Issues with all kernels after 3.3.7

Tomasz Figa tomasz.figa at gmail.com
Fri Aug 17 16:23:25 EDT 2012


On Friday 17 of August 2012 21:19:08 Alan M Butler wrote:
> On 17 August 2012 21:08, Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Alan,
> > 
> > On Friday 17 of August 2012 20:37:08 Alan M Butler wrote:
> >> On 17 August 2012 19:12, Alan M Butler <alanbutty12 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > From: Alan M Butler <alanbutty12 at gmail.com>
> >> > Date: 17 August 2012 18:09
> >> > Subject: Re: Issues with all kernels after 3.3.7
> >> > To: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > On 17 August 2012 17:46, Uwe Kleine-König
> >> > 
> >> > <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> >> >> Hello,
> >> >> 
> >> >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 05:30:27PM +0000, Alan M Butler wrote:
> >> >>> On 17 August 2012 14:01, Alan M Butler <alanbutty12 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> >>> > On 17 August 2012 13:26, Uwe Kleine-König
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> > <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de> wrote:
> >> >>> >> On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 01:47:06PM +0100, alan butler wrote:
> >> >>> >>> I have been trying all kernels after 3.3.7 (except for the 3.5
> >> >>> >>> series)
> >> >>> >>> on my ix2-200
> >> >>> >>> and have found that on every kernel 3.3.8, 3.4, 3.4.2, 3.4.4
> >> >>> >>> =>3.4.7
> >> >>> >>> and now even on 3.6 rc1
> >> >>> >>> and the next dated today 17 august that when i use git for
> >> >>> >>> example:
> >> >>> >>> 
> >> >>> >>> git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264
> >> >>> >>> 
> >> >>> >>> my system just crash's / hangs and even through the serial
> >> >>> >>> port i
> >> >>> >>> get
> >> >>> >>> no response.
> >> >>> >>> This also happens when i try to access a web interface for
> >> >>> >>> example the
> >> >>> >>> serviio java webui.
> >> >>> >>> 
> >> >>> >>> The second issue i have noticed is that my raid 0 array hangs
> >> >>> >>> /
> >> >>> >>> pauses
> >> >>> >>> when being mounted
> >> >>> >>> at system startup. (for approximatly 30 seconds maybe more
> >> >>> >>> maybe
> >> >>> >>> less
> >> >>> >>> im not certain).
> >> >>> >>> But again on the 3.3.7 kernel there was no issue and no hang.
> >> >>> >>> 
> >> >>> >>> If i return to 3.3.7 everything works fine with no other
> >> >>> >>> modifications
> >> >>> >>> to the os or kernels.
> >> >>> >>> I am using debian wheezy at the moment but also tried debian
> >> >>> >>> squeeze
> >> >>> >>> so it does not
> >> >>> >>> seem to be related to the specific linux version just the
> >> >>> >>> kernel.
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >> Can you bisect your problem? Doing that between 3.3.7 and 3.3.8
> >> >>> >> seems to
> >> >>> >> be the obvious range to test.
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >> You can also try to enable the various debugging options like
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >>         CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK
> >> >>> >>         CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING
> >> >>> >>         CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
> >> >>> >>         CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >> or try https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/26/83.
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >> Best regards
> >> >>> >> Uwe
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >> --
> >> >>> >> Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >>       | Industrial Linux Solutions                 |
> >> >>> >> 
> >> >>> >> http://www.pengutronix.de/  |>>> >
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> > i enabled the options you said there and i see alot of the
> >> >>> > following
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> > popping up while connected through serial:
> >> >>> >  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> > include/linux/freezer.h:46
> >> >>> > [  126.896958] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 128, pid: 2180,
> >> >>> > name:
> >> >>> > console-kit-dae
> >> >>> > [  126.904566] no locks held by console-kit-dae/2180.
> >> >>> > [  126.909378] irq event stamp: 27643
> >> >>> > [  126.912797] hardirqs last  enabled at (27642): [<c03781ac>]
> >> >>> > _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3c/0x5c
> >> >>> > [  126.921735] hardirqs last disabled at (27643): [<c00090cc>]
> >> >>> > ret_fast_syscall+0xc/0x38
> >> >>> > [  126.929618] softirqs last  enabled at (25565): [<c001bc20>]
> >> >>> > irq_exit+0x54/0xb8
> >> >>> > [  126.936890] softirqs last disabled at (25558): [<c001bc20>]
> >> >>> > irq_exit+0x54/0xb8
> >> >>> > [  126.944185] [<c000ea8c>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe0) from
> >> >>> > [<c000b414>] (do_signal+0x84/0x5c0)
> >> >>> > [  126.952764] [<c000b414>] (do_signal+0x84/0x5c0) from
> >> >>> > [<c000be0c>]
> >> >>> > (do_notify_resume+0x18/0x60)
> >> >>> > [  126.961430] [<c000be0c>] (do_notify_resume+0x18/0x60) from
> >> >>> > [<c0009120>] (work_pending+0x24/0x28)
> >> >>> > 
> >> >>> > there seems to be alot more of them when i have serviio upnp
> >> >>> > server
> >> >>> > running.>>>
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> After a little testing with those config options enabled that you
> >> >>> sujested iv found that the problem with git first appears in the
> >> >>> 3.4.1
> >> >>> kernel.
> >> >>> For example:
> >> >>> in 3.4.0 kernel i can use 'git clone git://git.videolan.org/x264'
> >> >>> successfully.
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> From 3.4.1 kernel on  I can not use 'git clone
> >> >>> git://git.videolan.org/x264' the system hangs / crashes with no
> >> >>> output
> >> >>> at all.
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> the other issue the hang / stall while mounting my etx4 raid 0 is
> >> >>> actualy much more recent than i remembered i have tested each
> >> >>> kernel
> >> >>> from 3.4.0 all the way to 3.4.9 with the config options enabled as
> >> >>> sujested before and the stall first starts in kernel 3.4.8 and the
> >> >>> following bug keeps popping up repeatedly until the raid is
> >> >>> mounted
> >> >>> and then anytime a disk is accessed it seems. I was certain it had
> >> >>> been popping up before 3.4.8.
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> The following is one of what pops up:
> >> >>>  BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> include/linux/freezer.h:46
> >> >>> in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 128, pid: 2166, name: minissdpd
> >> >>> no locks held by minissdpd/2166.
> >> >>> 
> >> >>>  irq event stamp: 2081
> >> >>> 
> >> >>> hardirqs last  enabled at (2080): [<c02f8dc8>]
> >> >>> _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x4c hardirqs last disabled at (2081):
> >> >>> [<c00090cc>] ret_fast_syscall+0xc/0x38 softirqs last  enabled at
> >> >>> (0): [<c0016b38>] copy_process+0x3f8/0xfe8 softirqs last disabled
> >> >>> at
> >> >>> (0): [<  (null)>]   (null)
> >> >>> [<c000eae4>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe0) from [<c000b5a0>]
> >> >>> (do_signal+0x84/0x554)
> >> >>> [<c000b5a0>] (do_signal+0x84/0x554) from [<c000bec0>]
> >> >>> (do_notify_resume+0x18/0x60)
> >> >>> [<c000bec0>] (do_notify_resume+0x18/0x60) from [<c0009120>]
> >> >>> (work_pending+0x24/0x28)
> >> >> 
> >> >> I think this is an unrelated issue that I think is fixed in later
> >> >> kernels. So I'd disable CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP for further
> >> >> testing.
> >> >> Can you try a bisection, i.e.
> >> >> 
> >> >>         git clone
> >> >>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linu
> >> >>         x.
> >> >>         git cd linus
> >> >>         git remote add -f stable
> >> >>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-
> >> >>         st
> >> >>         able.git git bisect v3.4.1 v3.4
> >> >> 
> >> >> and test if the kernel that is checked out then results in a
> >> >> freeze.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Depending on the test result either do:
> >> >>         git bisect good # i.e. problem doesn't occur
> >> >> 
> >> >> or
> >> >> 
> >> >>         git bisect bad # problem is reproducible
> >> >> 
> >> >> Repeat that until git points out the first bad commit and report
> >> >> that.
> >> >> 
> >> >> Best regards
> >> >> Uwe
> >> >> 
> >> >> --
> >> >> Pengutronix e.K.                           | Uwe Kleine-König
> >> >> 
> >> >>   | Industrial Linux Solutions                 |
> >> >> 
> >> >> http://www.pengutronix.de/  |>
> >> > 
> >> > I dont think it has as i have recently been building the latest 3.6
> >> > rc
> >> > kernels while creating a patch for my nas and i had the same issue's
> >> > on them. Thats what prompted me to actualy come to the mailing list
> >> > with it. I have tried the 3.6-rc1 and the latest linux-next dated
> >> > 17th
> >> > of august.
> >> 
> >> Im not sure if this is the right commit as i dont know what way it
> >> works but basically the very first commit caused the issue of me not
> >> being able to use git and when i typed the git bisect bad it said
> >> this:
> >> 
> >> ownerx35 at ownerx35-VirtualBox:~/Desktop/linux$ git bisect bad
> >> 
> >> Bisecting: 21 revisions left to test after this (roughly 5 steps)
> >> [774a93aa647f8939867c8ff956847bc63dd51cb3] usbhid: prevent deadlock
> >> during timeout
> > 
> > After calling git bisect bad it checks out files from a revision
> > between
> > the one currently checked and the one marked as good (imagine binary
> > search).
> > 
> > You have to compile and test resulting kernels and tell git whether
> > they're good or bad until it tells you that it found the problematic
> > commit.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Tomasz Figa
> > 
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> It said something about doing it 5 more times or such. and if im
> understanding what your saying basicaly i have to build it 5 more
> times then it will tell me the commit that was actualy bad so the one
> i said there is not the problematic one?
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Yes, that's it.

P.S. Next time please reply to the mailing list, not to individual posters. 
I have forwarded your message to the list this time.

Best regards,
Tomasz Figa




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