Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: use new exception_enter()/exception_exit() APIin do_device_not_available()

From: Sergey Senozhatsky
Date: Wed Aug 29 2012 - 00:44:39 EST


On (08/29/12 00:11), Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:11:13 +0200
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, Steven Rostedt
> <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>, "Paul E. McKenney"
> <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] x86: use new exception_enter()/exception_exit()
> API in do_device_not_available()
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:00:47AM +0300, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> > x86: use new exception_enter()/exception_exit() API in do_device_not_available()
> >
> > RCU can be in extended quiescent state when do_device_not_available() called.
> >
> > [ 676.400274] RCU used illegally from idle CPU!
> > [ 676.400274] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0
> > [ 676.400278] RCU used illegally from extended quiescent state!
> > [ 676.400282] 2 locks held by sed/9468:
> > [ 676.400285] #0: (&rq->lock){-.-.-.}, at: [<ffffffff814c67cf>] __schedule+0x1c0/0x992
> > [ 676.400304] #1: (rcu_read_lock){.+.+..}, at: [<ffffffff8106a880>] cpuacct_charge+0x27/0x1e0
> > [ 676.400321]
> > [ 676.400329] Call Trace:
> > [ 676.400340] [<ffffffff8108933a>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0x109/0x112
> > [ 676.400347] [<ffffffff8106a8f7>] cpuacct_charge+0x9e/0x1e0
> > [ 676.400353] [<ffffffff8106a880>] ? cpuacct_charge+0x27/0x1e0
> > [ 676.400359] [<ffffffff814c67cf>] ? __schedule+0x1c0/0x992
> > [ 676.400366] [<ffffffff8106d525>] update_curr+0x159/0x200
> > [ 676.400375] [<ffffffff8100a04f>] ? init_fpu+0x4e/0x8f
> > [ 676.400382] [<ffffffff8106e0da>] put_prev_task_fair+0x2a/0xac
> > [ 676.400388] [<ffffffff814c69a7>] __schedule+0x398/0x992
> > [ 676.400397] [<ffffffff810b4f0a>] ? rcu_irq_exit+0x83/0x99
> > [ 676.400404] [<ffffffff814c8bf0>] ? retint_restore_args+0x13/0x13
> > [ 676.400411] [<ffffffff810889e9>] ? lock_is_held+0x2d/0xa5
> > [ 676.400414] [<ffffffff8100a04f>] ? init_fpu+0x4e/0x8f
> > [ 676.400417] [<ffffffff81065d0a>] __cond_resched+0x28/0x34
> > [ 676.400420] [<ffffffff814c701a>] _cond_resched+0x2e/0x35
> > [ 676.400425] [<ffffffff8111cad4>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x4c/0x1c5
> > [ 676.400430] [<ffffffff810021ff>] ? math_state_restore+0x1f/0xdc
> > [ 676.400433] [<ffffffff8100a04f>] init_fpu+0x4e/0x8f
> > [ 676.400437] [<ffffffff8100220e>] math_state_restore+0x2e/0xdc
> > [ 676.400440] [<ffffffff814c982e>] do_device_not_available+0xe/0x10
> > [ 676.400445] [<ffffffff814d161b>] device_not_available+0x1b/0x20
> >
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > ---
> >
> > arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> > index ab82cbd..dff3e72 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
> > @@ -654,7 +654,9 @@ do_device_not_available(struct pt_regs *regs, long error_code)
> > return;
> > }
> > #endif
> > + exception_enter(regs);
> > math_state_restore(); /* interrupts still off */
> > + exception_enter(regs);
>
> Shouldn't that be exception_exit actually?
>

OH! NO WAY I did that mistake! That was some last minute in-text-editor
changes and somehow I screwed this up. Will re-send in a second.

Sorry, and thank you.

-ss
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