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* new (common) WARNING message?
@ 2009-01-16  1:08 Mike Travis
  2009-01-16 11:46 ` Stefan Richter
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Travis @ 2009-01-16  1:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Thomas Gleixner, LKML; +Cc: Ingo Molnar, Rusty Russell

Hi Thomas,

I've been seeing these on and off for a while now.  They don't
seem to affect anything but perhaps I should track them down?

Do you know what it means?  (I'm asking you because evidently
debugobjects.c is from you?  I read the good explanation in the
changelog of 3ac7fe5a, but it didn't clue me into what's going
on. ;-)

Thanks,
Mike
--

[ 1294.973592] ODEBUG: object is on stack, but not annotated
[ 1294.974067] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 1294.974067] WARNING: at /mdata/lwork/polaris3/travis/workareas/ingo-latest/linux-2.6-for-ingo/lib/debugobjects.c:253 __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0()
[ 1294.974067] Hardware name: X7DBT
[ 1294.974067] Pid: 4150, comm: offline-test Tainted: G        W  2.6.29-rc1-4k-defconfig.01151634-00255-gc99dbbe-dirty #89
[ 1294.974067] Call Trace:
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81047e3f>] warn_slowpath+0xd3/0xf2
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8106c64f>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ca6ac>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3d/0x4c
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125bebe>] ? __debug_check_no_obj_freed+0xf6/0x14c
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81048d3c>] ? printk+0x6c/0x6e
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c449>] ? __debug_object_init+0xf9/0x2f0
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125b3ae>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xc7/0xf6
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c5cc>] __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c66d>] debug_object_init+0x14/0x17
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81052320>] init_timer+0x1d/0x2a
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025077>] hpet_cpuhp_notify+0xad/0x124
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025233>] ? hpet_work+0x0/0x21a
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81062057>] notifier_call_chain+0x33/0x5b
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620ad>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620c3>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c5190>] _cpu_up+0x115/0x155
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c527c>] cpu_up+0x65/0x73
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ac21d>] store_online+0x52/0x7b
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff812ff775>] sysdev_store+0x20/0x22
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81134f6b>] sysfs_write_file+0xe9/0x11e
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0da5>] vfs_write+0xea/0x148
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0ec7>] sys_write+0x4c/0x72
[ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8100c6cb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
[ 1294.974067] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da24 ]---

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: new (common) WARNING message?
  2009-01-16  1:08 new (common) WARNING message? Mike Travis
@ 2009-01-16 11:46 ` Stefan Richter
  2009-01-16 13:01   ` Ingo Molnar
  2009-01-16 18:48   ` Mike Travis
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Richter @ 2009-01-16 11:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Mike Travis; +Cc: Thomas Gleixner, LKML, Ingo Molnar, Rusty Russell

Mike Travis wrote:
> I've been seeing these on and off for a while now.  They don't
> seem to affect anything but perhaps I should track them down?
> 
> Do you know what it means?  (I'm asking you because evidently
> debugobjects.c is from you?  I read the good explanation in the
> changelog of 3ac7fe5a, but it didn't clue me into what's going
> on. ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> --
> 
> [ 1294.973592] ODEBUG: object is on stack, but not annotated
> [ 1294.974067] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 1294.974067] WARNING: at /mdata/lwork/polaris3/travis/workareas/ingo-latest/linux-2.6-for-ingo/lib/debugobjects.c:253 __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0()
> [ 1294.974067] Hardware name: X7DBT
> [ 1294.974067] Pid: 4150, comm: offline-test Tainted: G        W  2.6.29-rc1-4k-defconfig.01151634-00255-gc99dbbe-dirty #89
> [ 1294.974067] Call Trace:
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81047e3f>] warn_slowpath+0xd3/0xf2
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8106c64f>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ca6ac>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3d/0x4c
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125bebe>] ? __debug_check_no_obj_freed+0xf6/0x14c
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81048d3c>] ? printk+0x6c/0x6e
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c449>] ? __debug_object_init+0xf9/0x2f0
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125b3ae>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xc7/0xf6
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c5cc>] __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c66d>] debug_object_init+0x14/0x17
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81052320>] init_timer+0x1d/0x2a
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025077>] hpet_cpuhp_notify+0xad/0x124
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025233>] ? hpet_work+0x0/0x21a
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81062057>] notifier_call_chain+0x33/0x5b
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620ad>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620c3>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c5190>] _cpu_up+0x115/0x155
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c527c>] cpu_up+0x65/0x73
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ac21d>] store_online+0x52/0x7b
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff812ff775>] sysdev_store+0x20/0x22
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81134f6b>] sysfs_write_file+0xe9/0x11e
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0da5>] vfs_write+0xea/0x148
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0ec7>] sys_write+0x4c/0x72
> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8100c6cb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> [ 1294.974067] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da24 ]---
> --

The warning tells us that arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c::hpet_cpuhp_notify()
allocates a timer on the stack.  In particular, it allocates a struct
hpet_work_struct on the stack which incorporates a timer.

Now, a timer instance on a stack would be wrong if the function which
defined that timer exits too early.  But in case of hpet_cpuhp_notify(),
this is OK since
  - it waits for the work be done,
  - the work does not rearm itself.
IOW the work and thus the timer won't be accessed anymore when
hpet_cpuhp_notify() returns.

So, hpet_cpuhp_notify() apparently needs a variant of INIT_DELAYED_WORK
which uses init_timer_on_stack instead of init_timer, to say "trust me,
I know what I'm doing".
-- 
Stefan Richter
-=====-==--= ---= =----
http://arcgraph.de/sr/

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: new (common) WARNING message?
  2009-01-16 11:46 ` Stefan Richter
@ 2009-01-16 13:01   ` Ingo Molnar
  2009-01-16 18:48   ` Mike Travis
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ingo Molnar @ 2009-01-16 13:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Richter; +Cc: Mike Travis, Thomas Gleixner, LKML, Rusty Russell


* Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> wrote:

> Mike Travis wrote:
> > I've been seeing these on and off for a while now.  They don't
> > seem to affect anything but perhaps I should track them down?
> > 
> > Do you know what it means?  (I'm asking you because evidently
> > debugobjects.c is from you?  I read the good explanation in the
> > changelog of 3ac7fe5a, but it didn't clue me into what's going
> > on. ;-)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
> > --
> > 
> > [ 1294.973592] ODEBUG: object is on stack, but not annotated
> > [ 1294.974067] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > [ 1294.974067] WARNING: at /mdata/lwork/polaris3/travis/workareas/ingo-latest/linux-2.6-for-ingo/lib/debugobjects.c:253 __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0()
> > [ 1294.974067] Hardware name: X7DBT
> > [ 1294.974067] Pid: 4150, comm: offline-test Tainted: G        W  2.6.29-rc1-4k-defconfig.01151634-00255-gc99dbbe-dirty #89
> > [ 1294.974067] Call Trace:
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81047e3f>] warn_slowpath+0xd3/0xf2
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8106c64f>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ca6ac>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3d/0x4c
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125bebe>] ? __debug_check_no_obj_freed+0xf6/0x14c
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81048d3c>] ? printk+0x6c/0x6e
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c449>] ? __debug_object_init+0xf9/0x2f0
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125b3ae>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xc7/0xf6
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c5cc>] __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c66d>] debug_object_init+0x14/0x17
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81052320>] init_timer+0x1d/0x2a
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025077>] hpet_cpuhp_notify+0xad/0x124
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025233>] ? hpet_work+0x0/0x21a
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81062057>] notifier_call_chain+0x33/0x5b
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620ad>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620c3>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c5190>] _cpu_up+0x115/0x155
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c527c>] cpu_up+0x65/0x73
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ac21d>] store_online+0x52/0x7b
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff812ff775>] sysdev_store+0x20/0x22
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81134f6b>] sysfs_write_file+0xe9/0x11e
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0da5>] vfs_write+0xea/0x148
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0ec7>] sys_write+0x4c/0x72
> > [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8100c6cb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> > [ 1294.974067] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da24 ]---
> > --
> 
> The warning tells us that arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c::hpet_cpuhp_notify()
> allocates a timer on the stack.  In particular, it allocates a struct
> hpet_work_struct on the stack which incorporates a timer.
> 
> Now, a timer instance on a stack would be wrong if the function which
> defined that timer exits too early.  But in case of hpet_cpuhp_notify(),
> this is OK since
>   - it waits for the work be done,
>   - the work does not rearm itself.
> IOW the work and thus the timer won't be accessed anymore when
> hpet_cpuhp_notify() returns.
> 
> So, hpet_cpuhp_notify() apparently needs a variant of INIT_DELAYED_WORK
> which uses init_timer_on_stack instead of init_timer, to say "trust me,
> I know what I'm doing".

that's already fixed in tip/timers/urgent and queued up for Linus:

  6d612b0: locking, hpet: annotate false positive warning

	Ingo

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread

* Re: new (common) WARNING message?
  2009-01-16 11:46 ` Stefan Richter
  2009-01-16 13:01   ` Ingo Molnar
@ 2009-01-16 18:48   ` Mike Travis
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Travis @ 2009-01-16 18:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Stefan Richter; +Cc: Thomas Gleixner, LKML, Ingo Molnar, Rusty Russell

Stefan Richter wrote:
> Mike Travis wrote:
>> I've been seeing these on and off for a while now.  They don't
>> seem to affect anything but perhaps I should track them down?
>>
>> Do you know what it means?  (I'm asking you because evidently
>> debugobjects.c is from you?  I read the good explanation in the
>> changelog of 3ac7fe5a, but it didn't clue me into what's going
>> on. ;-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>> --
>>
>> [ 1294.973592] ODEBUG: object is on stack, but not annotated
>> [ 1294.974067] ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> [ 1294.974067] WARNING: at /mdata/lwork/polaris3/travis/workareas/ingo-latest/linux-2.6-for-ingo/lib/debugobjects.c:253 __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0()
>> [ 1294.974067] Hardware name: X7DBT
>> [ 1294.974067] Pid: 4150, comm: offline-test Tainted: G        W  2.6.29-rc1-4k-defconfig.01151634-00255-gc99dbbe-dirty #89
>> [ 1294.974067] Call Trace:
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81047e3f>] warn_slowpath+0xd3/0xf2
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8106c64f>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ca6ac>] ? _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3d/0x4c
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125bebe>] ? __debug_check_no_obj_freed+0xf6/0x14c
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81048d3c>] ? printk+0x6c/0x6e
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c449>] ? __debug_object_init+0xf9/0x2f0
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125b3ae>] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xc7/0xf6
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c5cc>] __debug_object_init+0x27c/0x2f0
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8125c66d>] debug_object_init+0x14/0x17
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81052320>] init_timer+0x1d/0x2a
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025077>] hpet_cpuhp_notify+0xad/0x124
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81025233>] ? hpet_work+0x0/0x21a
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81062057>] notifier_call_chain+0x33/0x5b
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620ad>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810620c3>] raw_notifier_call_chain+0x14/0x16
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c5190>] _cpu_up+0x115/0x155
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815c527c>] cpu_up+0x65/0x73
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff815ac21d>] store_online+0x52/0x7b
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff812ff775>] sysdev_store+0x20/0x22
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff81134f6b>] sysfs_write_file+0xe9/0x11e
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0da5>] vfs_write+0xea/0x148
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff810e0ec7>] sys_write+0x4c/0x72
>> [ 1294.974067]  [<ffffffff8100c6cb>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
>> [ 1294.974067] ---[ end trace 4eaa2a86a8e2da24 ]---
>> --
> 
> The warning tells us that arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c::hpet_cpuhp_notify()
> allocates a timer on the stack.  In particular, it allocates a struct
> hpet_work_struct on the stack which incorporates a timer.
> 
> Now, a timer instance on a stack would be wrong if the function which
> defined that timer exits too early.  But in case of hpet_cpuhp_notify(),
> this is OK since
>   - it waits for the work be done,
>   - the work does not rearm itself.
> IOW the work and thus the timer won't be accessed anymore when
> hpet_cpuhp_notify() returns.
> 
> So, hpet_cpuhp_notify() apparently needs a variant of INIT_DELAYED_WORK
> which uses init_timer_on_stack instead of init_timer, to say "trust me,
> I know what I'm doing".

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for the great explanation!

Cheers,
Mike


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