Re: WARNING: at kernel/timer.c:1011 del_timer_sync+0xa9/0xc4()

["Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@gmail.com>]

On 06/30/2011 11:27 PM, Mohammed Shafi wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Justin P. Mattock
> <justinmattock@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> not sure if somebody has posted this or not(did post last week, but no
>> replies on this) I would bisect, but have no time(maybe in the future).
>>
>> anyways let me know if you need more info.
>> dmesg here:
>> http://fpaste.org/wLxM/
>>
>>
>> [ 43.108967] SELinux: initialized (dev fusectl, type fusectl), uses
>> genfs_contexts
>> [ 561.844541] ath: Failed to stop TX DMA!
>> [ 1514.074565] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 1514.074584] WARNING: at kernel/timer.c:1011 del_timer_sync+0xa9/0xc4()
>> [ 1514.074590] Hardware name: MacBookPro2,2
>> [ 1514.074595] Modules linked in: fuse 8021q cpufreq_ondemand garp stp
>> acpi_cpufreq llc freq_table mperf ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4
>> nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables arc4 radeon
>> ath9k mac80211 ttm ath9k_common drm_kms_helper ath9k_hw drm ath cfg80211
>> uvcvideo videodev btusb bluetooth sky2 v4l2_compat_ioctl32 appletouch
>> iTCO_wdt i2c_i801 joydev i2c_algo_bit iTCO_vendor_support applesmc rfkill
>> i2c_core input_polldev apple_bl video microcode [last unloaded:
>> scsi_wait_scan]
>> [ 1514.074730] Pid: 1550, comm: threaded-ml Not tainted
>> 3.0.0-rc5-00080-gca56a95 #6
>> [ 1514.074735] Call Trace:
>> [ 1514.074739]<IRQ>  [<ffffffff8104c560>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
>> [ 1514.074758] [<ffffffff8104c592>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
>> [ 1514.074767] [<ffffffff81059409>] del_timer_sync+0xa9/0xc4
>> [ 1514.074775] [<ffffffff81059360>] ? process_timeout+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1514.074794] [<ffffffffa003c971>] ath_reset+0x43/0x1d0 [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.074804] [<ffffffff810524b6>] ? _local_bh_enable_ip+0xca/0xce
>> [ 1514.074821] [<ffffffffa0040e71>] ath_tx_complete_aggr+0x7c3/0x7dd [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.074837] [<ffffffffa00406ae>] ? ath_tx_flush_tid+0xe0/0xe0 [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.074855] [<ffffffffa0042396>] ath_tx_tasklet+0x235/0x2cb [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.074871] [<ffffffffa003cd23>] ath9k_tasklet+0xf4/0x135 [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.074880] [<ffffffff81052112>] tasklet_action+0x8d/0xed
>> [ 1514.074889] [<ffffffff810526d4>] __do_softirq+0xdb/0x1ec
>> [ 1514.074899] [<ffffffff8107c0c9>] ? lock_release+0x165/0x18e
>> [ 1514.074910] [<ffffffff814a921c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
>> [ 1514.074919] [<ffffffff8100ab5a>] do_softirq+0x4b/0xa1
>> [ 1514.074927] [<ffffffff810529f5>] irq_exit+0x5d/0xa8
>> [ 1514.074935] [<ffffffff814a9abe>] do_IRQ+0x8e/0xa5
>> [ 1514.074945] [<ffffffff814a1793>] common_interrupt+0x13/0x13
>> [ 1514.074950]<EOI>  [<ffffffff81071178>] ? current_kernel_time+0x13/0x34
>> [ 1514.074968] [<ffffffff814a7fba>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
>> [ 1514.074977] [<ffffffff8107c5b4>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10b/0x12f
>> [ 1514.074988] [<ffffffff8109e501>] audit_syscall_entry+0x11c/0x148
>> [ 1514.074998] [<ffffffff8122ef3e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
>> [ 1514.075076] [<ffffffff814a8089>] auditsys+0x19/0x4a
>> [ 1514.075084] ---[ end trace 834e058f0ef2c378 ]---
>> [ 1514.075092] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 1514.075101] WARNING: at kernel/softirq.c:98
>> __local_bh_disable+0x45/0xb1()
>> [ 1514.075108] Hardware name: MacBookPro2,2
>> [ 1514.075113] Modules linked in: fuse 8021q cpufreq_ondemand garp stp
>> acpi_cpufreq llc freq_table mperf ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4
>> nf_defrag_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack iptable_filter ip_tables arc4 radeon
>> ath9k mac80211 ttm ath9k_common drm_kms_helper ath9k_hw drm ath cfg80211
>> uvcvideo videodev btusb bluetooth sky2 v4l2_compat_ioctl32 appletouch
>> iTCO_wdt i2c_i801 joydev i2c_algo_bit iTCO_vendor_support applesmc rfkill
>> i2c_core input_polldev apple_bl video microcode [last unloaded:
>> scsi_wait_scan]
>> [ 1514.075271] Pid: 1550, comm: threaded-ml Tainted: G W
>> 3.0.0-rc5-00080-gca56a95 #6
>> [ 1514.075278] Call Trace:
>> [ 1514.075283]<IRQ>  [<ffffffff8104c560>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
>> [ 1514.075303] [<ffffffff814a1061>] ? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x16/0x45
>> [ 1514.075313] [<ffffffff8104c592>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
>> [ 1514.075324] [<ffffffff810522aa>] __local_bh_disable+0x45/0xb1
>> [ 1514.075333] [<ffffffff8105232d>] local_bh_disable+0x17/0x19
>> [ 1514.075344] [<ffffffff814a1061>] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x16/0x45
>> [ 1514.075362] [<ffffffffa003c98c>] ath_reset+0x5e/0x1d0 [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.075372] [<ffffffff810524b6>] ? _local_bh_enable_ip+0xca/0xce
>> [ 1514.075391] [<ffffffffa0040e71>] ath_tx_complete_aggr+0x7c3/0x7dd [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.075409] [<ffffffffa00406ae>] ? ath_tx_flush_tid+0xe0/0xe0 [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.075428] [<ffffffffa0042396>] ath_tx_tasklet+0x235/0x2cb [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.075445] [<ffffffffa003cd23>] ath9k_tasklet+0xf4/0x135 [ath9k]
>> [ 1514.075456] [<ffffffff81052112>] tasklet_action+0x8d/0xed
>> [ 1514.075465] [<ffffffff810526d4>] __do_softirq+0xdb/0x1ec
>> [ 1514.075476] [<ffffffff8107c0c9>] ? lock_release+0x165/0x18e
>> [ 1514.075487] [<ffffffff814a921c>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
>> [ 1514.075496] [<ffffffff8100ab5a>] do_softirq+0x4b/0xa1
>> [ 1514.075505] [<ffffffff810529f5>] irq_exit+0x5d/0xa8
>> [ 1514.075514] [<ffffffff814a9abe>] do_IRQ+0x8e/0xa5
>> [ 1514.075524] [<ffffffff814a1793>] common_interrupt+0x13/0x13
>> [ 1514.075529]<EOI>  [<ffffffff81071178>] ? current_kernel_time+0x13/0x34
>> [ 1514.075548] [<ffffffff814a7fba>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
>> [ 1514.075559] [<ffffffff8107c5b4>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10b/0x12f
>> [ 1514.075570] [<ffffffff8109e501>] audit_syscall_entry+0x11c/0x148
>> [ 1514.075580] [<ffffffff8122ef3e>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
>> [ 1514.075590] [<ffffffff814a8089>] auditsys+0x19/0x4a
>> [ 1514.075596] ---[ end trace 834e058f0ef2c379 ]---
>
> this commit seems to fix it, what did you do to get this warning?
>

thanks! will revert this and see if it fixes this.

as for what I was doing, nothing just streaming radio, and cunducting 
regular business, emails, twizzles, etc..

> commit f6b4e4d476b890e1ddebbed8ec4924f9c2750a31
> Author: Rajkumar Manoharan<rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
> Date:   Fri Jun 24 17:38:13 2011 +0530
>
>      ath9k: Fix locking issue during tx completion
>
>      The received tx status of aggregated frame without BlockAck may
>      cause deaf state in AR5416 cards. So the driver does a reset to
>      recover. When this happens, we release the pcu_lock before doing
>      a reset as ath_rest acquires pcu_lock. This is ugly and also not
>      atomic. Fixing this addresses the TX DMA failure also.
>
>      ath_tx_complete_aggr can be called from different paths which
>      takes different variants of spin_lock. This patch also addresses
>      the following warning.
>
>      WARNING: at kernel/timer.c:1011 del_timer_sync+0x4e/0x50()
>      Call Trace:
>       <IRQ>   [<ffffffff8104be3a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0
>       [<ffffffff8104be85>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20
>       [<ffffffff8105915e>] del_timer_sync+0x4e/0x50
>       [<ffffffffa03726be>] ath_reset+0x3e/0x210 [ath9k]
>       [<ffffffff8135cdaf>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x1f/0x30
>       [<ffffffffa037760a>] ath_tx_complete_aggr.isra.26+0x54a/0xa40 [ath9k]
>
>      Signed-off-by: Rajkumar Manoharan<rmanohar@qca.qualcomm.com>
>      Signed-off-by: John W. Linville<linville@tuxdriver.com>
>
>
>
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