Dave Hansen wrote:
I got a bug report about a distro kernel not booting on a particular
machine. It would freeze during boot:
...
Could not find start_pfn for node 1
[boot]0015 Setup Done
Built 2 zonelists in Node order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 123783
Policy zone: DMA
Kernel command line:
[boot]0020 XICS Init
[boot]0021 XICS Done
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
clocksource: timebase mult[7d0000] shift[22] registered
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
console handover: boot [udbg0] -> real [hvc0]
Dentry cache hash table entries: 1048576 (order: 7, 8388608 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 6, 4194304 bytes)
freeing bootmem node 0
I've reproduced this on 2.6.27.7. I'm pretty sure it is caused by this
patch:
http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=8f64e1f2d1e09267ac926e15090fd505c1c0cbcb
The problem is that Jon took a loop which was (in psuedocode):
for_each_node(nid)
NODE_DATA(nid) = careful_alloc(nid);
setup_bootmem(nid);
reserve_node_bootmem(nid);
and broke it up into:
for_each_node(nid)
NODE_DATA(nid) = careful_alloc(nid);
setup_bootmem(nid);
for_each_node(nid)
reserve_node_bootmem(nid);
The issue comes in when the 'careful_alloc()' is called on a node with
no memory. It falls back to using bootmem from a previously-initialized
node. But, bootmem has not yet been reserved when Jon's patch is
applied. It gives back bogus memory (0xc000000000000000) and pukes
later in boot.
The following patch collapses the loop back together. It also breaks
the mark_reserved_regions_for_nid() code out into a function and adds
some comments. I think a huge part of introducing this bug is because
for loop was too long and hard to read.
The actual bug fix here is the:
+ if (end_pfn <= node->node_start_pfn ||
+ start_pfn >= node_end_pfn)
+ continue;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff -ru linux-2.6.27.7.orig/arch/powerpc//mm/numa.c
linux-2.6.27.7/arch/powerpc//mm/numa.c
--- linux-2.6.27.7.orig/arch/powerpc//mm/numa.c 2008-11-20 17:02:37.000000000
-0600
+++ linux-2.6.27.7/arch/powerpc//mm/numa.c 2008-11-24 15:53:35.000000000
-0600
@@ -822,6 +822,67 @@
.priority = 1 /* Must run before sched domains notifier. */
};
+static void mark_reserved_regions_for_nid(int nid)
+{
+ struct pglist_data *node = NODE_DATA(nid);
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < lmb.reserved.cnt; i++) {
+ unsigned long physbase = lmb.reserved.region[i].base;
+ unsigned long size = lmb.reserved.region[i].size;
+ unsigned long start_pfn = physbase >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ unsigned long end_pfn = ((physbase + size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+ struct node_active_region node_ar;
+ unsigned long node_end_pfn = node->node_start_pfn +
+ node->node_spanned_pages;
+
+ /*
+ * Check to make sure that this lmb.reserved area is
+ * within the bounds of the node that we care about.
+ * Checking the nid of the start and end points is not
+ * sufficient because the reserved area could span the
+ * entire node.
+ */
+ if (end_pfn <= node->node_start_pfn ||
+ start_pfn >= node_end_pfn)
+ continue;
+
+ get_node_active_region(start_pfn, &node_ar);
+ while (start_pfn < end_pfn &&
+ node_ar.start_pfn < node_ar.end_pfn) {
+ unsigned long reserve_size = size;
+ /*
+ * if reserved region extends past active region
+ * then trim size to active region
+ */
+ if (end_pfn > node_ar.end_pfn)
+ reserve_size = (node_ar.end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT)
+ - (start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
+ dbg("reserve_bootmem %lx %lx nid=%d\n", physbase,
+ reserve_size, node_ar.nid);
+ reserve_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(node_ar.nid), physbase,
+ reserve_size, BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
+ /*
+ * if reserved region is contained in the active region
+ * then done.
+ */
+ if (end_pfn <= node_ar.end_pfn)
+ break;
+
+ /*
+ * reserved region extends past the active region
+ * get next active region that contains this
+ * reserved region
+ */
+ start_pfn = node_ar.end_pfn;
+ physbase = start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ size = size - reserve_size;
+ get_node_active_region(start_pfn, &node_ar);
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+
void __init do_init_bootmem(void)
{
int nid;
@@ -847,7 +908,13 @@
get_pfn_range_for_nid(nid, &start_pfn, &end_pfn);
- /* Allocate the node structure node local if possible */
+ /*
+ * Allocate the node structure node local if possible
+ *
+ * Be careful moving this around, as it relies on all
+ * previous nodes' bootmem to be initialized and have
+ * all reserved areas marked.
+ */
NODE_DATA(nid) = careful_allocation(nid,
sizeof(struct pglist_data),
SMP_CACHE_BYTES, end_pfn);
@@ -879,53 +946,14 @@
start_pfn, end_pfn);
free_bootmem_with_active_regions(nid, end_pfn);
- }
-
- /* Mark reserved regions */
- for (i = 0; i < lmb.reserved.cnt; i++) {
- unsigned long physbase = lmb.reserved.region[i].base;
- unsigned long size = lmb.reserved.region[i].size;
- unsigned long start_pfn = physbase >> PAGE_SHIFT;
- unsigned long end_pfn = ((physbase + size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
- struct node_active_region node_ar;
-
- get_node_active_region(start_pfn, &node_ar);
- while (start_pfn < end_pfn &&
- node_ar.start_pfn < node_ar.end_pfn) {
- unsigned long reserve_size = size;
- /*
- * if reserved region extends past active region
- * then trim size to active region
- */
- if (end_pfn > node_ar.end_pfn)
- reserve_size = (node_ar.end_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT)
- - (start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT);
- dbg("reserve_bootmem %lx %lx nid=%d\n", physbase,
- reserve_size, node_ar.nid);
- reserve_bootmem_node(NODE_DATA(node_ar.nid), physbase,
- reserve_size, BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
- /*
- * if reserved region is contained in the active region
- * then done.
- */
- if (end_pfn <= node_ar.end_pfn)
- break;
-
- /*
- * reserved region extends past the active region
- * get next active region that contains this
- * reserved region
- */
- start_pfn = node_ar.end_pfn;
- physbase = start_pfn << PAGE_SHIFT;
- size = size - reserve_size;
- get_node_active_region(start_pfn, &node_ar);
- }
-
- }
-
- for_each_online_node(nid)
+ /*
+ * Be very careful about moving this around. Future
+ * calls to careful_allocation() depend on this getting
+ * done correctly.
+ */
+ mark_reserved_regions_for_nid(nid);
sparse_memory_present_with_active_regions(nid);
+ }
}
void __init paging_init(void)
-- Dave
Sorry I was out for a while. I just tried testing the patch on a
machine with 3 gigantic pages and it crashes.
This first log snippet is from the machine WITHOUT the patch.
...
NUMA associativity depth for CPU/Memory: 3
Node 0 Memory: 0x0-0x288000000 0x500000000-0x1000000000
Node 1 Memory: 0x288000000-0x500000000 0x1000000000-0x1400000000
adding cpu 0 to node 0
node 0
NODE_DATA() = c0000004ffff1480
start_paddr = 0
end_paddr = 1000000000
bootmap_paddr = 4fffd0000
node 1
NODE_DATA() = c0000004fffc8980
start_paddr = 288000000
end_paddr = 1400000000
bootmap_paddr = 4fff90000
reserve_bootmem 0 c30000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 2f00000 b86400 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 2f00000 b90000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 3b90000 30000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem f530000 ad0000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 4fff90000 30000 nid=1
reserve_bootmem 4fffc8980 27680 nid=1
reserve_bootmem 4ffff8b58 74a8 nid=1
reserve_bootmem 800000000 800000000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 1000000000 400000000 nid=1
EEH: No capable adapters found
PPC64 nvram contains 15360 bytes
Using shared processor idle loop
Zone PFN ranges:
DMA 0x00000000 -> 0x00140000
Normal 0x00140000 -> 0x00140000
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[4] active PFN ranges
0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00028800
1: 0x00028800 -> 0x00050000
0: 0x00080000 -> 0x00100000
1: 0x00100000 -> 0x00140000
On node 0 totalpages: 690176
DMA zone: 689152 pages, LIFO batch:1
On node 1 totalpages: 423936
DMA zone: 422818 pages, LIFO batch:1
[boot]0015 Setup Done
--------------------------------------
This is a log snippet when the patch has been applied.
--------------------------------------
NUMA associativity depth for CPU/Memory: 3
Node 0 Memory: 0x0-0x288000000 0x500000000-0x1000000000
Node 1 Memory: 0x288000000-0x500000000 0x1000000000-0x1400000000
adding cpu 0 to node 0
node 0
NODE_DATA() = c0000004ffff1480
start_paddr = 0
end_paddr = 1000000000
bootmap_paddr = 4fffd0000
reserve_bootmem 0 c30000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 2f00000 b86800 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 2f00000 b90000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 3b90000 30000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem f530000 ad0000 nid=0
reserve_bootmem 4fffd0000 20000 nid=1
Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0x00007618
Faulting instruction address: 0xc0000000007279fc
Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
SMP NR_CPUS=1024 NUMA pSeries
Modules linked in:
Supported: Yes
NIP: c0000000007279fc LR: c000000000711b3c CTR: 8000000000f7cdec
REGS: c000000000963aa0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (2.6.27.7-4-ppc64)
MSR: 8000000000001032 <ME,IR,DR> CR: 24022082 XER: 00000001
DAR: 0000000000007618, DSISR: 0000000040000000
TASK = c0000000008b7fa0[0] 'swapper' THREAD: c000000000960000 CPU: 0
GPR00: 0000000000000008 c000000000963d20 c0000000009615c8 0000000000000000
GPR04: 00000004fffd0000 0000000000020000 0000000000000000 ffffffffffffffff
GPR08: 0000000000000000 00000004fffe0000 0000000000d3a20b 000000000000068c
GPR12: 0000000024022082 c000000000a22c80 c000000000743378 c000000000666106
GPR16: c000000000963d98 c000000000aa91d0 c000000000963d90 c000000000963d98
GPR20: c000000000963da0 c000000000c025d0 c0000004ffff1480 c000000000000000
GPR24: 0000000000000005 0000000000020000 c000000000c02e60 000000000004ffff
GPR28: 0000000000020000 000000000004fffd 0000000000000000 00000004fffd0000
NIP [c0000000007279fc] .reserve_bootmem_node+0x4/0x24
LR [c000000000711b3c] .do_init_bootmem+0xc10/0xd4c
Call Trace:
[c000000000963d20] [c000000000711b14] .do_init_bootmem+0xbe8/0xd4c
(unreliable)
[c000000000963e40] [c000000000706294] .setup_arch+0x1a4/0x21c
[c000000000963ee0] [c000000000700888] .start_kernel+0xdc/0x554
[c000000000963f90] [c000000000008568] .start_here_common+0x3c/0x54
Instruction dump:
38a00001 79248402 4bfffe84 3d230001 7c841a14 3929ffff 38a00000 78848402
79238402 38c00000 4bfffe64 3d240001 <e8637618> 7cc73378 3929ffff 78848402
---[ end trace 31fd0ba7d8756001 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task!
------------[ cut here ]------------
Badness at kernel/smp.c:331
NIP: c0000000000b9734 LR: c0000000000b9a30 CTR: 8000000000f7cdec
REGS: c0000000009631a0 TRAP: 0700 Tainted: G D (2.6.27.7-4-ppc64)
MSR: 8000000000021032 <ME,IR,DR> CR: 28022084 XER: 00000001
TASK = c0000000008b7fa0[0] 'swapper' THREAD: c000000000960000 CPU: 0
GPR00: 0000000000000001 c000000000963420 c0000000009615c8 0000000000000001
GPR04: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR08: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR12: 0000000028022082 c000000000a22c80 c000000000743378 c000000000666106
GPR16: c000000000963d98 c000000000aa91d0 c000000000963d90 c000000000963d98
GPR20: c000000000963da0 c000000000c025d0 c0000004ffff1480 c000000000000000
GPR24: 0000000000000000 c0000000008ff0d0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
GPR28: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 c0000000008e8138 000000000000000b
NIP [c0000000000b9734] .smp_call_function_mask+0x68/0x2c4
LR [c0000000000b9a30] .smp_call_function+0xa0/0xcc
Call Trace:
[c000000000963420] [c0000000004d6718] ._spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3c/0x50
(unreliable)
[c000000000963600] [c0000000000b9a30] .smp_call_function+0xa0/0xcc
[c000000000963710] [c00000000002d3a0] .smp_send_stop+0x24/0x3c
[c000000000963790] [c0000000004e1284] .panic+0xa8/0x1b8
[c000000000963820] [c0000000000903ac] .do_exit+0xa0/0x980
[c000000000963910] [c000000000027ffc] .die+0x274/0x278
[c0000000009639b0] [c000000000030e98] .bad_page_fault+0xb8/0xd4
[c000000000963a30] [c000000000005698] handle_page_fault+0x3c/0x5c
--- Exception: 300 at .reserve_bootmem_node+0x4/0x24
LR = .do_init_bootmem+0xc10/0xd4c
[c000000000963d20] [c000000000711b14] .do_init_bootmem+0xbe8/0xd4c
(unreliable)
[c000000000963e40] [c000000000706294] .setup_arch+0x1a4/0x21c
[c000000000963ee0] [c000000000700888] .start_kernel+0xdc/0x554
[c000000000963f90] [c000000000008568] .start_here_common+0x3c/0x54
Instruction dump:
eb010298 eb6102a6 f8810218 f8a10220 f8c10228 f8e10230 f9010238 f9210240
f9410248 880d01da 7c000074 7800d182 <0b000000> 3be10210 a3ad000a e8be8028
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