[powerpc][5.13.0-next-20210701] Kernel crash while running ltp(chdir01) tests

Sachin Sant
2021-07-02T08:51:30Z

While running LTP tests (chdir01) against 5.13.0-next20210701 booted on a Power server,
following crash is encountered.

[ 3051.182992] ext2 filesystem being mounted at /var/tmp/avocado_oau90dri/ltp-W0cFB5HtCy/lKhal5/mntpoint supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)
[ 3051.621341] EXT4-fs (loop0): mounting ext3 file system using the ext4 subsystem
[ 3051.624645] EXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null). Quota mode: none.
[ 3051.624682] ext3 filesystem being mounted at /var/tmp/avocado_oau90dri/ltp-W0cFB5HtCy/lKhal5/mntpoint supports timestamps until 2038 (0x7fffffff)
[ 3051.629026] Kernel attempted to read user page (13fda70000) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0)
[ 3051.629074] BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0x13fda70000
[ 3051.629103] Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000006fa5cc
[ 3051.629118] Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
[ 3051.629130] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries
[ 3051.629148] Modules linked in: vfat fat btrfs blake2b_generic xor zstd_compress raid6_pq xfs loop sctp ip6_udp_tunnel udp_tunnel libcrc32c rpadlpar_io rpaphp dm_mod bonding rfkill sunrpc pseries_rng xts vmx_crypto uio_pdrv_genirq uio sch_fq_codel ip_tables ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod t10_pi sg ibmvscsi ibmveth scsi_transport_srp fuse [last unloaded: test_cpuidle_latency]
[ 3051.629270] CPU: 10 PID: 274044 Comm: chdir01 Tainted: G W OE 5.13.0-next-20210701 #1
[ 3051.629289] NIP: c0000000006fa5cc LR: c008000006949bc4 CTR: c0000000006fa5a0
[ 3051.629300] REGS: c000000f74de3660 TRAP: 0300 Tainted: G W OE (5.13.0-next-20210701)
[ 3051.629314] MSR: 800000000280b033 <SF,VEC,VSX,EE,FP,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24000288 XER: 20040000
[ 3051.629342] CFAR: c008000006957564 DAR: 00000013fda70000 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0
[ 3051.629342] GPR00: c008000006949bc4 c000000f74de3900 c0000000029bc800 c000000f88f0ab80
[ 3051.629342] GPR04: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000020 0000000024000282 0000000000000000
[ 3051.629342] GPR08: c00000110628c828 0000000000000000 00000013fda70000 c008000006957550
[ 3051.629342] GPR12: c0000000006fa5a0 c0000013ffffbe80 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 3051.629342] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000100555f8 0000000010050d40
[ 3051.629342] GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000010026188 0000000010026160 c000000f88f0ac08
[ 3051.629342] GPR24: 0000000000000000 c000000f88f0a920 0000000000000000 0000000000000002
[ 3051.629342] GPR28: c000000f88f0ac50 c000000f88f0a800 c000000fc5577d00 c000000f88f0ab80
[ 3051.629468] NIP [c0000000006fa5cc] percpu_counter_add_batch+0x2c/0xf0
[ 3051.629493] LR [c008000006949bc4] __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint+0x9c/0x280 [jbd2]
[ 3051.629526] Call Trace:
[ 3051.629532] [c000000f74de3900] [c000000f88f0a84c] 0xc000000f88f0a84c (unreliable)
[ 3051.629547] [c000000f74de3940] [c008000006949bc4] __jbd2_journal_remove_checkpoint+0x9c/0x280 [jbd2]
[ 3051.629577] [c000000f74de3980] [c008000006949eb4] jbd2_log_do_checkpoint+0x10c/0x630 [jbd2]
[ 3051.629605] [c000000f74de3a40] [c0080000069547dc] jbd2_journal_destroy+0x1b4/0x4e0 [jbd2]
[ 3051.629636] [c000000f74de3ad0] [c00800000735d72c] ext4_put_super+0xb4/0x560 [ext4]
[ 3051.629703] [c000000f74de3b60] [c000000000484d64] generic_shutdown_super+0xc4/0x1d0
[ 3051.629720] [c000000f74de3bd0] [c000000000484f48] kill_block_super+0x38/0x90
[ 3051.629736] [c000000f74de3c00] [c000000000485120] deactivate_locked_super+0x80/0x100
[ 3051.629752] [c000000f74de3c30] [c0000000004bec1c] cleanup_mnt+0x10c/0x1d0
[ 3051.629767] [c000000f74de3c80] [c000000000188b08] task_work_run+0xf8/0x170
[ 3051.629783] [c000000f74de3cd0] [c000000000021a24] do_notify_resume+0x434/0x480
[ 3051.629800] [c000000f74de3d80] [c000000000032910] interrupt_exit_user_prepare_main+0x1a0/0x260
[ 3051.629816] [c000000f74de3de0] [c000000000032d08] syscall_exit_prepare+0x68/0x150
[ 3051.629830] [c000000f74de3e10] [c00000000000c770] system_call_common+0x100/0x258
[ 3051.629846] --- interrupt: c00 at 0x7fffa2b92ffc
[ 3051.629855] NIP: 00007fffa2b92ffc LR: 00007fffa2b92fcc CTR: 0000000000000000
[ 3051.629867] REGS: c000000f74de3e80 TRAP: 0c00 Tainted: G W OE (5.13.0-next-20210701)
[ 3051.629880] MSR: 800000000280f033 <SF,VEC,VSX,EE,PR,FP,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 24000474 XER: 00000000
[ 3051.629908] IRQMASK: 0
[ 3051.629908] GPR00: 0000000000000034 00007fffc0242e20 00007fffa2c77100 0000000000000000
[ 3051.629908] GPR04: 0000000000000000 0000000000000078 0000000000000000 0000000000000020
[ 3051.629908] GPR08: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 3051.629908] GPR12: 0000000000000000 00007fffa2d1a310 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[ 3051.629908] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000100555f8 0000000010050d40
[ 3051.629908] GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000010026188 0000000010026160 00000000100288f0
[ 3051.629908] GPR24: 00007fffa2d13320 00000000000186a0 0000000010025dd8 0000000010055688
[ 3051.629908] GPR28: 0000000010024bb8 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 0000000000000000
[ 3051.630022] NIP [00007fffa2b92ffc] 0x7fffa2b92ffc
[ 3051.630032] LR [00007fffa2b92fcc] 0x7fffa2b92fcc
[ 3051.630041] --- interrupt: c00
[ 3051.630048] Instruction dump:
[ 3051.630057] 60000000 3c4c022c 38422260 7c0802a6 fbe1fff8 fba1ffe8 7c7f1b78 fbc1fff0
[ 3051.630078] f8010010 f821ffc1 e94d0030 e9230020 <7fca4aaa> 7fbe2214 7fa9fe76 7d2aea78
[ 3051.630102] ---[ end trace 83afe3a19212c333 ]---
[ 3051.633656]
[ 3052.633681] Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception

5.13.0-next-20210630 was good. Bisect points to following patch:

commit 4ba3fcdde7e3
jbd2,ext4: add a shrinker to release checkpointed buffers

Reverting this patch allows the test to run successfully.

Thanks
-Sachin