On Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 02:43:10PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > I'm afraid I am wrong, my asm skills are close to zero... but this > code looks wrong to me, and this can explain the oopses. > > > task_work_add: > > pushl %ebp # > > movl %esp, %ebp #, > > pushl %edi # > > pushl %esi # > > pushl %ebx # > > subl $12, %esp #, > > call mcount > > movl %eax, %edi # task, task > > movl %edx, -16(%ebp) # work, %sfp > > movb %cl, -21(%ebp) # notify, %sfp > > .p2align 4,,15 > > .L3: > > movl 904(%edi), %esi # task_3(D)->task_works, head > > cmpl $work_exited, %esi #, head > > sete %bl #, D.14145 > > andl $255, %ebx #, D.14145 > > xorl %ecx, %ecx # > > movl %ebx, %edx # D.14145, > > movl $______f.14042, %eax #, > > call ftrace_likely_update # > > testl %ebx, %ebx # D.14145 > > jne .L4 #, > > movl -16(%ebp), %edx # %sfp, > > movl %esi, (%edx) # head, work_13(D)->next > > movl %esi, %eax # head, __ret > > #APP > > # 34 "/c/wfg/tip/kernel/task_work.c" 1 > > cmpxchgl %edx,904(%edi) #, *__ptr_16 > > # 0 "" 2 > > #NO_APP > > cmpl %eax, %esi # __ret, head > > jne .L3 #, > > OK, we added the new work successfully, we should return 0. If we return > non-zero, fput() (the likely caller) assumes that it should use the workqueues > to close/free this file. Then later task_work_run() will do __fput() again. > > > cmpb $0, -21(%ebp) #, %sfp > > je .L5 #, > > movl 4(%edi), %eax # task_3(D)->stack, task_3(D)->stack > > #APP > > # 208 "/c/wfg/tip/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h" 1 > > bts $1, 8(%eax); jc .L2 #, MEM[(volatile long unsigned int > > *)D.14203_29], > > This is set_notify_resume(). Probably !CONFIG_SMP (I do not see kick_process). > > > # 0 "" 2 > > #NO_APP > > .L5: > > movl $0, -20(%ebp) #, %sfp > > .L2: > > movl -20(%ebp), %eax # %sfp, > > This is what we are going to return. But note that -20(%ebp) was not > initialized if TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME was already set, "jc .L2" skips .L5 > above. IOW, in this case we seem to return a random value from stack.
I think you're quite right, and I can confirm I can reproduce this with gcc-4.8.1 and Wu's .config: .p2align 4,,15 .globl task_work_add .type task_work_add, @function task_work_add: pushl %ebp # movl %esp, %ebp #, pushl %edi # pushl %esi # pushl %ebx # subl $12, %esp #, call mcount movl %eax, %esi # task, task movl %edx, %edi # work, work movl %ecx, -24(%ebp) # notify, %sfp jmp .L4 # .p2align 4,,15 .L9: movl %ebx, (%edi) # __old, work_15(D)->next movl %ebx, %eax # __old, __ret #APP # 34 "/usr/src/linux-2.6/kernel/task_work.c" 1 cmpxchgl %edi,904(%esi) # work, *__ptr_17 # 0 "" 2 #NO_APP cmpl %eax, %ebx # __ret, __old je .L8 #, .L4: movl 904(%esi), %ebx # task_7(D)->task_works, __old cmpl $work_exited, %ebx #, __old sete -13(%ebp) #, %sfp xorl %edx, %edx # ______r movb -13(%ebp), %dl # %sfp, ______r xorl %ecx, %ecx # movl $______f.14204, %eax #, call ftrace_likely_update # cmpb $0, -13(%ebp) #, %sfp je .L9 #, movl $-3, -20(%ebp) #, %sfp .L2: movl -20(%ebp), %eax # %sfp, addl $12, %esp #, popl %ebx # popl %esi # popl %edi # popl %ebp # ret .p2align 4,,15 .L8: cmpb $0, -24(%ebp) #, %sfp je .L6 #, movl 4(%esi), %eax # task_7(D)->stack, task_7(D)->stack #APP # 208 "/usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h" 1 bts $1, 8(%eax); jc .L2 #, MEM[(volatile long unsigned int *)_23], # 0 "" 2 #NO_APP .L6: movl $0, -20(%ebp) #, %sfp movl -20(%ebp), %eax # %sfp, addl $12, %esp #, popl %ebx # popl %esi # popl %edi # popl %ebp # ret .size task_work_add, .-task_work_add Once I force a x86_64 build using the 'same' config it goes away and generates 'sensible' code again (although I don't see why L9 isn't merged with L2): .p2align 4,,15 .globl task_work_add .type task_work_add, @function task_work_add: call __fentry__ pushq %rbp # movq %rsp, %rbp #, pushq %r15 # pushq %r14 # movl %edx, %r14d # notify, notify pushq %r13 # movq %rsi, %r13 # work, work pushq %r12 # movq %rdi, %r12 # task, task pushq %rbx # jmp .L4 # .p2align 4,,10 .p2align 3 .L11: movq %rbx, 0(%r13) # __old, work_17(D)->next movq %rbx, %rax # __old, __ret #APP # 34 "/usr/src/linux-2.6/kernel/task_work.c" 1 cmpxchgq %r13,1312(%r12) # work, *__ptr_19 # 0 "" 2 #NO_APP cmpq %rax, %rbx # __ret, __old je .L10 #, .L4: movq 1312(%r12), %rbx # task_7(D)->task_works, __old movq $______f.14855, %rdi #, cmpq $work_exited, %rbx #, __old sete %r15b #, tmp72 xorl %edx, %edx # movzbl %r15b, %esi # tmp72, ______r call ftrace_likely_update # testb %r15b, %r15b # tmp72 je .L11 #, movl $-3, %eax #, D.15034 .L2: popq %rbx # popq %r12 # popq %r13 # popq %r14 # popq %r15 # popq %rbp # ret .p2align 4,,10 .p2align 3 .L10: xorl %eax, %eax # D.15034 testb %r14b, %r14b # notify je .L2 #, movq 8(%r12), %rdx # task_7(D)->stack, task_7(D)->stack #APP # 208 "/usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/bitops.h" 1 bts $1, 16(%rdx); jc .L9 #, MEM[(volatile long unsigned int *)_25], # 0 "" 2 #NO_APP .L9: popq %rbx # popq %r12 # popq %r13 # popq %r14 # popq %r15 # popq %rbp # ret .size task_work_add, .-task_work_add -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/