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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    [PATCH 7/9] x86: Avoid calling arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() at the same time
From:       Don Zickus <dzickus () redhat ! com>
Date:       2010-11-30 22:27:28
Message-ID: 1291156050-4482-8-git-send-email-dzickus () redhat ! com
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From: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>

The spin_lock_debug/rcu_cpu_stall detector uses
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() to dump cpu backtrace.
Therefore it is possible that trigger_all_cpu_backtrace()
could be called at the same time on different CPUs, which
triggers and 'unknown reason NMI' warning. The following case
illustrates the problem:

      CPU1                    CPU2                     ...   CPU N
                       trigger_all_cpu_backtrace()
                       set "backtrace_mask" to cpu mask
                               |
generate NMI interrupts  generate NMI interrupts       ...
    \                          |                               /
     \                         |                              /

The "backtrace_mask" will be cleaned by the first NMI interrupt
at nmi_watchdog_tick(), then the following NMI interrupts generated
by other cpus's arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() will be taken as
unknown reason NMI interrupts.

This patch uses a test_and_set to avoid the problem, and stop the
arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() from calling to avoid dumping a
double cpu backtrace info when there is already a
trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() in progress.

Signed-off-by: Dongdong Deng <dongdong.deng@windriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
CC: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
CC: x86@kernel.org
CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c |   13 +++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
index ddb29bf..b36dd01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/hw_nmi.c
@@ -36,10 +36,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(touch_nmi_watchdog);
 /* For reliability, we're prepared to waste bits here. */
 static DECLARE_BITMAP(backtrace_mask, NR_CPUS) __read_mostly;
 
+/* "in progress" flag of arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace */
+static unsigned long backtrace_flag;
+
 void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	if (test_and_set_bit(0, &backtrace_flag))
+		/*
+		 * If there is already a trigger_all_cpu_backtrace() in progress
+		 * (backtrace_flag == 1), don't output double cpu dump infos.
+		 */
+		return;
+
 	cpumask_copy(to_cpumask(backtrace_mask), cpu_online_mask);
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "sending NMI to all CPUs:\n");
@@ -51,6 +61,9 @@ void arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace(void)
 			break;
 		mdelay(1);
 	}
+
+	clear_bit(0, &backtrace_flag);
+	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
 }
 
 static int __kprobes
-- 
1.7.3.2

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