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From: Tao Ma on 29 Jun 2010 20:40
Hi Jeff,

On 06/29/2010 10:56 PM, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Tao Ma<tao.ma(a)oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> On 06/27/2010 09:48 PM, Jeff Moyer wrote:
>>> Tao Ma<tao.ma(a)oracle.com> writes:
>>>> I am sorry to say that the patch make jbd2 locked up when I tested
>>>> fs_mark using ocfs2.
>>>> I have attached the log from my netconsole server. After I reverted
>>>> the patch [3/3], the box works again.
>>>
>>> I can't reproduce this, unfortunately. Also, when building with the
>>> .config you sent me, the disassembly doesn't line up with the stack
>>> trace you posted.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure why yielding the queue would cause a deadlock. The only
>>> explanation I can come up with is that I/O is not being issued. I'm
>>> assuming that no other I/O will be completed to the file system in
>>> question. Is that right? Could you send along the output from sysrq-t?
>> yes, I just mounted it and begin the test, so there should be no
>> outstanding I/O. So do you need me to setup another disk for test?
>> I have attached the sysrq output in sysrq.log. please check.
>
> Well, if it doesn't take long to reproduce, then it might be helpful to
> see a blktrace of the run. However, it might also just be worth waiting
> for the next version of the patch to see if that fixes your issue.
>
>> btw, I also met with a NULL pointer deference in cfq_yield. I have
>> attached the null.log also. This seems to be related to the previous
>> deadlock and happens when I try to remount the same volume after
>> reboot and ocfs2 try to do some recovery.
>
> Pid: 4130, comm: ocfs2_wq Not tainted 2.6.35-rc3+ #5 0MM599/OptiPlex 745
> RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff82161537>]
> [<ffffffff82161537>] cfq_yield+0x5f/0x135
> RSP: 0018:ffff880123061c60 EFLAGS: 00010246
> RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88012c2b5ea8 RCX: ffff88012c3a30d0
>
> ffffffff82161528: e8 69 eb ff ff callq ffffffff82160096<cfq_cic_lookup>
> ffffffff8216152d: 49 89 c6 mov %rax,%r14
> ffffffff82161530: 48 8b 85 00 06 00 00 mov 0x600(%rbp),%rax
> ffffffff82161537: f0 48 ff 00 lock incq (%rax)
>
> I'm pretty sure that's a NULL pointer deref of the tsk->iocontext that
> was passed into the yield function. I've since fixed that, so your
> recovery code should be safe in the newest version (which I've not yet
> posted).
ok, so could you please cc me when the new patches are out? It would be
easier for me to track it. Thanks.

Regards,
Tao
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