From: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
fweisbec@gmail.com, Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Avoid calling arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() at the same time
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:38:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1294198689-15447-2-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1294198689-15447-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com>
From: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
The spin_lock_debug/rcu_cpu_stall detector uses
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() to dump cpu backtrace.
Therefore it is possible that trigger_all_cpu_backtrace()
could be called at the same time on different CPUs, which
triggers and 'unknown reason NMI' warning. The following case
illustrates the problem:
CPU1 CPU2 ... CPU N
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace()
set "backtrace_mask" to cpu mask
|
generate NMI interrupts generate NMI interrupts ...
\ | /
\ | /
The "backtrace_mask" will be cleaned by the first NMI interrupt
at nmi_watchdog_tick(), then the following NMI interrupts generated
by other cpus's arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() will be taken as
unknown reason NMI interrupts.
This patch uses a test_and_set to avoid the problem, and stop the
arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() from calling to avoid dumping a
double cpu backtrace info when there is already a
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() in progress.
Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: x86@kernel.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
CC: fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
index 2b40a60..72ec29e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ u64 hw_nmi_get_sample_period(void)
/* For reliability, we're prepared to waste bits here. */
static DECLARE_BITMAP(backtrace_mask, NR_CPUS) __read_mostly;
+/* "in progress" flag of arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace */
+static unsigned long backtrace_flag;
+
void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
{
int i;
+ if (test_and_set_bit(0, &backtrace_flag))
+ /*
+ * If there is already a trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() in progress
+ * (backtrace_flag == 1), don't output double cpu dump infos.
+ */
+ return;
+
cpumask_copy(to_cpumask(backtrace_mask), cpu_online_mask);
printk(KERN_INFO "sending NMI to all CPUs:\n");
@@ -43,6 +53,9 @@ void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
break;
mdelay(1);
}
+
+ clear_bit(0, &backtrace_flag);
+ smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
}
static int __kprobes
--
1.7.3.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-05 3:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-05 3:38 [PATCH 1/3] x86: Only call smp_processor_id in non-preempt cases Don Zickus
2011-01-05 3:38 ` Don Zickus [this message]
2011-01-05 14:07 ` [tip:perf/core] x86: Avoid calling arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() at the same time tip-bot for Dongdong Deng
2011-01-05 3:38 ` [PATCH 3/3] x86, NMI: Add touch_nmi_watchdog to io_check_error delay Don Zickus
2011-01-05 14:08 ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Huang Ying
2011-01-05 14:07 ` [tip:perf/core] x86: Only call smp_processor_id in non-preempt cases tip-bot for Don Zickus
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2011-01-05 2:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86: Avoid calling arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() at the same time Don Zickus
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