Re: [uml/do_xor_speed] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at init/main.c:708 do_one_initcall()

From: Boaz Harrosh
Date: Thu Apr 10 2014 - 03:44:09 EST


On 04/10/2014 09:53 AM, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> Hi Boaz,
>
> I catch the below warning again in
>
> git://git.open-osd.org/linux-open-osd.git raid6
>

OK Thanks. Daa I thought I fixed it but I forgot the obvious problem.

I pushed a new tree I think it might be good this time. (finally)

Thanks
Boaz


> commit 60e833d86a01ad9d8204a04b8db324106ab50395
> Author: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Thu Jul 19 15:22:37 2012 +0300
> Commit: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> CommitDate: Tue Apr 8 08:42:14 2014 +0300
>
> RFC: do_xor_speed Broken on UML do to jiffies
>
> Remember that hang I reported a while back on UML. Well
> I'm at it again, and it still hangs and I found why.
>
> I have dprinted jiffies and it never advances during the
> loop at do_xor_speed. There for it is stuck in an endless
> loop. I have also dprinted current_kernel_time() and it
> returns the same constant value as well.
>
> Note that it does usually work on UML, only during
> the modprobe of xor.ko while that test is running. It looks
> like some lucking is preventing the clock from ticking.
>
> However ktime_get_ts does work for me so I changed the code
> as below, so I can work. See how I put several safety
> guards, to never get hangs again.
> And I think my time based approach is more accurate then
> previous system.
>
> UML guys please investigate the jiffies issue? what is
> xor.ko not doing right?
>
> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
<>
> [ 0.383315] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at init/main.c:708 do_one_initcall+0x11d/0x136()

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