Re: [x86-tip] panic during cpu_up

From: Dhaval Giani
Date: Thu Jul 03 2008 - 08:13:08 EST


On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 09:02:42AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Dhaval Giani <dhaval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > [Missed cc'ing the LKML last time around]
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 12:36:51AM +0530, Dhaval Giani wrote:
> > > Hi Ingo, Thomas,
> > >
> > > I am hitting this on -tip. With 200a86b5d435a217c3d77f3b53cd32cb78c1fde8
> > > as the top level commit. Wondering if it is known?
> > >
> > > I am trying to fix it atm.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 2)
> > > Kernel 2.6.26-rc8-tip on an i686
> > >
> > > llm11.in.ibm.com login: root
> > > Password:
> > > Last login: Thu Jul 3 00:30:47 on ttyS0
> > > You have new mail.
> > > cd[root@llm11 ~]# cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/
> > > [root@llm11 cpu1]# echo 0 > online
> > > Breaking affinity for irq 45
> > > [root@llm11 cpu1]# echo 1 > online
> > > lockdep: fixing up alternatives.
> > > BUG: unable to handle kernel <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL
> > > pointer dereference at 00000000
> > > IP: [<00000000>]
> > > *pde = 00000000
> > > Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
> > > Modules linked in:
> > >
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> > > EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010002 CPU: 2
> > > EIP is at 0x0
> > > EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000002 ECX: 0799d000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000
> > > IP:ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7cadfac ESP: f7cadfa4
> > > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > [<00000000>]
> > > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference*pde = 00000000
> > > <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel at 00000000
> > > IP:<0>Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7cac000 task=f7caaee0
> > > task.ti=f7cac000)NULL pointer dereference [<00000000>]
> > > *pde = 00000000 <1>BUG: unable to handle kernel
> > > Stack:
> > > at 00000000
> > > IP:NULL pointer dereference [<00000000>]
> > > at 00000000
> > > c01020c7 *pde = 00000000 <1>IP:
> > >
> > > [<00000000>]
> > > 0402080c *pde = 00000000 f7cadfb4
> > > c040b6cf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8
> > > 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: Bad EIP value.
> > > EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7cadfa4
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > > Oops: 0000 [#2] SMP
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> > > Modules linked in: [<c01276d7>]
> > >
> > > panic+0x38/0xe0
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> > > EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 3
> > > [<c0104bcd>] EIP is at 0x0
> > > EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000003 ECX: 079a5000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> > > ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7cbbfac ESP: f7cbbfa4
> > > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7cba000 task=f7cb8fe0 task.ti=f7cba000)
> > > Stack: die+0x130/0x147
> > > c01020c7 0602080c f7cbbfb4 c040b6cf 00000000 [<c0411795>] 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000000 do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > > 00000000 [<c04113d8>] ? 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > 000000d8 00000000 [<c040fbda>]
> > > 00000000 error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > 00000000 00000000 [<c01020c7>] ? 00000000 00000000 cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > 00000000 00000000
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c040b6cf>] <0> [<c01020c7>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > ? =======================
> > > cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: Bad EIP value.
> > > EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7cbbfa4
> > > Oops: 0000 [#3] <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > > SMP Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> > >
> > > [<c01276d7>] Modules linked in:
> > >
> > > panic+0x38/0xe0
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> > > [<c0104bcd>] EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 7
> > > die+0x130/0x147
> > > EIP is at 0x0
> > > [<c0411795>] EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000007 ECX: 079c5000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> > > ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7d1bfac ESP: f7d1bfa4
> > > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7d1a000 task=f7d18be0
> > > task.ti=f7d1a000)do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > >
> > > Stack: [<c04113d8>] c01020c7 ? 0702080c f7d1bfb4
> > > do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > c040b6cf [<c040fbda>] 00000000 00000000 error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > 00000000 00000000
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? 00000000 00000000 cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > 00000000 00000000 [<c040b6cf>] 00000000 00000000 000000d8
> > > start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > 00000000 =======================
> > >
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: Bad EIP value.
> > > EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7d1bfa4
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > > Oops: 0000 [#4] SMP
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> > > Modules linked in: [<c01276d7>]
> > > panic+0x38/0xe0
> > >
> > > [<c0104bcd>] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D (2.6.26-rc8-tip
> > > #1)
> > > EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 4
> > > die+0x130/0x147
> > > EIP is at 0x0
> > > EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000004 ECX: 079ad000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> > > ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7ccbfac ESP: f7ccbfa4
> > > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7cca000 task=f7cc90e0 task.ti=f7cca000)
> > > [<c0411795>]
> > > Stack: c01020c7 do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > > 0102080c [<c04113d8>] f7ccbfb4 c040b6cf 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000000 ?
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > 00000000 000000d8 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c040fbda>] <0> [<c01020c7>] ? error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? [<c040b6cf>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: Bad EIP value.
> > > EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7ccbfa4
> > > Oops: 0000 [#5] <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > > SMP
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> > > Modules linked in: [<c01276d7>]
> > >
> > > panic+0x38/0xe0
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> > > [<c0104bcd>] EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010046 CPU: 6
> > > die+0x130/0x147
> > > EIP is at 0x0
> > > EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000006 ECX: 079bd000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> > > ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7d0bfac ESP: f7d0bfa4
> > > [<c0411795>] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7d0a000 task=f7d092e0
> > > task.ti=f7d0a000)do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > >
> > > Stack: [<c04113d8>] ? c01020c7 0502080c do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > f7d0bfb4 [<c040fbda>] c040b6cf error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > 00000000 [<c01020c7>] ? 00000000 cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > 00000000 [<c040b6cf>] 00000000 start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > >
> > > =======================
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: Bad EIP value.
> > > EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7d0bfa4
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> > > [<c01276d7>] panic+0x38/0xe0
> > > [<c0104bcd>] die+0x130/0x147
> > > [<c0411795>] do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > > [<c04113d8>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > [<c040fbda>] error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > NULL pointer dereference at 00000000
> > > IP: [<00000000>]
> > > *pde = 00000000
> > > Oops: 0000 [#6] SMP
> > > Modules linked in:
> > >
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> > > EIP: 0060:[<00000000>] EFLAGS: 00010006 CPU: 1
> > > EIP is at 0x0
> > > EAX: c0614c00 EBX: 00000001 ECX: 07995000 EDX: ffff3bdf
> > > ESI: 00000000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: f7c7ffb4 ESP: f7c7ffac
> > > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7c7e000 task=f7c7cde0 task.ti=f7c7e000)
> > > Stack: c01020c7 0202080c f7c7ffbc c040b6cf 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 000000d8 00000000 00000000
> > > 00000000
> > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: Bad EIP value.
> > > EIP: [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:f7c7ffac
> > > Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D 2.6.26-rc8-tip #1
> > > [<c01276d7>] panic+0x38/0xe0
> > > [<c0104bcd>] die+0x130/0x147
> > > [<c0411795>] do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > > [<c04113d8>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > [<c040fbda>] error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > BUG: NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP on CPU6, ip c0111959, registers:
> > > Modules linked in:
> > >
> > > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G D (2.6.26-rc8-tip #1)
> > > EIP: 0060:[<c0111959>] EFLAGS: 00000093 CPU: 6
> > > EIP is at __smp_call_function+0x5d/0x7a
> > > EAX: 0000009e EBX: 00000005 ECX: 00000006 EDX: f7d092e0
> > > ESI: c01047d4 EDI: c0111a5a EBP: f7d0bf00 ESP: f7d0bed0
> > > DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 0000 SS: 0068
> > > Process swapper (pid: 0, ti=f7d0a000 task=f7d092e0 task.ti=f7d0a000)
> > > Stack: 00000000 c0111a5a 00000000 00000000 c01047d4 00000000 c029915b
> > > f7d0bf6c
> > > 00000006 00000001 00000046 00000000 f7d0bf14 c0111acb 00000000
> > > f7d0bf6c
> > > 00000006 f7d0bf20 c01276ee f7d0bf6c f7d0bf3c c0104bcd c04d922f
> > > c04e06cf
> > > Call Trace:
> > > [<c0111a5a>] ? stop_this_cpu+0x0/0x3a
> > > [<c01047d4>] ? show_trace+0x10/0x12
> > > [<c029915b>] ? do_unblank_screen+0x2a/0xf9
> > > [<c0111acb>] ? native_smp_send_stop+0x37/0x6a
> > > [<c01276ee>] ? panic+0x4f/0xe0
> > > [<c0104bcd>] ? die+0x130/0x147
> > > [<c0411795>] ? do_page_fault+0x3bd/0x482
> > > [<c04113d8>] ? do_page_fault+0x0/0x482
> > > [<c040fbda>] ? error_code+0x72/0x78
> > > [<c01020c7>] ? cpu_idle+0x8a/0x9e
> > > [<c040b6cf>] ? start_secondary+0xbb/0xbd
> > > =======================
> > > Code: 85 c0 0f 44 75 e0 89 45 e4 8d 45 d4 a3 d4 33 62 c0 89 75 e0 0f ae
> > > f0 0f 1f 00 8b 15 e0 69 57 c0 b8 fb 00 00 00 ff 52 78 39 5d dc <74> 04
> > > f3 90 eb f7 83 7d 08 00 74 09 39 5d e0 74 04 f3 90 eb f7
> > >
> >
> > So after digging around a bit, it turns out the pm_idle is NULL. For
> > some reason it is not getting set to default_idle if nothing works. I am
> > not sure of the path being followed, and its a bit late for me to be
> > trying anything serious :).
> >
> > This seems to work as a temporary workaround, but obviously is not the
> > right fix yet.
>
> hm, interesting - this is a new bug. I'm wondering where that NULL came
> from. x86 boot itself does not leave room for pm_idle to be NULL AFAICS.
>

Well, it is not null at boot time, since the system does boot up. It is
lost (corrupted?) sometime later.

> One suspect would be cpuidle:
>
> void cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler(void)
> {
> if (enabled_devices && (pm_idle != pm_idle_old)) {
> pm_idle = pm_idle_old;
> cpuidle_kick_cpus();
>
> The other suspect would be acpi idle:
>
> /* Fall back to the default idle loop */
> pm_idle = pm_idle_save;
>
> Could you try latest tip/master or the debug patch below? It should show
> where the NULL comes from, without crashing.
>

Sure, will give it a run sometime soon.

thanks,
--
regards,
Dhaval
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