From: John Kacur on
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx(a)linutronix.de> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, John Kacur wrote:
>
>> During boot-up of 2.6.33.1-rt11 in a 32-bit qemu-kvm machine,
>> The following warning is reliably (every time) triggered.
>>
>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
>> WARNING: at /home/jkacur/jk-2.6/kernel/fork.c:1065 copy_process+0x299/0x160f()
>> Hardware name:
>> Modules linked in:
>> Pid: 64, comm: khelper Not tainted 2.6.33.1-rt11 #1
>> Call Trace:
>> �[<c104961a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9a
>> �[<c1049643>] warn_slowpath_null+0x12/0x15
>> �[<c1046f89>] copy_process+0x299/0x160f
>> �[<c1048711>] do_fork+0x235/0x4e2
>> �[<c107da08>] ? register_lock_class+0x17/0x22d
>> �[<c107e6dc>] ? mark_lock+0x1e/0x1c0
>> �[<c1064a2f>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x138
>> �[<c100ae09>] kernel_thread+0x79/0x81
>> �[<c1064a2f>] ? ____call_usermodehelper+0x0/0x138
>> �[<c100391c>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
>> �[<c1064cc7>] __call_usermodehelper+0x75/0xa0
>> �[<c10673b6>] worker_thread+0x1f6/0x2fb
>> �[<c1067374>] ? worker_thread+0x1b4/0x2fb
>> �[<c1064c52>] ? __call_usermodehelper+0x0/0xa0
>> �[<c106a91e>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x46
>> �[<c106a740>] kthread+0x6b/0x74
>> �[<c10671c0>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x2fb
>> �[<c106a6d5>] ? kthread+0x0/0x74
>> �[<c106a6d5>] ? kthread+0x0/0x74
>> �[<c1003922>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10
>> ---[ end trace a22d306b065d4a66 ]---
>>
>> I am happy to provide more information to help debug this.
>
> Can you run the following patch please ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> � � � �tglx
> ---
>
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 340cbc8..b63e8f5 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -1062,7 +1062,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
> � � � �rt_mutex_init_task(p);
>
> �#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
> - � � � DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!p->hardirqs_enabled);
> + � � � //DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!p->hardirqs_enabled);
> + � � � if (!p->hardirqs_enabled)
> + � � � � � � � print_irqtrace_events(p);
> � � � �DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!p->softirqs_enabled);
> �#endif
> � � � �retval = -EAGAIN;
> --

With the above patch I got the following.

8139cp: 10/100 PCI Ethernet driver v1.3 (Mar 22, 2004)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
8139cp 0000:00:03.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, high) -> IRQ 10
eth0: RTL-8139C+ at 0xf886c000, 52:54:00:3c:11:54, IRQ 10
8139cp 0000:00:03.0: setting latency timer to 64
irq event stamp: 5988
hardirqs last enabled at (5987): [<c13e4696>]
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x49/0x8f
hardirqs last disabled at (5988): [<c13e4ce3>] call_function_interrupt+0x2f/0x3c
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c10470a6>] copy_process+0x3b6/0x15ad
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<(null)>] (null)
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
irq event stamp: 10638
hardirqs last enabled at (10637): [<c13e4696>]
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x49/0x8f
hardirqs last disabled at (10638): [<c13e4feb>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x3c
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c10470a6>] copy_process+0x3b6/0x15ad
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<(null)>] (null)
irq event stamp: 2914
hardirqs last enabled at (2913): [<c13e4696>]
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x49/0x8f
hardirqs last disabled at (2914): [<c13e4feb>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x3c
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c10470a6>] copy_process+0x3b6/0x15ad
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<(null)>] (null)


and then

irq event stamp: 36510
hardirqs last enabled at (36509): [<c13e4696>]
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x49/0x8f
hardirqs last disabled at (36510): [<c13e4feb>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x3c
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c10470a6>] copy_process+0x3b6/0x15ad
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<(null)>] (null)
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
irq event stamp: 103682
hardirqs last enabled at (103681): [<c13e4696>]
_raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x49/0x8f
hardirqs last disabled at (103682): [<c13e4feb>] apic_timer_interrupt+0x2f/0x3c
softirqs last enabled at (0): [<c10470a6>] copy_process+0x3b6/0x15ad
softirqs last disabled at (0): [<(null)>] (null)
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