Hi Partha, I was doing some some more testing today and have still observed the problem (contrary to what I had emailed earlier).
Here is the kernel dump. <0>NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 22s! [Pluggable Serve:2221] <6>Modules linked in: tipc jitterentropy_rng echainiv drbg platform_driver(O) <6>CPU: 0 PID: 2221 Comm: Pluggable Serve Tainted: P O <6>task: ae54ced0 ti: aec42000 task.ti: aec42000 <6>NIP: 8069257c LR: c13ebf50 CTR: 80692540 <6>REGS: aec43ad0 TRAP: 0901 Tainted: P O <6>MSR: 00029002 <CE,EE,ME> CR: 48002444 XER: 00000000 <6> <6>GPR00: c13ea408 aec43b80 ae54ced0 a624690c 00000000 a6271d84 a39a60cc fffffffd <6>GPR08: aeefbbc8 00000001 00000001 00000004 80692540 <6>NIP [8069257c] _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x3c/0x70 <6>LR [c13ebf50] tipc_nametbl_unsubscribe+0x50/0x120 [tipc] <6>Call Trace: <6>[aec43b80] [800fa258] check_object+0xc8/0x270 (unreliable) <6>[aec43ba0] [c13ea408] tipc_named_reinit+0xf8/0x820 [tipc] <6>[aec43bb0] [c13ea6c0] tipc_named_reinit+0x3b0/0x820 [tipc] <6>[aec43bd0] [c13f7bbc] tipc_nl_publ_dump+0x50c/0xed0 [tipc] <6>[aec43c00] [c13f865c] tipc_conn_sendmsg+0xdc/0x170 [tipc] <6>[aec43c30] [c13eacbc] tipc_subscrp_report_overlap+0xbc/0xd0 [tipc] <6>[aec43c70] [c13eb27c] tipc_topsrv_stop+0x45c/0x4f0 [tipc] <6>[aec43ca0] [c13eb7a8] tipc_nametbl_remove_publ+0x58/0x110 [tipc] <6>[aec43cd0] [c13ebc68] tipc_nametbl_withdraw+0x68/0x140 [tipc] <6>[aec43d00] [c13f3c34] tipc_nl_node_dump_link+0x1904/0x45d0 [tipc] <6>[aec43d30] [c13f4848] tipc_nl_node_dump_link+0x2518/0x45d0 [tipc] <6>[aec43d70] [804f29e0] sock_release+0x30/0xf0 <6>[aec43d80] [804f2ab4] sock_close+0x14/0x30 <6>[aec43d90] [80105844] __fput+0x94/0x200 <6>[aec43db0] [8003dca4] task_work_run+0xd4/0x100 <6>[aec43dd0] [80023620] do_exit+0x280/0x980 <6>[aec43e10] [80024c48] do_group_exit+0x48/0xb0 <6>[aec43e30] [80030344] get_signal+0x244/0x4f0 <6>[aec43e80] [80007734] do_signal+0x34/0x1c0 <6>[aec43f30] [800079a8] do_notify_resume+0x68/0x80 <6>[aec43f40] [8000fa1c] do_user_signal+0x74/0xc4 <6>--- interrupt: c00 at 0xf4f3d08 <6> LR = 0xf4f3ce8 <6>Instruction dump: <6>912a0008 39400001 7d201828 2c090000 40820010 7d40192d 40a2fff0 7c2004ac <6>2f890000 4dbe0020 7c210b78 81230000 <2f890000> 40befff4 7c421378 7d201828 <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks <6>CPU: 0 PID: 2221 Comm: Pluggable Serve Tainted: P O L <6>Call Trace: <6>[aec43930] [80694e20] dump_stack+0x84/0xb0 (unreliable) <6>[aec43940] [80692ca8] panic+0xd8/0x214 <6>[aec439a0] [800a0258] watchdog_timer_fn+0x2d8/0x2e0 <6>[aec439f0] [8007ae58] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x118/0x1d0 <6>[aec43a30] [8007b608] hrtimer_interrupt+0xd8/0x270 <6>[aec43a80] [8000983c] __timer_interrupt+0xac/0x1b0 <6>[aec43aa0] [80009b70] timer_interrupt+0xb0/0xe0 <6>[aec43ac0] [8000f450] ret_from_except+0x0/0x18 <6>--- interrupt: 901 at _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x3c/0x70 <6> LR = tipc_nametbl_unsubscribe+0x50/0x120 [tipc] <6>[aec43b80] [800fa258] check_object+0xc8/0x270 (unreliable) <6>[aec43ba0] [c13ea408] tipc_named_reinit+0xf8/0x820 [tipc] <6>[aec43bb0] [c13ea6c0] tipc_named_reinit+0x3b0/0x820 [tipc] <6>[aec43bd0] [c13f7bbc] tipc_nl_publ_dump+0x50c/0xed0 [tipc] <6>[aec43c00] [c13f865c] tipc_conn_sendmsg+0xdc/0x170 [tipc] <6>[aec43c30] [c13eacbc] tipc_subscrp_report_overlap+0xbc/0xd0 [tipc] <6>[aec43c70] [c13eb27c] tipc_topsrv_stop+0x45c/0x4f0 [tipc] <6>[aec43ca0] [c13eb7a8] tipc_nametbl_remove_publ+0x58/0x110 [tipc] <6>[aec43cd0] [c13ebc68] tipc_nametbl_withdraw+0x68/0x140 [tipc] <6>[aec43d00] [c13f3c34] tipc_nl_node_dump_link+0x1904/0x45d0 [tipc] <6>[aec43d30] [c13f4848] tipc_nl_node_dump_link+0x2518/0x45d0 [tipc] <6>[aec43d70] [804f29e0] sock_release+0x30/0xf0 <6>[aec43d80] [804f2ab4] sock_close+0x14/0x30 <6>[aec43d90] [80105844] __fput+0x94/0x200 <6>[aec43db0] [8003dca4] task_work_run+0xd4/0x100 <6>[aec43dd0] [80023620] do_exit+0x280/0x980 <6>[aec43e10] [80024c48] do_group_exit+0x48/0xb0 <6>[aec43e30] [80030344] get_signal+0x244/0x4f0 <6>[aec43e80] [80007734] do_signal+0x34/0x1c0 <6>[aec43f30] [800079a8] do_notify_resume+0x68/0x80 <6>[aec43f40] [8000fa1c] do_user_signal+0x74/0xc4 <6>--- interrupt: c00 at 0xf4f3d08 <6> LR = 0xf4f3ce8 On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 9:59 AM, John Thompson <thompa....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Partha, > > In my testing over the weekend the patch performed well - I didn't see any > kernel dumps due to this issue. > > Thanks for the quick response. > JT > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 10:34 AM, John Thompson <thompa....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I will be able to have some test results by the start of next week on the >> first patch. >> >> Regards, >> JT >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:27 PM, Ying Xue <ying....@windriver.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 11/17/2016 07:04 AM, John Thompson wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Partha / Ying, >>>> >>>> I will try out the patch and let you know how it goes. >>>> I also note about providing the other CPU core dumps - in one of my >>>> cases I >>>> didn't have them but in others I did but >>>> they were interleaved and so were difficult to interpret. >>>> >>> >>> Thanks, it's unnecessary for us to collect more logs as its soft lockup >>> scenario should be just what Partha described. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Ying >>> >>> >>> >>>> Thanks for getting a patch together so quickly. >>>> >>>> JT >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan < >>>> parthasarathy.bhuvara...@ericsson.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Ying / John, >>>>> >>>>> The soft lock is the call chain of tipc_nametbl_withdraw(), when it >>>>> performs the tipc_conn_kref_release() as it tries to grab nametbl_lock >>>>> again while holding it already. >>>>> >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_withdraw >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&tn->nametbl_lock); >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_remove_publ >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&seq->lock); >>>>>> tipc_nameseq_remove_publ >>>>>> tipc_subscrp_report_overlap >>>>>> tipc_subscrp_send_event >>>>>> tipc_conn_sendmsg >>>>>> >>>>> << Here, the (test_bit(CF_CONNECTED, &con->flags)) Fails, leading to >>>>> the >>>>> else case where do do a conn_put() and that triggers the cleanup as >>>>> refcount reached 0. Leading the call chain below : >> >>>>> tipc_conn_kref_release >>>>> tipc_sock_release >>>>> tipc_conn_release >>>>> tipc_subscrb_delete >>>>> tipc_subscrp_delete >>>>> tipc_nametbl_unsubscribe >>>>> spin_lock_bh(&tn->nametbl_lock); << !! Soft Lockup >>>>> >> >>>>> >>>>> One cause is that tipc_exit_net() calls first calls tipc_topsrv_stop() >>>>> and >>>>> then tipc_nametbl_withdraw() in scope of tipc_net_stop(). >>>>> >>>>> The above chain will only occur in a narrow window for a given >>>>> connection: >>>>> CPU#1: >>>>> tipc_nametbl_withdraw() manages to perform tipc_conn_lookup() and steps >>>>> the refcount to 2, while in CPU#2 the following occurs: >>>>> CPU#2: >>>>> tipc_server_stop() calls tipc_close_conn(con). This performs a >>>>> conn_put() >>>>> decrementing refcount to 1. >>>>> Now, CPU#1 continues and detects that the connection is not >>>>> CF_CONNECTED >>>>> and does a conn_put(), triggering the release callback. >>>>> >>>>> Before commit 333f796235a527, the above wont happen. >>>>> >>>>> /Partha >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 11/15/2016 04:11 PM, Xue, Ying wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi John, >>>>>> >>>>>> Regarding the stack trace you provided below, I get the two potential >>>>>> call chains: >>>>>> >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_withdraw >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&tn->nametbl_lock); >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_remove_publ >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&seq->lock); >>>>>> tipc_nameseq_remove_publ >>>>>> tipc_subscrp_report_overlap >>>>>> tipc_subscrp_send_event >>>>>> tipc_conn_sendmsg >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&con->outqueue_lock); >>>>>> list_add_tail(&e->list, &con->outqueue); >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> tipc_topsrv_stop >>>>>> tipc_server_stop >>>>>> tipc_close_conn >>>>>> kernel_sock_shutdown >>>>>> tipc_subscrb_delete >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&subscriber->lock); >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_unsubscribe(sub); >>>>>> spin_lock_bh(&tn->nametbl_lock); >>>>>> >>>>>> Although I suspect this is a revert lock issue leading to the soft >>>>>> lockup, I am still unable to understand which lock together with >>>>>> nametbl_lock is taken reversely on the two different paths above. >>>>>> However, you just gave us the log printed on CPU#2, but the logs >>>>>> outputted by other cores are also important. So if possible, please >>>>>> share >>>>>> them with us. >>>>>> >>>>>> By the way, I agree with you, and it seems that commit 333f796235a527 >>>>>> is >>>>>> related to the soft lockup. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Ying >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: John Thompson [mailto:thompa....@gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2016 8:01 AM >>>>>> To: tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>> Subject: [tipc-discussion] v4.7: soft lockup when releasing a socket >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am seeing an occasional kernel soft lockup. I have TIPC v4.7 and >>>>>> the >>>>>> kernel dump occurs when the system is going down for a reboot. >>>>>> >>>>>> The kernel dump is: >>>>>> >>>>>> <0>NMI watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#2 stuck for 23s! [exfx:1474] >>>>>> <6>Modules linked in: tipc jitterentropy_rng echainiv drbg >>>>>> platform_driver(O) ipifwd(PO) >>>>>> ... >>>>>> <6> >>>>>> <6>GPR00: c15333e8 a4e0fb80 a4ee3600 a51748ac 00000000 ae475024 >>>>>> a537feec >>>>>> fffffffd >>>>>> <6>GPR08: a2197408 00000001 00000001 00000004 80691c00 <6>NIP >>>>>> [80691c40] >>>>>> _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x40/0x70 <6>LR [c1534f30] >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_unsubscribe+0x50/0x120 >>>>>> [tipc] <6>Call Trace: >>>>>> <6>[a4e0fba0] [c15333e8] tipc_named_reinit+0xf8/0x820 [tipc] >>>>>> <6>[a4e0fbb0] [c15336a0] tipc_named_reinit+0x3b0/0x820 [tipc] >>>>>> <6>[a4e0fbd0] >>>>>> [c1540bac] tipc_nl_publ_dump+0x50c/0xed0 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fc00] >>>>>> [c154164c] >>>>>> tipc_conn_sendmsg+0xdc/0x170 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fc30] [c1533c9c] >>>>>> tipc_subscrp_report_overlap+0xbc/0xd0 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fc70] [c153425c] >>>>>> tipc_topsrv_stop+0x45c/0x4f0 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fca0] [c1534788] >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_remove_publ+0x58/0x110 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fcd0] [c1534c48] >>>>>> tipc_nametbl_withdraw+0x68/0x140 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fd00] [c153cc24] >>>>>> tipc_nl_node_dump_link+0x1904/0x45d0 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fd30] [c153d838] >>>>>> tipc_nl_node_dump_link+0x2518/0x45d0 [tipc] <6>[a4e0fd70] [804f2870] >>>>>> sock_release+0x30/0xf0 <6>[a4e0fd80] [804f2944] sock_close+0x14/0x30 >>>>>> <6>[a4e0fd90] [80105844] __fput+0x94/0x200 <6>[a4e0fdb0] [8003dca4] >>>>>> task_work_run+0xd4/0x100 <6>[a4e0fdd0] [80023620] do_exit+0x280/0x980 >>>>>> <6>[a4e0fe10] [80024c48] do_group_exit+0x48/0xb0 <6>[a4e0fe30] >>>>>> [80030344] >>>>>> get_signal+0x244/0x4f0 <6>[a4e0fe80] [80007734] do_signal+0x34/0x1c0 >>>>>> <6>[a4e0ff30] [800079a8] do_notify_resume+0x68/0x80 <6>[a4e0ff40] >>>>>> [8000fa1c] do_user_signal+0x74/0xc4 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> From the stack dump it looks like tipc_named_reinit is trying to >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> acquire nametbl_lock. >>>>>> >>>>>> From looking at the call chain I can see that tipc_conn_sendmsg can >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> send up calling conn_put >>>>>> >>>>>> which will go on and call the tipc_named_reinit via tipc_sock_release. >>>>>> >>>>>> As tipc_nametbl_withdraw (from the stack dump) has already acquired >>>>>> the >>>>>> nametbl_lock, tipc_named_reinit >>>>>> >>>>>> cannot get it and so the process hangs. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> The call to tipc_sock_release (added in Commit 333f796235a527 >>>>>> <http://git.atlnz.lc/cgit/cgit.cgi/upstream_imports/linux- >>>>>> stable.git/commit/?id=333f796235a52727db7e0a13888045f3aa3d5335>) >>>>>> seems to have changed the behaviour >>>>>> >>>>>> such that it tries to do a lot more when shutting the connection down. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> If there is other information I can provide please let me know. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> John >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> ------------------ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> tipc-discussion mailing list >>>>>> tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>>>> ------------------ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> tipc-discussion mailing list >>>>>> tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net >>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> ------------------ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> tipc-discussion mailing list >>>> tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion >>>> >>>> >>> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ tipc-discussion mailing list tipc-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tipc-discussion