gen-PMC2 left: 000000006adea321
CPU#6: gen-PMC3 ctrl: 000000000013003c
CPU#6: gen-PMC3 count: 0000000000000000
CPU#6: gen-PMC3 left: 0000000000008d7e
CPU#6: fixed-PMC0 count: 0000ffffdf0acb67
CPU#6: fixed-PMC1 count: 0000ffffc2f1a0bd
CPU#6: fixed-PMC2 count: 0000000000000000
perf_event_intel: clearing PMU state on CPU#6
Cheers,
Vinson