Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14150] New: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 61s!, while running cpu controller latency testcase on two containers parallaly

[Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 02:28:13PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> (switched to email.  Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the
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> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:32:30 GMT
> bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> 
> > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14150
> > 
> >            Summary: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 61s!, while running
> >                     cpu controller latency testcase on two containers
> >                     parallaly
> >            Product: Process Management
> >            Version: 2.5
> >     Kernel Version: 2.6.31-rc7
> >           Platform: All
> >         OS/Version: Linux
> >               Tree: Mainline
> >             Status: NEW
> >           Severity: high
> >           Priority: P1
> >          Component: Scheduler
> >         AssignedTo: mingo@elte.hu
> >         ReportedBy: risrajak@linux.vnet.ibm.com
> >                 CC: serue@us.ibm.com, iranna.ankad@in.ibm.com,
> >                     risrajak@in.ibm.com
> >         Regression: No
> > 
> > 
> > Created an attachment (id=23055)
> >  --> (http://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=23055)
> > Config-file-used
> > 
> > Hitting this soft lock issue while running this scenario on 2.6.31-rc7 kernel
> > on SystemX 32 bit on multiple machines.
> > 
> > Scenario:
> >     - While running cpu controller latency testcase from LTP same time on two
> > containers.
> > 
> > Steps:
> > 1. Compile ltp-full-20090731.tgz on host.
> > 2. Create two container (Used lxc tool
> > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxc/lxc-0.6.3.tar.gz) for creating container )
> > e.g:
> >     lxc-create -n foo1
> >     lxc-create -n foo2
> > On first shell:
> >     lxc-execute -n foo1 -f /usr/etc/lxc/lxc-macvlan.conf /bin/bash
> > on Second shell:
> >     lxc-execute -n foo2 -f /usr/etc/lxc/lxc-macvlan.conf /bin/bash
> > 
> > 3. Either you run cpu_latency testcase alone or run "./runltp -f controllers"
> > at same time on both the containers.
> > 4. After testcase execution completes, you can see this message in dmesg.
> > 
> > Expected Result:
> >     - Should not reproduce soft lock up issue.
> > - This reproduces 3 times out of 5 tries.
> > 
> > hrtimer: interrupt too slow, forcing clock min delta to 5843235 ns
> > hrtimer: interrupt too slow, forcing clock min delta to 5842476 ns
> > Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 18749057581 ns)
> > BUG: soft lockup - CPU#3 stuck for 61s! [cpuctl_latency_:17174]
> > Modules linked in: bridge stp llc bnep sco l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
> > p4_clockmod dm_multipath uinput qla2xxx ata_generic pata_acpi usb_storage e1000
> > scsi_transport_fc joydev scsi_tgt i2c_piix4 pata_serverworks pcspkr serio_raw
> > mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi radeon ttm drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core
> > [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> > 
> > Pid: 17174, comm: cpuctl_latency_ Tainted: G        W  (2.6.31-rc7 #1) IBM
> > eServer BladeCenter HS40 -[883961X]-                    
> > EIP: 0060:[<c058aded>] EFLAGS: 00000283 CPU: 3
> > EIP is at find_next_bit+0x9/0x79
> > EAX: c2c437a0 EBX: f3d433c0 ECX: 00000000 EDX: 00000020
> > ESI: c2c436bc EDI: 00000000 EBP: f063be6c ESP: f063be64
> >  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0033 SS: 0068
> > CR0: 80050033 CR2: 008765a4 CR3: 314d7000 CR4: 000006d0
> > DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
> > DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<c0427b6e>] cpumask_next+0x17/0x19
> >  [<c042c28d>] tg_shares_up+0x53/0x149
> >  [<c0424082>] ? tg_nop+0x0/0xc
> >  [<c0424082>] ? tg_nop+0x0/0xc
> >  [<c042406e>] walk_tg_tree+0x63/0x77
> >  [<c042c23a>] ? tg_shares_up+0x0/0x149
> >  [<c042e836>] update_shares+0x5d/0x65
> >  [<c0432af3>] rebalance_domains+0x114/0x460
> >  [<c0403393>] ? restore_all_notrace+0x0/0x18
> >  [<c0432e75>] run_rebalance_domains+0x36/0xa3
> >  [<c043c324>] __do_softirq+0xbc/0x173
> >  [<c043c416>] do_softirq+0x3b/0x5f
> >  [<c043c52d>] irq_exit+0x3a/0x68
> >  [<c0417846>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6d/0x7b
> >  [<c0403c9b>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x34
> > BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 61s! [watchdog/2:11]
> > Modules linked in: bridge stp llc bnep sco l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
> > p4_clockmod dm_multipath uinput qla2xxx ata_generic pata_acpi usb_storage e1000
> > scsi_transport_fc joydev scsi_tgt i2c_piix4 pata_serverworks pcspkr serio_raw
> > mptspi mptscsih mptbase scsi_transport_spi radeon ttm drm i2c_algo_bit i2c_core
> > [last unloaded: scsi_wait_scan]
> > 
> > Pid: 11, comm: watchdog/2 Tainted: G        W  (2.6.31-rc7 #1) IBM eServer
> > BladeCenter HS40 -[883961X]-                    
> > EIP: 0060:[<c042c313>] EFLAGS: 00000246 CPU: 2
> > EIP is at tg_shares_up+0xd9/0x149
> > EAX: 00000000 EBX: f09b3c00 ECX: f0baac00 EDX: 00000100
> > ESI: 00000002 EDI: 00000400 EBP: f6cb7de0 ESP: f6cb7db8
> >  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > CR0: 8005003b CR2: 08070680 CR3: 009c8000 CR4: 000006d0
> > DR0: 00000000 DR1: 00000000 DR2: 00000000 DR3: 00000000
> > DR6: ffff0ff0 DR7: 00000400
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<c0424082>] ? tg_nop+0x0/0xc
> >  [<c0424082>] ? tg_nop+0x0/0xc
> >  [<c042406e>] walk_tg_tree+0x63/0x77
> >  [<c042c23a>] ? tg_shares_up+0x0/0x149
> >  [<c042e836>] update_shares+0x5d/0x65
> >  [<c0432af3>] rebalance_domains+0x114/0x460
> >  [<c0432e75>] run_rebalance_domains+0x36/0xa3
> >  [<c043c324>] __do_softirq+0xbc/0x173
> >  [<c043c416>] do_softirq+0x3b/0x5f
> >  [<c043c52d>] irq_exit+0x3a/0x68
> >  [<c0417846>] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6d/0x7b
> >  [<c0403c9b>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x34
> >  [<c0430d37>] ? finish_task_switch+0x5d/0xc4
> >  [<c0744b11>] schedule+0x74c/0x7b2
> >  [<c0590e28>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0xc/0x10
> >  [<c0403393>] ? restore_all_notrace+0x0/0x18
> >  [<c0471e19>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x79
> >  [<c0471e19>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x79
> >  [<c0471e63>] watchdog+0x4a/0x79
> >  [<c0449a53>] kthread+0x70/0x75
> >  [<c04499e3>] ? kthread+0x0/0x75
> >  [<c0403e93>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
> > [root@hs40 ltp-full-20090731]# uname -a
> > Linux hs40.in.ibm.com 2.6.31-rc7 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 10:14:41 IST 2009 i686 i686
> > i386 GNU/Linux
> > [root@hs40 ltp-full-20090731]#
> > 
> 

We have been unable to reproduce it on current -tip. Rishi, are you able
to reproduce it on -tip?

thanks,
-- 
regards,
Dhaval