Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:27:10 +0530 | From | "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <> | Subject | Re: WARNING: at kernel/rcutree.c:1550 __rcu_process_callbacks+0x46f/0x4b0() |
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On 07/20/2012 08:06 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:11:00PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: >> On 07/19/2012 10:45 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote: >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 05:39:30PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote: >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> While running a CPU hotplug stress test on v3.5-rc7+ >>>> (mainline commit 8a7298b7805ab) I hit this warning. >>>> I haven't tried to debug this yet... >>>> >>>> Line number 1550 maps to: >>>> >>>> WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())); >>>> >>>> inside rcu_do_batch(). >>> >>> Hello, Srivatsa, >>> >>> I believe that you need commit a16b7a69 (Prevent __call_rcu() from >>> invoking RCU core on offline CPUs), which is currently in -tip, queued >>> for 3.6. Please see below for the patch. >>> >>> Does this help? >> >> Yes, that fixed it, thanks! :-) >> Sorry for the noise... > > May I add your Tested-by?
Of course, go ahead! :-)
Regards, Srivatsa S. Bhat
>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> rcu: Prevent __call_rcu() from invoking RCU core on offline CPUs >>> >>> The __call_rcu() function will invoke the RCU core, for example, if >>> it detects that the current CPU has too many callbacks. However, this >>> can happen on an offline CPU that is on its way to the idle loop, in >>> which case it is an error to invoke the RCU core, and the excess callbacks >>> will be adopted in any case. This commit therefore adds checks to >>> __call_rcu() for running on an offline CPU, refraining from invoking >>> the RCU core in this case. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paul.mckenney@linaro.org> >>> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> >>> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> >>> >>> diff --git a/kernel/rcutree.c b/kernel/rcutree.c >>> index a4a9c91..ceaa959 100644 >>> --- a/kernel/rcutree.c >>> +++ b/kernel/rcutree.c >>> @@ -1904,11 +1904,11 @@ __call_rcu(struct rcu_head *head, void (*func)(struct rcu_head *rcu), >>> * If called from an extended quiescent state, invoke the RCU >>> * core in order to force a re-evaluation of RCU's idleness. >>> */ >>> - if (rcu_is_cpu_idle()) >>> + if (rcu_is_cpu_idle() && cpu_online(smp_processor_id())) >>> invoke_rcu_core(); >>> >>> - /* If interrupts were disabled, don't dive into RCU core. */ >>> - if (irqs_disabled_flags(flags)) { >>> + /* If interrupts were disabled or CPU offline, don't invoke RCU core. */ >>> + if (irqs_disabled_flags(flags) || cpu_is_offline(smp_processor_id())) { >>> local_irq_restore(flags); >>> return; >>> } >>>
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