Re: [Next] CPU Hotplug test failures on powerpc

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Dec 15 2009 - 05:44:01 EST


On Tue, 2009-12-15 at 15:14 +0530, Sachin Sant wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> >> static void move_task_off_dead_cpu(int dead_cpu, struct task_struct *p)
> >> {
> >> int dest_cpu;
> >> const struct cpumask *nodemask = cpumask_of_node(cpu_to_node(dead_cpu));
> >>
> >> again:
> >> /* Look for allowed, online CPU in same node. */
> >> for_each_cpu_and(dest_cpu, nodemask, cpu_active_mask)
> >> if (cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed))
> >> goto move;
> >>
> >> /* Any allowed, online CPU? */
> >> dest_cpu = cpumask_any_and(&p->cpus_allowed, cpu_active_mask);
> >> if (dest_cpu < nr_cpu_ids)
> >> goto move;
> >>
> >> /* No more Mr. Nice Guy. */
> >> if (dest_cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
> >> cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked(p, &p->cpus_allowed);
> >> ====> dest_cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpu_active_mask, &p->cpus_allowed);
> >>
> >> /*
> >> * Don't tell them about moving exiting tasks or
> >> * kernel threads (both mm NULL), since they never
> >> * leave kernel.
> >> */
> >> if (p->mm && printk_ratelimit()) {
> >> pr_info("process %d (%s) no longer affine to cpu%d\n",
> >> task_pid_nr(p), p->comm, dead_cpu);
> >> }
> >> }
> >>
> >> move:
> >> /* It can have affinity changed while we were choosing. */
> >> if (unlikely(!__migrate_task_irq(p, dead_cpu, dest_cpu)))
> >> goto again;
> >> }
> >>
> >> Both masks, p->cpus_allowed and cpu_active_mask are stable in that p
> >> won't go away since we hold the tasklist_lock (in migrate_list_tasks),
> >> and cpu_active_mask is static storage, so WTH is it going funny on?
> >>
> I added some debug statements within the above code.
> This is a 2 cpu machine.
>
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1 . nr_cpu_ids = 2
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1 . nr_cpu_ids = 2
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1 . nr_cpu_ids = 2
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1
>
> Seems to me that the control is stuck in an infinite loop and hence the
> machine appears to be in hung state. The dest_cpu value is always 1024
> and never changes, which result in an infinite loop.
>
> In working scenario the o/p is something on the following lines
>
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1 . nr_cpu_ids = 2
> XMON dest_cpu = 0
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1 . nr_cpu_ids = 2
> XMON dest_cpu = 0
> XMON dest_cpu = 1024 . dead_cpu = 1 . nr_cpu_ids = 2
> XMON dest_cpu = 0
>
> Let me know if i should try to record any specific value ?

Could you possibly print the two masks themselves? cpumask_scnprintf()
and friend come in handy for this.

The dest_cpu=1024 thing seem to suggest the intersection between
p->cpus_allowed and cpu_active_mask is empty for some reason, even
though we forcefully reset p->cpus_allowed to the full set using
cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked().

/me goes re-read the cpu_active_map code, this really shouldn't happen.
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