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On 17/07/17 19:14, Piotr Gregor wrote:
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 05:02:45PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
On 17/07/17 15:48, Piotr Gregor wrote:
Calling blocking operations from wrong context.
Kernel:

Linux piotrpc 4.4.70-rt83 #1 SMP PREEMPT RT Thu Jul 13 08:42:02 BST 2017 x86_64 
GNU/Linux

[   80.542018] NOHZ: local_softirq_pending 80
[  125.175471] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[  125.175491] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1497 at kernel/sched/core.c:7833 
__might_sleep+0x9f/0xb0()
[  125.175728] do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; state=1 set at 
[<ffffffffc0575741>] comedi_read+0x1a1/0x610 [comedi]
[snip]
[  125.175926] CPU: 0 PID: 1497 Comm: txrx Tainted: G        WC      
4.4.70-rt83 #1
[  125.175928] Hardware name: NOVATECH LTD PC-XB04472/H110M-C, BIOS 3019 
01/06/2017
[  125.175935]  0000000000000000 ffff8802205b3cb0 ffffffff81387160 
ffff8802205b3cf8
[  125.175940]  0000000000000009 ffff8802205b3ce8 ffffffff81089766 
ffffffffc057ca60
[  125.175944]  00000000000002dc 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 
0000000000000001
[  125.175945] Call Trace:
[  125.175955]  [<ffffffff81387160>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc5
[  125.175963]  [<ffffffff81089766>] warn_slowpath_common+0x86/0xe0
[  125.175971]  [<ffffffff8108980c>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x4c/0x50
[  125.175980]  [<ffffffff81185577>] ? trace_preempt_on+0x1a7/0x2b0
[  125.175985]  [<ffffffff8168ca95>] ? schedule+0x55/0xe0
[  125.175994]  [<ffffffffc0575741>] ? comedi_read+0x1a1/0x610 [comedi]
[  125.176001]  [<ffffffffc0575741>] ? comedi_read+0x1a1/0x610 [comedi]
[  125.176005]  [<ffffffff810b6d0f>] __might_sleep+0x9f/0xb0
[  125.176012]  [<ffffffff811f54cb>] __might_fault+0x3b/0xb0
[  125.176020]  [<ffffffffc057597f>] comedi_read+0x3df/0x610 [comedi]
[  125.176034]  [<ffffffff810bebf0>] ? wake_up_process+0x20/0x20
[  125.176044]  [<ffffffff812406d8>] __vfs_read+0x28/0xe0
[  125.176053]  [<ffffffff812f1f06>] ? security_file_permission+0xa6/0xc0
[  125.176060]  [<ffffffff81240c53>] ? rw_verify_area+0x53/0xf0
[  125.176066]  [<ffffffff81240d79>] vfs_read+0x89/0x130
[  125.176074]  [<ffffffff81241b79>] SyS_read+0x49/0xb0
[  125.176084]  [<ffffffff81691876>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x16/0x7a
[  125.176095] ---[ end trace 0000000000000003 ]---


cheers,
Piotr

Thanks for the bug report.  I think comedi_read() in
"drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c" needs a call to
set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING) just before the call to copy_to_user(...).

Similarly, comedi_write() needs a call to set_current_task(TASK_RUNNING)
just before the call to copy_from_user(...), and another call to
set_current_task(TASK_RUNNING) before the call to mutex_lock().

I'll work on a patch.

> Hi Ian,
>
> I am afraid I have more problems with running Comedi on rt-patched kernel than > only that. I am still trying to figure out the specific reason - hopefully it is
> my fault and I scrued up my own code, but so far it seems pcie215
> support doesn't work at least in the same way on rt-patched kernel
> as it was on non-rt. I will dig it a little bit harder, likely coming with another
> bug reports shoud they be observed.
>
> Do you know about other experience other people may have using Comedi
> for pcie215 on rt-patched kernels, specifically 4.4.70?

Not in particular. People have used Comedi with RTAI in the past, but that's a different animal to the RT patch-set.

> Has Comedi been tested on rt kernels by yourself?

Not up until now. Initial testing with the "comedi_test" module suggests there may be some issues to be resolved (e.g. it locks up when running an asynchronous command), although "comedi_test" isn't a typical Comedi driver as it makes heavy use of kernel timers. I do have a pcie215, but haven't tried it on an RT kernel yet.

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