From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761608Ab2FEJrF (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2012 05:47:05 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:29906 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753536Ab2FEJrC (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2012 05:47:02 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:46:58 +0300 From: Gleb Natapov To: "Paul E. McKenney" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: automount hangs during boot somewhere in rcu_barrier. Message-ID: <20120605094658.GI580@redhat.com> References: <20120603113236.GW2311@redhat.com> <20120604031549.GE2357@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20120604074803.GA23670@redhat.com> <20120604100925.GC23670@redhat.com> <20120604145432.GA2490@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120604145432.GA2490@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 07:54:32AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 01:09:25PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:48:03AM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 03, 2012 at 08:15:49PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > > > Hmmm... Could you please try disabling CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ? If that > > > > makes the problem go away, I have some patches 3.6-targeted patches > > > > for you. > > > Will report back. > > > > > Do not see any problems with the option disabled. > > OK, then you are probably being bitten by the same bug that was biting > Pascal and Heiko. Could you please apply the following series from -rcu? > > bf7757c3 (Merge commit 'v3.4-rc6' into HEAD) > edc17350 (RCU_FAST_NO_HZ detection of callback adoption) > 8e03a88e (Update RCU_FAST_NO_HZ tracing for lazy callbacks) > f2298c63 (Move RCU_FAST_NO_HZ per-CPU variables to rcu_dynticks structure) > 05cc0fc9 (Precompute RCU_FAST_NO_HZ timer offsets) > 477fca01 (Dump only the current CPU's buffers for idle-entry/exit warnings) > f29075fb (The rcu_needs_cpu() function is not a quiescent state) > > Of these, 05cc0fc9 (Precompute RCU_FAST_NO_HZ timer offsets) is likely > to be the most relevant. The -rcu tree may be found at: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu.git > > Please let me know if you have any trouble pulling this series. > The problem is gone with the series + enabling CONFIG_RCU_FAST_NO_HZ back. -- Gleb.