Re: [Next] CPU Hotplug test failures on powerpc

[Sachin Sant <sachinp@in.ibm.com>]

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Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 16:23 +0530, Sachin Sant wrote:
>   
>> While executing cpu_hotplug(from autotest) tests against latest
>> next on a power6 box, the machine locks up. A soft reset shows
>> the following trace
>>
>> cpu 0x0: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c00000000c9333d0]
>>     pc: c0000000003433d8: .find_next_bit+0x54/0xc4
>>     lr: c000000000342f10: .cpumask_next_and+0x4c/0x94
>>     sp: c00000000c933650
>>    msr: 8000000000089032
>>   current = 0xc00000000c173840
>>   paca    = 0xc000000000bc2600
>>     pid   = 2602, comm = hotplug06.top.s
>> enter ? for help
>> [link register   ] c000000000342f10 .cpumask_next_and+0x4c/0x94
>> [c00000000c933650] c0000000000e9f34 .cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked+0x38/0x74 (unreliable)
>> [c00000000c9336e0] c000000000090074 .move_task_off_dead_cpu+0xc4/0x1ac
>> [c00000000c9337a0] c0000000005e4e5c .migration_call+0x304/0x830
>> [c00000000c933880] c0000000005e0880 .notifier_call_chain+0x68/0xe0
>> [c00000000c933920] c00000000012a92c ._cpu_down+0x210/0x34c
>> [c00000000c933a90] c00000000012aad8 .cpu_down+0x70/0xa8
>> [c00000000c933b20] c000000000525940 .store_online+0x54/0x894
>> [c00000000c933bb0] c000000000463430 .sysdev_store+0x3c/0x50
>> [c00000000c933c20] c0000000001f8320 .sysfs_write_file+0x124/0x18c
>> [c00000000c933ce0] c00000000017edac .vfs_write+0xd4/0x1fc
>> [c00000000c933d80] c00000000017efdc .SyS_write+0x58/0xa0
>> [c00000000c933e30] c0000000000085b4 syscall_exit+0x0/0x40
>> --- Exception: c01 (System Call) at 00000fff9fa8a8f8
>> SP (fffe7aef200) is in userspace
>> 0:mon> e
>> cpu 0x0: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c00000000c9333d0]
>>     pc: c0000000003433d8: .find_next_bit+0x54/0xc4
>>     lr: c000000000342f10: .cpumask_next_and+0x4c/0x94
>>     sp: c00000000c933650
>>    msr: 8000000000089032
>>   current = 0xc00000000c173840
>>   paca    = 0xc000000000bc2600
>>     pid   = 2602, comm = hotplug06.top.s
>>
>> Last few messages from the dmesg log shows
>>     
>
>
>   
>> After some debugging a possible suspect seems to be commit
>> 6ad4c18.. : sched: Fix balance vs hotplug race
>>     
>
>
> Oh, wonderful :-/
>
> So what is that thing whining about? Not being able to read a cpumask or
> something?
>
> Does your .config have cpusets enabled (there's a different
> cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked implementation depending on that)?
>   
Yes CPUSETS config is enabled. I have attached the config.

Thanks
-Sachin

> I know of at least one remaining race and am working on closing that,
> but I'm not sure I can explain this crash with that.
>
>   


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Sachin Sant
IBM Linux Technology Center
India Systems and Technology Labs
Bangalore, India
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