[Xenomai-core] x86: Endless minor faults

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>]

Hi all,

seen such loops before? This particular trace is from a 2.6.29.3 kernel
with ipipe-2.3-01 (SMP/PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY), but the same happens with
2.6.29.5/2.3-03:

:|   +func                -653    0.084  __ipipe_handle_exception+0x11 (page_fault+0x26)
:|   +func                -653    0.096  ipipe_check_context+0xd (__ipipe_handle_exception+0x71)
:|   #end     0x80000000  -653    0.069  do_page_fault+0x33 (__ipipe_handle_exception+0x1ff)
:    #func                -653    0.078  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x9 (do_page_fault+0x3cb)
:|   #begin   0x80000000  -653    0.068  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x34 (do_page_fault+0x3cb)
:|   +end     0x80000000  -653    0.069  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x59 (do_page_fault+0x3cb)
:    +func                -653    0.060  down_read_trylock+0x4 (do_page_fault+0x424)
:    +func                -653    0.068  _spin_lock_irqsave+0x9 (__down_read_trylock+0x16)
:    +func                -653    0.108  ipipe_check_context+0xd (_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1d)
:    #func                -652    0.066  _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4 (__down_read_trylock+0x3f)
:    #func                -652    0.069  __ipipe_restore_root+0x4 (_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x21)
:    #func                -652    0.074  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x9 (__ipipe_restore_root+0x2c)
:|   #begin   0x80000000  -652    0.066  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x34 (__ipipe_restore_root+0x2c)
:|   +end     0x80000000  -652    0.069  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x59 (__ipipe_restore_root+0x2c)
:    +func                -652    0.096  find_vma+0x4 (do_page_fault+0x465)
:    +func                -652    0.150  ltt_run_filter_default+0x4 (_ltt_specialized_trace+0xc1)
:    +func                -652    0.098  handle_mm_fault+0x11 (do_page_fault+0x537)
:    +func                -652    0.090  _spin_lock+0x4 (handle_mm_fault+0x680)
:    +func                -652    0.063  ptep_set_access_flags+0x9 (handle_mm_fault+0x6d1)
:    +func                -652    0.282  flush_tlb_page+0xd (handle_mm_fault+0x6e7)
:    +func                -651    0.162  ltt_run_filter_default+0x4 (_ltt_specialized_trace+0xc1)
:    +func                -651    0.062  up_read+0x4 (do_page_fault+0x5a9)
:    +func                -651    0.072  _spin_lock_irqsave+0x9 (__up_read+0x1c)
:    +func                -651    0.117  ipipe_check_context+0xd (_spin_lock_irqsave+0x1d)
:    #func                -651    0.074  _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4 (__up_read+0x92)
:    #func                -651    0.069  __ipipe_restore_root+0x4 (_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x21)
:    #func                -651    0.060  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x9 (__ipipe_restore_root+0x2c)
:|   #begin   0x80000000  -651    0.056  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x34 (__ipipe_restore_root+0x2c)
:|   +end     0x80000000  -651    0.420  __ipipe_unstall_root+0x59 (__ipipe_restore_root+0x2c)
:|   +func                -650    0.084  __ipipe_handle_exception+0x11 (page_fault+0x26)

and again and again...

We are looping over a minor fault here (according to /proc/PID/stat),
the context is a Xenomai task in secondary mode. As the task no longer
processes signals in this state, the whole system is more or less
broken. Tomorrow I will try to find out the faulting address with an
instrumented kernel, but maybe you already have some ideas.

Jan

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