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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [bug] block subsystem related crash with latest -git
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:02:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071017180255.GA8375@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710171053180.26902@woody.linux-foundation.org>


* Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:

> But I think the rest of your changes are simply bad.
> 
> The fix to block/ll_rw_block.c should likely be something like the 
> appended instead:
> 
>  - remove the "memset()" you had added earlier. It's bogus. It cannot be 
>    the right thing. If the sg list wasn't initialized correctly much 
>    earlier, trying to initialize it late is pointless - it contains crap.
> 
>  - the old code was fine, but let's initialize "sg" to NULL to make it 
>    clear that the initial value of sg is pointless, and only "next_sg" 
>    matters (since sg had better be assigned from that).
> 
> Hmm?

built and booted your patch (removed Jens's) but it still crashes in 
blk_rq_map_sg() - see below. Should i have left something from Jens's 
patch?

	Ingo

------------------->
[   34.698199] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
[   34.703917] Freeing unused kernel memory: 372k freed
[   34.746609] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 6e616872
[   34.754106] printing eip: 7840503b *pde = 00000000 
[   34.758960] Oops: 0000 [#1] DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
[   34.763120] 
[   34.764594] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.23 #7)
[   34.769965] EIP: 0060:[<7840503b>] EFLAGS: 00010006 CPU: 0
[   34.775429] EIP is at blk_rq_map_sg+0xbb/0x170
[   34.779845] EAX: 3ffcd000 EBX: 7c88a68c ECX: 3ffce000 EDX: 007ff9a0
[   34.786085] ESI: 6e616862 EDI: 798ea9a0 EBP: 00001000 ESP: 7b421bf4
[   34.792324]  DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 0000 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
[   34.797697] Process swapper (pid: 1, ti=7b420000 task=7b416000 task.ti=7b420000)
[   34.804890] Stack: 00000046 7b520000 00002000 3ffcf000 7c88ac80 00000001 00000001 00000001 
[   34.813209]        7c88a600 01000000 7c88ab00 7b521d1c 7c88a708 7b520000 784c7ac5 7b520000 
[   34.821529]        784c75ca 7c88a708 7b524ce4 7b521d1c 7c88a708 784e4570 7b416000 7813661b 
[   34.829847] Call Trace:
[   34.832448]  [<784c7ac5>] scsi_init_io+0x55/0xe0
[   34.837042]  [<784c75ca>] scsi_get_cmd_from_req+0x2a/0x40
[   34.842414]  [<784e4570>] sd_prep_fn+0x80/0x940
[   34.846920]  [<7813661b>] __lock_acquire+0x4ab/0xe20
[   34.851860]  [<781450a6>] add_to_page_cache+0x66/0xb0
[   34.856887]  [<78404633>] elv_dispatch_sort+0x23/0xe0
[   34.861912]  [<784041a0>] elv_next_request+0xa0/0x130
[   34.866938]  [<784c8c04>] scsi_request_fn+0x1e4/0x370
[   34.871965]  [<78120f02>] del_timer+0x62/0x70
[   34.876298]  [<78407445>] __generic_unplug_device+0x25/0x30
[   34.881844]  [<78407715>] generic_unplug_device+0x15/0x30
[   34.887217]  [<78404e00>] blk_backing_dev_unplug+0x0/0x10
[   34.892590]  [<78404e0c>] blk_backing_dev_unplug+0xc/0x10
[   34.897963]  [<78180a9d>] block_sync_page+0x2d/0x40
[   34.902817]  [<78144dc9>] sync_page+0x29/0x40
[   34.907150]  [<7876f5bc>] __wait_on_bit_lock+0x3c/0x70
[   34.912263]  [<78144da0>] sync_page+0x0/0x40
[   34.916509]  [<78144d82>] __lock_page+0x52/0x60
[   34.921016]  [<7812adb0>] wake_bit_function+0x0/0x60
[   34.925955]  [<7814554c>] do_generic_mapping_read+0x21c/0x450
[   34.931675]  [<78144b10>] file_read_actor+0x0/0x130
[   34.936528]  [<78147107>] generic_file_aio_read+0x137/0x180
[   34.942074]  [<78144b10>] file_read_actor+0x0/0x130
[   34.946927]  [<78161245>] do_sync_read+0xd5/0x120
[   34.951607]  [<78135646>] mark_lock+0x76/0x550
[   34.956027]  [<7812ad70>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
[   34.961573]  [<78155026>] __vma_link+0x36/0x70
[   34.965993]  [<78161170>] do_sync_read+0x0/0x120
[   34.970586]  [<78161ae3>] vfs_read+0xb3/0x110
[   34.974919]  [<781652cd>] kernel_read+0x3d/0x60
[   34.979425]  [<7816539f>] prepare_binprm+0xaf/0xe0
[   34.984192]  [<78166973>] do_execve+0x123/0x1c0
[   34.988698]  [<78100f1f>] sys_execve+0x2f/0x90
[   34.993118]  [<781028a2>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
[   34.997538]  [<78106f1c>] kernel_execve+0x1c/0x30
[   35.002217]  [<7810016e>] init_post+0x9e/0xe0
[   35.006550]  [<78a147b3>] kernel_init+0x163/0x280
[   35.011230]  [<78a14650>] kernel_init+0x0/0x280
[   35.015736]  [<78103a97>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
[   35.020936]  =======================
[   35.024489] Code: 29 c1 c1 f9 05 c1 e1 0c 03 4a 08 8b 52 04 01 ca 89 54 24 0c 8b 3b 89 fa 29 c2 89 d0 c1 f8 05 c1 e0 0c 03 43 08 39 44 24 0c 74 7e <8b> 46 10 8d 56 10 a8 01 75 4c 89 3e 89 6e 0c 8b 43 08 89 46 04 
[   35.043294] EIP: [<7840503b>] blk_rq_map_sg+0xbb/0x170 SS:ESP 0068:7b421bf4
[   35.050228] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-17 18:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 151+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-17 15:46 [bug] block subsystem related crash with latest -git Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 15:50 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 16:32   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 16:59   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:08     ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:21       ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:29         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:34           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 17:36             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:45             ` [bug] ata " Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 17:53               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:55                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:58                   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 18:37                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:04                   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 19:08                     ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:14                       ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 19:17                         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 19:25                           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:25                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:09                   ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 19:28                     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 19:35                       ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:45                         ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 19:56                           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 20:06                             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 20:24                               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 20:31                                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 21:11                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 23:00                                     ` FUJITA Tomonori
2007-10-18  1:07                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  1:14                                         ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  1:19                                         ` David Miller
2007-10-18  1:36                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  1:49                                             ` David Miller
2007-10-18  3:44                                             ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  4:01                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  4:05                                                 ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  4:14                                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  4:18                                                   ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  4:31                                                     ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  4:41                                                       ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  4:53                                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  7:05                                                       ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 13:13                                                         ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 13:23                                                           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 13:32                                                             ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 13:34                                                               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 13:59                                                                 ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 14:04                                                                   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18  4:45                                                     ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  4:54                                                     ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  5:09                                                       ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  4:20                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  5:25                                                 ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  5:34                                                   ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18  5:45                                                     ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  7:09                                                       ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18  7:30                                                         ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  8:21                                           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 11:55                                             ` David Miller
2007-10-18 11:57                                               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 12:05                                                 ` David Miller
2007-10-18 12:09                                                   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 12:15                                                     ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 12:36                                                       ` David Miller
2007-10-18 12:39                                                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 12:58                                                       ` Benny Halevy
2007-10-18 13:56                                                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 14:05                                                           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 14:16                                                             ` Benny Halevy
2007-10-18 14:38                                                               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 14:58                                                                 ` Olof Johansson
2007-10-18 15:25                                                                   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 12:58                                                       ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 13:32                                                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 13:49                                                           ` Benny Halevy
2007-10-18 13:55                                                             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 13:51                                                           ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 13:58                                                             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 14:03                                                               ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 14:10                                                               ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 14:13                                                                 ` Mark Lord
2007-10-18 14:14                                                                   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 16:55                                             ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18 17:01                                               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 17:10                                                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 17:10                                               ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-10-18 17:14                                                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-19  8:59                                                   ` FUJITA Tomonori
2007-10-18 19:20                                               ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-17 20:51                               ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 19:49                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 20:05                           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 20:10                           ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-18  7:07                         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-18  7:10                           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18  8:22                           ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  8:32                             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18  8:38                               ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  8:51                                 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  9:01                               ` Jeff Garzik
     [not found]                                 ` <bd58e4af0710180210tcc0d31ep9d05a0f2e9d6df29@mail.gmail.com>
2007-10-18  9:14                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  9:17                                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18  9:32                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18  9:41                                     ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 10:04                                       ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18 10:10                                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 10:13                                           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-18 10:16                                             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 10:17                                               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 10:49                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-18 10:50                                                   ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18 10:56                                                   ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 10:42                                           ` [PATCH] " Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18 10:54                                             ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-18 11:02                                               ` Jeff Garzik
2007-10-18 11:40                                                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-18 14:52                                             ` Olof Johansson
2007-10-20 11:55                               ` Torsten Kaiser
2007-10-18 11:03                           ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-18 11:05                             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:42                       ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 19:55                         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 18:08               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:13                 ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 17:56           ` [bug] block " Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:02             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 18:13               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:20                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 18:58                   ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 19:03                     ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 19:15                       ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:02             ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2007-10-17 18:14               ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 20:15           ` Luca Tettamanti
2007-10-17 17:30         ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 17:31           ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:28       ` Ingo Molnar
2007-10-17 17:52       ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:00         ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 18:18           ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:22             ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 10:52               ` Benny Halevy
2007-10-18 10:55                 ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-18 12:03                   ` David Miller
2007-10-18 12:28                     ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 18:22             ` Linus Torvalds
2007-10-17 18:40               ` Jens Axboe
2007-10-17 17:11     ` Ingo Molnar

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