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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG][tip/master] kernel panic while locking selftest at qspinlock_paravirt.h:137!
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:27:18 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150711102718.GA28523@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150710142824.GK19282@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>


* Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 03:57:46PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Do we want to make double unlock non-fatal unconditionally?
> > 
> > No, just don't BUG() out, don't crash the system - generate a warning?
> 
> So that would be a yes..
> 
> Something like so then? Won't this generate a splat on that locking self
> test then? And upset people?
> 
> ---
>  kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h | 8 +++++++-
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
> index 04ab18151cc8..286e8978a562 100644
> --- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
> +++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
> @@ -133,8 +133,14 @@ static struct pv_node *pv_unhash(struct qspinlock *lock)
>  	 * This guarantees a limited lookup time and is itself guaranteed by
>  	 * having the lock owner do the unhash -- IFF the unlock sees the
>  	 * SLOW flag, there MUST be a hash entry.
> +	 *
> +	 * This can trigger due to double-unlock. In which case, return a
> +	 * random pointer so that __pv_queued_spin_unlock() can dereference it
> +	 * without crashing.
>  	 */
> -	BUG();
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(true);
> +
> +	return (struct pv_node *)this_cpu_ptr(&mcs_nodes[0]);

Yeah, just please also use debug_locks_silent to make the self-test execute 
properly or so.

Thanks,

	Ingo

      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-11 10:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-10 11:32 [BUG][tip/master] kernel panic while locking selftest at qspinlock_paravirt.h:137! Masami Hiramatsu
2015-07-10 13:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-07-10 13:57   ` Ingo Molnar
2015-07-10 14:28     ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-07-11  0:32       ` Masami Hiramatsu
2015-07-11  1:27         ` Waiman Long
2015-07-11  5:05           ` Masami Hiramatsu
2015-07-12  3:09             ` Waiman Long
2015-07-11 10:22           ` Peter Zijlstra
2015-07-11 10:27       ` Ingo Molnar [this message]

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