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2008-08-12generic-ipi: fix stack and rcu interaction bug in smp_call_function_mask(), fixNick Piggin1-4/+6
> > Nick Piggin (1): > > generic-ipi: fix stack and rcu interaction bug in > > smp_call_function_mask() > > I'm still not 100% sure that I have this patch right... I might have seen > a lockup trace implicating the smp call function path... which may have > been due to some other problem or a different bug in the new call function > code, but if some more people can take a look at it before merging? OK indeed it did have a couple of bugs. Firstly, I wasn't freeing the data properly in the alloc && wait case. Secondly, I wasn't resetting CSD_FLAG_WAIT in the for each cpu loop (so only the first CPU would wait). After those fixes, the patch boots and runs with the kmalloc commented out (so it always executes the slowpath). Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-08-11generic-ipi: fix stack and rcu interaction bug in smp_call_function_mask()Nick Piggin1-7/+47
* Venki Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> wrote: > Found a OOPS on a big SMP box during an overnight reboot test with > upstream git. > > Suresh and I looked at the oops and looks like the root cause is in > generic_smp_call_function_interrupt() and smp_call_function_mask() with > wait parameter. > > The actual oops looked like > > [ 11.277260] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff8802ffffffff > [ 11.277815] IP: [<ffff8802ffffffff>] 0xffff8802ffffffff > [ 11.278155] PGD 202063 PUD 0 > [ 11.278576] Oops: 0010 [1] SMP > [ 11.279006] CPU 5 > [ 11.279336] Modules linked in: > [ 11.279752] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.27-rc2-00020-g685d87f #290 > [ 11.280039] RIP: 0010:[<ffff8802ffffffff>] [<ffff8802ffffffff>] 0xffff8802ffffffff > [ 11.280692] RSP: 0018:ffff88027f1f7f70 EFLAGS: 00010086 > [ 11.280976] RAX: 00000000ffffffff RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 > [ 11.281264] RDX: 0000000000004f4e RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 > [ 11.281624] RBP: ffff88027f1f7f98 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffffff802509af > [ 11.281925] R10: ffff8800280c2780 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88027f097d48 > [ 11.282214] R13: ffff88027f097d70 R14: 0000000000000005 R15: ffff88027e571000 > [ 11.282502] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88027f1c3340(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > [ 11.283096] CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b > [ 11.283382] CR2: ffff8802ffffffff CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > [ 11.283760] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > [ 11.284048] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > [ 11.284337] Process swapper (pid: 0, threadinfo ffff88027f1f2000, task ffff88027f1f0640) > [ 11.284936] Stack: ffffffff80250963 0000000000000212 0000000000ee8c78 0000000000ee8a66 > [ 11.285802] ffff88027e571550 ffff88027f1f7fa8 ffffffff8021adb5 ffff88027f1f3e40 > [ 11.286599] ffffffff8020bdd6 ffff88027f1f3e40 <EOI> ffff88027f1f3ef8 0000000000000000 > [ 11.287120] Call Trace: > [ 11.287768] <IRQ> [<ffffffff80250963>] ? generic_smp_call_function_interrupt+0x61/0x12c > [ 11.288354] [<ffffffff8021adb5>] smp_call_function_interrupt+0x17/0x27 > [ 11.288744] [<ffffffff8020bdd6>] call_function_interrupt+0x66/0x70 > [ 11.289030] <EOI> [<ffffffff8024ab3b>] ? clockevents_notify+0x19/0x73 > [ 11.289380] [<ffffffff803b9b75>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x18b/0x1fa > [ 11.289760] [<ffffffff803b9b6b>] ? acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x181/0x1fa > [ 11.290051] [<ffffffff8053aeca>] ? cpuidle_idle_call+0x70/0xa2 > [ 11.290338] [<ffffffff80209f61>] ? cpu_idle+0x5f/0x7d > [ 11.290723] [<ffffffff8060224a>] ? start_secondary+0x14d/0x152 > [ 11.291010] > [ 11.291287] > [ 11.291654] Code: Bad RIP value. > [ 11.292041] RIP [<ffff8802ffffffff>] 0xffff8802ffffffff > [ 11.292380] RSP <ffff88027f1f7f70> > [ 11.292741] CR2: ffff8802ffffffff > [ 11.310951] ---[ end trace 137c54d525305f1c ]--- > > The problem is with the following sequence of events: > > - CPU A calls smp_call_function_mask() for CPU B with wait parameter > - CPU A sets up the call_function_data on the stack and does an rcu add to > call_function_queue > - CPU A waits until the WAIT flag is cleared > - CPU B gets the call function interrupt and starts going through the > call_function_queue > - CPU C also gets some other call function interrupt and starts going through > the call_function_queue > - CPU C, which is also going through the call_function_queue, starts referencing > CPU A's stack, as that element is still in call_function_queue > - CPU B finishes the function call that CPU A set up and as there are no other > references to it, rcu deletes the call_function_data (which was from CPU A > stack) > - CPU B sees the wait flag and just clears the flag (no call_rcu to free) > - CPU A which was waiting on the flag continues executing and the stack > contents change > > - CPU C is still in rcu_read section accessing the CPU A's stack sees > inconsistent call_funation_data and can try to execute > function with some random pointer, causing stack corruption for A > (by clearing the bits in mask field) and oops. Nice debugging work. I'd suggest something like the attached (boot tested) patch as the simple fix for now. I expect the benefits from the less synchronized, multiple-in-flight-data global queue will still outweigh the costs of dynamic allocations. But if worst comes to worst then we just go back to a globally synchronous one-at-a-time implementation, but that would be pretty sad! Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-07-26Full conversion to early_initcall() interface, remove old interfaceEduard - Gabriel Munteanu1-1/+3
A previous patch added the early_initcall(), to allow a cleaner hooking of pre-SMP initcalls. Now we remove the older interface, converting all existing users to the new one. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: cleanups] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix] [kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: warning fix] [kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com: warning fix] Signed-off-by: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-15generic ipi function calls: wait on alloc failure fallbackJeremy Fitzhardinge1-0/+1
When a GFP_ATOMIC allocation fails, it falls back to allocating the data on the stack and converting it to a waiting call. Make sure we actually wait in this case. Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-07-15Merge branch 'generic-ipi-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-0/+382
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'generic-ipi-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (22 commits) generic-ipi: more merge fallout generic-ipi: merge fix x86, visws: use mach-default/entry_arch.h x86, visws: fix generic-ipi build generic-ipi: fixlet generic-ipi: fix s390 build bug generic-ipi: fix linux-next tree build failure fix: "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" fix: "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" fix "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument" on_each_cpu(): kill unused 'retry' parameter smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument sh: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls parisc: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls mips: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls m32r: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls arm: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls alpha: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls ia64: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls powerpc: convert to generic helpers for IPI function calls ... Fix trivial conflicts due to rcu updates in kernel/rcupdate.c manually
2008-06-27fix: "smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argument"Ingo Molnar1-1/+1
fix: kernel/smp.c: In function 'smp_call_function_mask': kernel/smp.c:303: error: too many arguments to function 'smp_call_function_single' Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-06-26smp_call_function: get rid of the unused nonatomic/retry argumentJens Axboe1-4/+2
It's never used and the comments refer to nonatomic and retry interchangably. So get rid of it. Acked-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
2008-06-26Add generic helpers for arch IPI function callsJens Axboe1-0/+383
This adds kernel/smp.c which contains helpers for IPI function calls. In addition to supporting the existing smp_call_function() in a more efficient manner, it also adds a more scalable variant called smp_call_function_single() for calling a given function on a single CPU only. The core of this is based on the x86-64 patch from Nick Piggin, lots of changes since then. "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@hp.com> has contributed lots of fixes and suggestions as well. Also thanks to Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> for reviewing RCU usage and getting rid of the data allocation fallback deadlock. Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>