Re: [PATCH] kfence: Avoid stalling work queue task without allocations

Marco Elver
2020-11-11T20:22:07Z

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 11:21AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
[...]
> > > rcu: Don't invoke try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() with irqs disabled
> >
> > Sadly, no, next-20201110 already included that one, and that's what I
> > tested and got me all those warnings above.
>
> Hey, I had to ask! The only uncertainty I seee is the acquisition of
> the lock in rcu_iw_handler(), for which I add a lockdep check in the
> (untested) patch below. The other thing I could do is sprinkle such
> checks through the stall-warning code on the assumption that something
> RCU is calling is enabling interrupts.
>
> Other thoughts?
>
> Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
> index 70d48c5..3d67650 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h
> @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static void rcu_iw_handler(struct irq_work *iwp)
>
> rdp = container_of(iwp, struct rcu_data, rcu_iw);
> rnp = rdp->mynode;
> + lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
> raw_spin_lock_rcu_node(rnp);
> if (!WARN_ON_ONCE(!rdp->rcu_iw_pending)) {
> rdp->rcu_iw_gp_seq = rnp->gp_seq;

This assert didn't fire yet, I just get more of the below. I'll keep
rerunning, but am not too hopeful...

Thanks,
-- Marco

| [...]
| [ 125.854798] registered taskstats version 1
| [ 125.857453] Running tests on all trace events:
| [ 125.857830] Testing all events: OK
| [ 166.950008] hrtimer: interrupt took 16803216 ns
| [ 181.867305] Running tests again, along with the function tracer
| [ 181.882932] Running tests on all trace events:
| [ 181.894437] Testing all events:
| [ 415.596777] BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 34s!
| [ 415.656078] Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
| [ 415.683616] workqueue events: flags=0x0
| [ 415.692860] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 415.710520] pending: vmstat_shepherd
| [ 415.735770] workqueue mm_percpu_wq: flags=0x8
| [ 415.744135] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 415.759123] in-flight: 15:vmstat_update
| [ 415.784113] pool 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 hung=34s workers=2 idle: 5
| [ 510.976952] BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 31s!
| [ 511.054367] Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
| [ 511.060173] workqueue events: flags=0x0
| [ 511.083325] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=2/256 refcnt=3
| [ 511.093457] in-flight: 15:vmstat_shepherd
| [ 511.100300] pending: free_work
| [ 511.111488] workqueue events_power_efficient: flags=0x82
| [ 511.141245] pwq 2: cpus=0 flags=0x5 nice=0 active=3/256 refcnt=5
| [ 511.151184] in-flight: 7:check_lifetime
| [ 511.157902] pending: neigh_periodic_work, do_cache_clean
| [ 511.171073] workqueue mm_percpu_wq: flags=0x8
| [ 511.198620] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 511.208715] pending: vmstat_update
| [ 511.227644] pool 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 hung=31s workers=2 idle: 5
| [ 511.255656] pool 2: cpus=0 flags=0x5 nice=0 hung=19s workers=2 manager: 61
| [ 544.063224] BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 64s!
| [ 544.174957] Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
| [ 544.223112] workqueue events: flags=0x0
| [ 544.250341] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=2/256 refcnt=3
| [ 544.260574] in-flight: 15:vmstat_shepherd
| [ 544.267433] pending: free_work
| [ 544.285271] workqueue mm_percpu_wq: flags=0x8
| [ 544.290950] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 544.301150] pending: vmstat_update
| [ 544.315536] pool 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 hung=64s workers=2 idle: 5
| [ 544.339558] pool 2: cpus=0 flags=0x5 nice=0 hung=5s workers=2 manager: 61 idle: 7
| [ 790.375433] BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 32s!
| [ 790.435529] Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
| [ 790.455374] workqueue events: flags=0x0
| [ 790.471271] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 790.481737] in-flight: 15:vmstat_shepherd
| [ 790.495314] workqueue events_power_efficient: flags=0x82
| [ 790.512837] pwq 2: cpus=0 flags=0x4 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=3
| [ 790.521833] in-flight: 107:neigh_periodic_work
| [ 790.535532] workqueue mm_percpu_wq: flags=0x8
| [ 790.555139] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 790.565610] pending: vmstat_update
| [ 790.579066] pool 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 hung=32s workers=2 idle: 5
| [ 790.603124] pool 2: cpus=0 flags=0x4 nice=0 hung=1s workers=3 idle: 7 61
| [ 950.115427] BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 40s!
| [ 950.177846] Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
| [ 950.183602] workqueue events: flags=0x0
| [ 950.207180] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 950.217258] pending: vmstat_shepherd
| [ 992.571446] BUG: workqueue lockup - pool cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 stuck for 82s!
| [ 992.662876] Showing busy workqueues and worker pools:
| [ 992.668626] workqueue events: flags=0x0
| [ 992.691443] pwq 0: cpus=0 node=0 flags=0x0 nice=0 active=1/256 refcnt=2
| [ 992.701473] pending: vmstat_shepherd
| [ 1001.181519] rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
| [ 1001.186952] (detected by 0, t=6502 jiffies, g=3441, q=1)
| [ 1001.188828] rcu: All QSes seen, last rcu_preempt kthread activity 528 (4295139809-4295139281), jiffies_till_next_fqs=1, root ->qsmask 0x0
| [ 1001.199298] rcu: rcu_preempt kthread starved for 528 jiffies! g3441 f0x2 RCU_GP_CLEANUP(7) ->state=0x0 ->cpu=0
| [ 1001.205008] rcu: Unless rcu_preempt kthread gets sufficient CPU time, OOM is now expected behavior.
| [ 1001.210324] rcu: RCU grace-period kthread stack dump:
| [ 1001.214618] task:rcu_preempt state:R running task stack: 0 pid: 10 ppid: 2 flags:0x00000428
| [ 1001.223303] Call trace:
| [ 1001.226919] __switch_to+0x100/0x1e0
| [ 1001.230803] __schedule+0x2d0/0x890
| [ 1001.234685] preempt_schedule_common+0xd4/0x1b0
| [ 1001.238831] preempt_schedule.part.88+0x20/0x28
| [ 1001.242963] preempt_schedule+0x20/0x28
| [ 1001.246928] _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x80/0x90
| [ 1001.251011] rcu_gp_kthread+0xe5c/0x19a8
| [ 1001.255024] kthread+0x174/0x188
| [ 1001.258821] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
| [ 1001.274658]
| [ 1001.276945] ================================
| [ 1001.279954] WARNING: inconsistent lock state
| [ 1001.283169] 5.10.0-rc3-next-20201110-00001-gc07b306d7fa5-dirty #2 Not tainted
| [ 1001.287067] --------------------------------
| [ 1001.290073] inconsistent {IN-HARDIRQ-W} -> {HARDIRQ-ON-W} usage.
| [ 1001.293767] ksoftirqd/0/9 [HC0[0]:SC0[0]:HE0:SE1] takes:
| [ 1001.297148] ffffd53efd5d4358 (rcu_node_0){?.-.}-{2:2}, at: rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x4a0/0xd18
| [ 1001.305027] {IN-HARDIRQ-W} state was registered at:
| [ 1001.308401] __lock_acquire+0x7bc/0x15b8
| [ 1001.311430] lock_acquire+0x244/0x498
| [ 1001.314341] _raw_spin_lock+0x5c/0x78
| [ 1001.317252] rcu_preempt_deferred_qs_irqrestore+0x84/0x540
| [ 1001.320666] rcu_preempt_deferred_qs+0x64/0x80
| [ 1001.323789] rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x4f4/0xd18
| [ 1001.326881] update_process_times+0x68/0x98
| [ 1001.329932] tick_sched_handle.isra.16+0x54/0x80
| [ 1001.333110] tick_sched_timer+0x64/0xd8
| [ 1001.336085] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x2a4/0x750
| [ 1001.339194] hrtimer_interrupt+0xf4/0x2a0
| [ 1001.342244] arch_timer_handler_virt+0x44/0x70
| [ 1001.345419] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0xfc/0x4d0
| [ 1001.348579] generic_handle_irq+0x50/0x70
| [ 1001.351596] __handle_domain_irq+0x9c/0x120
| [ 1001.354677] gic_handle_irq+0xcc/0x108
| [ 1001.357651] el1_irq+0xbc/0x180
| [ 1001.360429] arch_local_irq_save+0x18/0x30
| [ 1001.363460] __rcu_read_unlock+0x84/0x1d8
| [ 1001.366461] check_lifetime+0x158/0x4e0
| [ 1001.369460] process_one_work+0x2c4/0x828
| [ 1001.372486] worker_thread+0x5c/0x518
| [ 1001.375432] kthread+0x174/0x188
| [ 1001.378232] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
| [ 1001.381101] irq event stamp: 68414
| [ 1001.383978] hardirqs last enabled at (68413): [<ffffd53efb1856d0>] rcu_irq_exit_irqson+0x48/0x68
| [ 1001.388412] hardirqs last disabled at (68414): [<ffffd53efb0122bc>] el1_irq+0x7c/0x180
| [ 1001.392557] softirqs last enabled at (68214): [<ffffd53efb010b58>] __do_softirq+0x650/0x6a4
| [ 1001.396858] softirqs last disabled at (68211): [<ffffd53efb0c0b80>] irq_exit+0x1a8/0x1b0
| [ 1001.400907]
| [ 1001.400907] other info that might help us debug this:
| [ 1001.404542] Possible unsafe locking scenario:
| [ 1001.404542]
| [ 1001.407936] CPU0
| [ 1001.410369] ----
| [ 1001.412815] lock(rcu_node_0);
| [ 1001.417183] <Interrupt>
| [ 1001.419715] lock(rcu_node_0);
| [ 1001.424132]
| [ 1001.424132] *** DEADLOCK ***
| [ 1001.424132]
| [ 1001.427638] 1 lock held by ksoftirqd/0/9:
| [ 1001.430588] #0: ffffd53efd5d4358 (rcu_node_0){?.-.}-{2:2}, at: rcu_sched_clock_irq+0x4a0/0xd18
| [ 1001.439283]
| [ 1001.439283] stack backtrace:
| [ 1001.442601] CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 5.10.0-rc3-next-20201110-00001-gc07b306d7fa5-dirty #2
| [ 1001.447258] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
| [ 1001.450435] Call trace:
| [ 1001.452985] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x278
| [ 1001.455904] show_stack+0x30/0x80
| [ 1001.458690] dump_stack+0x138/0x1b0
| [ 1001.461525] print_usage_bug+0x2d8/0x2f8
| [ 1001.464511] mark_lock.part.46+0x370/0x480
| [ 1001.467538] mark_held_locks+0x58/0x90
| [ 1001.470495] lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xdc/0x298
| [ 1001.473751] trace_hardirqs_on+0x90/0x388
| [ 1001.476744] el1_irq+0xd8/0x180
| [ 1001.479486] arch_local_irq_restore+0x4/0x8
| [ 1001.482521] trace_preempt_off+0x138/0x1e8
| [ 1001.485531] preempt_schedule_notrace+0xec/0x1c0
| [ 1001.488707] ftrace_ops_no_ops+0x174/0x250
| [ 1001.491730] ftrace_graph_call+0x0/0xc
| [ 1001.494647] preempt_count_add+0x1c/0x180
| [ 1001.497642] schedule+0x44/0x108
| [ 1001.500440] smpboot_thread_fn+0x160/0x298
| [ 1001.503470] kthread+0x174/0x188
| [ 1001.506245] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18
| [ 1001.513585] BUG: scheduling while atomic: ksoftirqd/0/9/0x00000002
| [ 1001.522142] INFO: lockdep is turned off.
| [ 1001.530315] Modules linked in:
| [ 1001.542198] Preemption disabled at:
| [ 1001.546077] [<ffffd53efb219d74>] ftrace_ops_no_ops+0x174/0x250
| [ 1001.558740] CPU: 0 PID: 9 Comm: ksoftirqd/0 Not tainted 5.10.0-rc3-next-20201110-00001-gc07b306d7fa5-dirty #2
| [ 1001.563426] Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
| [ 1001.566615] Call trace:
| [ 1001.569206] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x278
| [ 1001.572108] show_stack+0x30/0x80
| [ 1001.574947] dump_stack+0x138/0x1b0
| [ 1001.577814] __schedule_bug+0x8c/0xe8
| [ 1001.580769] __schedule+0x7e8/0x890
| [ 1001.583679] preempt_schedule_notrace+0x70/0x1c0
| [ 1001.586883] ftrace_ops_no_ops+0x174/0x250
| [ 1001.589939] ftrace_graph_call+0x0/0xc
| [ 1001.592891] preempt_count_add+0x1c/0x180
| [ 1001.595925] schedule+0x44/0x108
| [ 1001.598741] smpboot_thread_fn+0x160/0x298
| [ 1001.601808] kthread+0x174/0x188
| [ 1001.604629] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x18