Re: Possible reproduction of CSD locking issue

Corey Minyard
2022-01-26T14:12:45Z

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:56:43AM -0600, Corey Minyard wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 07:08:22AM +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > On 25.01.22 19:27, Corey Minyard wrote:
> > > We have a customer that had been seeing CSD lock issues on a Centos 7
> > > kernel (unfortunately). I couldn't find anything or any kernel changes
> > > that might fix it, so I was consdering it was the CSD locking issue you
> > > have been chasing for a while.
> >
> > Is this on bare metal or in a virtualized environment?
>
> This is bare metal.
>
> I do think I know what happened. Here's my analysis...

Well, never mind, I missed that preemption is disabled in this code.
The lack of pinged entries is still a little confusing.

-corey

>
> csd: Detected non-responsive CSD lock (#1) on CPU#3, waiting 5000000042 ns for CPU#55 flush_tlb_func+0x0/0xb0(0xffff8e0b3e2afbe8).
> csd: CSD lock (#1) unresponsive.
> csd: cnt(0000000): 0000->0000 queue
> csd: cnt(0000001): ffff->0037 idle
>
> The above means that these events weren't seen, I think. We can
> ignore them in any case.
>
> csd: cnt(63d8dd8): 0003->0037 ipi
> csd: cnt(63d8dd9): 0003->0037 ping
> csd: cnt(63d8dda): 0003->ffff pinged
>
> This is a little confusing. The first two lines have to be from
> __smp_call_single_queue_debug. The last line has to be from
> smp_call_function_many. But you never see the pinged from
> __smp_call_single_queue_debug.
>
> csd: cnt(63d8dea): 0035->0037 pinged
>
> The tail of CPU 53 sending an IPI to CPU 55 in
> __smp_call_single_queue_debug.
>
> csd: cnt(63d8deb): ffff->0037 gotipi
> csd: cnt(63d8dec): ffff->0037 handle
> csd: cnt(63d8ded): ffff->0037 dequeue (src CPU 0 == empty)
> csd: cnt(63d8dee): ffff->0037 hdlend (src CPU 0 == early)
>
> CPU 55 is handling the IPI(s) it was sent earlier.
>
> csd: cnt(63d8e1f): 0003->0037 queue
> csd: cnt(63d8e20): 0003->0037 ipi
> csd: cnt(63d8e21): 0003->0037 ping
>
> In __smp_call_single_queue_debug CPU 3 sends another message to
> CPU 55 and sends an IPI. But there should be a pinged entry
> after this.
>
> csd: cnt(63d8e22): 0003->0037 queue
> csd: cnt(63d8e23): 0003->0037 noipi
>
> In __smp_call_single_queue_debug CPU 3 sends another message to
> CPU 55, but no IPI is required because one is already pending.
>
> I deleted the timestamps and the rest of the log, but a second
> IPI is sent and CPU 55 wakes up immediately. That tells me that
> CPU 55 wasn't stuck for some reason (interrupt storm, long time
> with interrupts disabled). Though maybe not, with your insight
> below?
>
> Looking at the code, it appears this code runs with interrupts and
> preemption enabled, so they can be switched out at any time here. I can
> only see one possibility from the above sequence:
>
> * CPU 3 queues the list item but is switched out before sending
> the IPI (no pinged in the sequence).
>
> * Another thread on CPU 3 is switched in and finishes a send
> many.
>
> * CPU 53 sends an IPI to CPU 55 and wakes it up.
>
> * CPU 55 handles the IPI.
>
> * Another thread on CPU 3 then sends another message to CPU 55,
> enqueues the link, but is switched out before actually sending
> the IPI (again, no pinged in the sequence).
>
> * Yet another thread on CPU 3 sends a message, but the item
> is already queued and thus it does not send an IPI.
>
> * Something on CPU 3 prevents the first two threads from sending
> the IPI.
>
> So assuming it's not a hardware bug, it appears the problem is
> process starvation on CPU 3. Knowing our customer's
> architecture, this is actually a possibility. This could be
> pretty easily solved by turning off interrupts (or preemption?) around
> the code that enqueues the link and sends the IPI.
>
> >
> > The bug I was hunting occurred when running under Xen, and in the end I
> > found a scheduling problem in the Xen hypervisor.
> >
> > >
> > > So I backported the debug patches. And of course, they stopped seeing
> > > the issue, at least as much, and they had trouble with the extra CPU
> > > time the debug code took. But they just reproduced it. Here are the
> > > logs:
> > >
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522743] csd: Detected non-responsive CSD lock (#1) on CPU#3, waiting 5000000042 ns for CPU#55 flush_tlb_func+0x0/0xb0(0xffff8e0b3e2afbe8).
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522744] csd: CSD lock (#1) unresponsive.
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522747] csd: cnt(0000000): 0000->0000 queue
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522748] csd: cnt(0000001): ffff->0037 idle
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522749] csd: cnt(63d8dd8): 0003->0037 ipi
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522750] csd: cnt(63d8dd9): 0003->0037 ping
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522750] csd: cnt(63d8dda): 0003->ffff pinged
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522751] csd: cnt(63d8dea): 0035->0037 pinged
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522752] csd: cnt(63d8deb): ffff->0037 gotipi
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522752] csd: cnt(63d8dec): ffff->0037 handle
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522753] csd: cnt(63d8ded): ffff->0037 dequeue (src CPU 0 == empty)
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522754] csd: cnt(63d8dee): ffff->0037 hdlend (src CPU 0 == early)
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522754] csd: cnt(63d8e1f): 0003->0037 queue
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522755] csd: cnt(63d8e20): 0003->0037 ipi
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522756] csd: cnt(63d8e21): 0003->0037 ping
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522756] csd: cnt(63d8e22): 0003->0037 queue
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522757] csd: cnt(63d8e23): 0003->0037 noipi
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522757] csd: cnt now: 63fe4cd
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522758] Task dump for CPU 55:
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522761] kubelet R running task 0 277695 1 0x00080000
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522761] Call Trace:
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522769] [<ffffffff84376b6a>] ? __schedule+0x46a/0x990
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522774] [<ffffffff83db6353>] ? context_tracking_user_enter+0x13/0x20
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522776] [<ffffffff843775b5>] ? schedule_user+0x45/0x50
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522779] [<ffffffff8437b518>] ? retint_careful+0x16/0x34
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522780] csd: Re-sending CSD lock (#1) IPI from CPU#03 to CPU#55
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522788] CPU: 3 PID: 54671 Comm: runc:[2:INIT] Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE ------------ T 3.10.0-1062.12.1.rt56.1042.mvista.test.14.el7.x86_64 #1
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522789] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/0YWR7D, BIOS 2.9.4 11/06/2020
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522789] Call Trace:
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522793] [<ffffffff843718ba>] dump_stack+0x19/0x1b
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522798] [<ffffffff83d0bcd8>] __csd_lock_wait+0x1a8/0x2a0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522800] [<ffffffff83c6d870>] ? leave_mm+0x120/0x120
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522802] [<ffffffff83d0bfa4>] smp_call_function_single+0xc4/0x1b0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522804] [<ffffffff83c6d870>] ? leave_mm+0x120/0x120
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522809] [<ffffffff83e2684b>] ? page_counter_uncharge+0x3b/0x70
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522811] [<ffffffff83d0c614>] smp_call_function_many+0x344/0x380
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522813] [<ffffffff83c6d870>] ? leave_mm+0x120/0x120
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522816] [<ffffffff83c6da38>] native_flush_tlb_others+0xb8/0xc0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522818] [<ffffffff83c6dc25>] flush_tlb_page+0x65/0xf0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522821] [<ffffffff83dfdf98>] ptep_clear_flush+0x68/0xa0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522825] [<ffffffff83de6806>] wp_page_copy.isra.83+0x3d6/0x650
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522828] [<ffffffff83de8cb4>] do_wp_page+0xb4/0x710
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522832] [<ffffffff83decbb4>] handle_mm_fault+0x884/0x1340
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522835] [<ffffffff83cd7799>] ? update_cfs_shares+0xa9/0xf0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522839] [<ffffffff8437efc3>] __do_page_fault+0x213/0x5a0
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522841] [<ffffffff8437f385>] do_page_fault+0x35/0x90
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522842] [<ffffffff8437b728>] page_fault+0x28/0x30
> > > Jan 23 23:39:43 worker0 kernel: [285737.522845] csd: CSD lock (#1) got unstuck on CPU#03, CPU#55 released the lock.
> > >
> > > Hopefully this is the issue you are chasing and not something else.
> > > I've been studying them to see what they mean, but I thought you might
> > > be interested to get them asap.
> >
> > As said before: I've solved my problem.
> >
> > But I can share some more insight from my experience:
> >
> > Don't be so sure that resending the IPI woke up the cpu again. It might
> > have been the NMI for getting the target cpu's stacktrace which resulted
> > in letting it run again. I missed this possibility in the beginning and
> > this was the reason I dismissed the Xen scheduling issue too early.
>
> Hmm. That's non-obvious, obviously. I'm not sure how sending an NMI
> would unstick something like this, but I'll take your word for it.
> I think my above analysis is correct based on the sequence, but this
> gives me something else to consider.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> -corey
>
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> >
> > Juergen
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