Re: Re: i686 hang on boot in userspace

gmu 2k6
2006-07-25T14:29:36Z

On 7/25/06, gmu 2k6 <gmu2006@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/25/06, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 25 2006, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 25 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
> > > > On 7/25/06, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
> > > > >On Tue, Jul 25 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
> > > > >> ok, let's nail it to 2.6.17-git5 instead as it survived git status
> > > > >> compared to -git6
> > > > >> which seems to have correctly booted by accident the lastime. timing
> > > > >issues
> > > > >> I guess.
> > > > >
> > > > >I will try and reproduce it here now. It seems to be in between commit
> > > > >271f18f102c789f59644bb6c53a69da1df72b2f4 and commit
> > > > >dd67d051529387f6e44d22d1d5540ef281965fdd where the first one could also
> > > > >be bad.
> > > > >
> > > > >I'm assuming that acf421755593f7d7bd9352d57eda796c6eb4fa43 should be
> > > > >good, so you can try and verify that
> > > > >dd67d051529387f6e44d22d1d5540ef281965fdd is bad and bisect between the
> > > > >two. It's only about 6 commits, so should be quick enough to do.
> > > >
> > > > 1) no luck with remote serial console
> > > > 2) netconsole does not work although connecting to the listener with netcat
> > > > and
> > > > sending strings works
> > > > I'm gonna try via physical rs232 9pins and see how that works.
> > > > afterwards I will try to bisect the revisions you mentioned.
> > > >
> > > > btw, the issue seems to come and go as I managed to boot log into a .17-git6
> > > > kernel or is timing-dependent.
> > >
> > > I can reproduce it, you don't have to spend more time on bisecting or
> > > testing. This should fix it:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > > index 1c4df22..1eac041 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > > @@ -1238,6 +1238,7 @@ static void cciss_softirq_done(struct re
> > > CommandList_struct *cmd = rq->completion_data;
> > > ctlr_info_t *h = hba[cmd->ctlr];
> > > unsigned long flags;
> > > + request_queue_t *q;
> > > u64bit temp64;
> > > int i, ddir;
> > >
> > > @@ -1260,10 +1261,13 @@ #ifdef CCISS_DEBUG
> > > printk("Done with %p\n", rq);
> > > #endif /* CCISS_DEBUG */
> > >
> > > + q = rq->q;
> > > +
> > > add_disk_randomness(rq->rq_disk);
> > > spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
> > > end_that_request_last(rq, rq->errors);
> > > cmd_free(h, cmd, 1);
> > > + blk_start_queue(q);
> > > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
> > > }
> > >
> > >
> > > A better fix would rework the start_queue logic entirely in the driver,
> > > but the above should get you running for now. I'll take a further look.
> >
> > Something like this matches the current logic better. It's not very good
> > from a cpu efficiency point of view, but it's better than what is there
> > now since at least it's not in hard irq context.
> >
> > Not tested yet, will do so right now.
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > index 1c4df22..a9e0510 100644
> > --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> > @@ -1233,6 +1233,50 @@ static inline void complete_buffers(stru
> > }
> > }
> >
> > +static void cciss_check_queues(ctlr_info_t *h)
> > +{
> > + int start_queue = h->next_to_run;
> > + int i;
> > +
> > + /* check to see if we have maxed out the number of commands that can
> > + * be placed on the queue. If so then exit. We do this check here
> > + * in case the interrupt we serviced was from an ioctl and did not
> > + * free any new commands.
> > + */
> > + if ((find_first_zero_bit(h->cmd_pool_bits, NR_CMDS)) == NR_CMDS)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + /* We have room on the queue for more commands. Now we need to queue
> > + * them up. We will also keep track of the next queue to run so
> > + * that every queue gets a chance to be started first.
> > + */
> > + for (i = 0; i < h->highest_lun + 1; i++) {
> > + int curr_queue = (start_queue + i) % (h->highest_lun + 1);
> > + /* make sure the disk has been added and the drive is real
> > + * because this can be called from the middle of init_one.
> > + */
> > + if (!(h->drv[curr_queue].queue) || !(h->drv[curr_queue].heads))
> > + continue;
> > + blk_start_queue(h->gendisk[curr_queue]->queue);
> > +
> > + /* check to see if we have maxed out the number of commands
> > + * that can be placed on the queue.
> > + */
> > + if ((find_first_zero_bit(h->cmd_pool_bits, NR_CMDS)) == NR_CMDS) {
> > + if (curr_queue == start_queue) {
> > + h->next_to_run =
> > + (start_queue + 1) % (h->highest_lun + 1);
> > + break;
> > + } else {
> > + h->next_to_run = curr_queue;
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + } else {
> > + curr_queue = (curr_queue + 1) % (h->highest_lun + 1);
> > + }
> > + }
> > +}
> > +
> > static void cciss_softirq_done(struct request *rq)
> > {
> > CommandList_struct *cmd = rq->completion_data;
> > @@ -1264,6 +1308,7 @@ #endif /* CCISS_DEBUG */
> > spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
> > end_that_request_last(rq, rq->errors);
> > cmd_free(h, cmd, 1);
> > + cciss_check_queues(h);
> > spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
> > }
> >
> > @@ -2528,8 +2573,6 @@ static irqreturn_t do_cciss_intr(int irq
> > CommandList_struct *c;
> > unsigned long flags;
> > __u32 a, a1, a2;
> > - int j;
> > - int start_queue = h->next_to_run;
> >
> > if (interrupt_not_for_us(h))
> > return IRQ_NONE;
> > @@ -2588,45 +2631,6 @@ # endif
> > }
> > }
> >
> > - /* check to see if we have maxed out the number of commands that can
> > - * be placed on the queue. If so then exit. We do this check here
> > - * in case the interrupt we serviced was from an ioctl and did not
> > - * free any new commands.
> > - */
> > - if ((find_first_zero_bit(h->cmd_pool_bits, NR_CMDS)) == NR_CMDS)
> > - goto cleanup;
> > -
> > - /* We have room on the queue for more commands. Now we need to queue
> > - * them up. We will also keep track of the next queue to run so
> > - * that every queue gets a chance to be started first.
> > - */
> > - for (j = 0; j < h->highest_lun + 1; j++) {
> > - int curr_queue = (start_queue + j) % (h->highest_lun + 1);
> > - /* make sure the disk has been added and the drive is real
> > - * because this can be called from the middle of init_one.
> > - */
> > - if (!(h->drv[curr_queue].queue) || !(h->drv[curr_queue].heads))
> > - continue;
> > - blk_start_queue(h->gendisk[curr_queue]->queue);
> > -
> > - /* check to see if we have maxed out the number of commands
> > - * that can be placed on the queue.
> > - */
> > - if ((find_first_zero_bit(h->cmd_pool_bits, NR_CMDS)) == NR_CMDS) {
> > - if (curr_queue == start_queue) {
> > - h->next_to_run =
> > - (start_queue + 1) % (h->highest_lun + 1);
> > - goto cleanup;
> > - } else {
> > - h->next_to_run = curr_queue;
> > - goto cleanup;
> > - }
> > - } else {
> > - curr_queue = (curr_queue + 1) % (h->highest_lun + 1);
> > - }
> > - }
> > -
> > - cleanup:
> > spin_unlock_irqrestore(CCISS_LOCK(h->ctlr), flags);
> > return IRQ_HANDLED;
> > }
>
> this makes the cciss init hang.

I've patched Linus' trunk/HEAD with it, btw.