On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:03:30AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> The rcu_lockdep_assert should be merely a warning, not a full OOPS.

It is still pretty huge, see below.

> I think that, if rcu_lockdep_assert hangs, then we should fix that
> rather than avoiding debugging checks.

The RCU assertion firing might be unrelated to the oops happening and
could prevent us from seeing the real splat.

[    0.048815] 
[    0.050493] ===============================
[    0.052005] [ INFO: suspicious RCU usage. ]
[    0.056007] 4.1.0-rc8+ #4 Not tainted
[    0.060005] -------------------------------
[    0.064005] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c:677 BOINK!
[    0.066758] 
[    0.066758] other info that might help us debug this:
[    0.066758] 
[    0.068006] 
[    0.068006] rcu_scheduler_active = 0, debug_locks = 0
[    0.072005] no locks held by swapper/0/0.
[    0.076005] 
[    0.076005] stack backtrace:
[    0.080006] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 4.1.0-rc8+ #4
[    0.083331] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 
1.7.5-20140531_083030-gandalf 04/01/2014
[    0.084021]  0000000000000000 ffffffff81967eb8 ffffffff816709c7 
0000000000000000
[    0.092005]  ffffffff81975580 ffffffff81967ee8 ffffffff8109e8cd 
0000000000000000
[    0.097227]  ffffffff81a3aec0 ffffffff81cad9c0 ffffffff81cb42c0 
ffffffff81967f38
[    0.104005] Call Trace:
[    0.106021]  [<ffffffff816709c7>] dump_stack+0x4f/0x7b
[    0.108007]  [<ffffffff8109e8cd>] lockdep_rcu_suspicious+0xfd/0x130
[    0.112007]  [<ffffffff81017f74>] init_amd+0x34/0x560
[    0.116007]  [<ffffffff810164e2>] identify_cpu+0x242/0x3b0
[    0.119068]  [<ffffffff81c27172>] identify_boot_cpu+0x10/0x7e
[    0.120006]  [<ffffffff81c27214>] check_bugs+0x9/0x2d
[    0.124007]  [<ffffffff81c1fe8e>] start_kernel+0x40e/0x425
[    0.128007]  [<ffffffff81c1f495>] x86_64_start_reservations+0x2a/0x2c
[    0.132009]  [<ffffffff81c1f582>] x86_64_start_kernel+0xeb/0xef

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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