> mm, slub: convert kmem_cpu_slab protection to local_lock > > Embed local_lock into struct kmem_cpu_slab and use the irq-safe versions > of local_lock instead of plain local_irq_save/restore. On !PREEMPT_RT > that's equivalent, with better lockdep visibility. On PREEMPT_RT that > means better preemption. [...] Looks like this change breaks booting when 64BIT+LOCK_STAT is enabled on x86_64: general protection fault, maybe for address 0xffff888007fcf1c8: 0000 [#1] NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.14.0-rc5+ #7 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0x81/0x180 Code: 79 48 00 4c 8b 41 38 0f 84 89 00 00 00 4d 85 c0 0f 84 80 00 00 00 41 8b 44 24 28 49 8b 3c 24 48 8d 4a 01 49 8b 1c 00 4c 89 c0 <48> 0f c7 4f 38 0f 943 RSP: 0000:ffffffff81803c10 EFLAGS: 00000286 RAX: ffff88800244e7c0 RBX: ffff88800244e800 RCX: 0000000000000024 RDX: 0000000000000023 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: ffff888007fcf190 RBP: ffffffff81803c38 R08: ffff88800244e7c0 R09: 0000000000000dc0 R10: 0000000000004000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880024413c0 R13: ffffffff810d18f4 R14: 0000000000000dc0 R15: 0000000000000100 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff81840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff888002001000 CR3: 0000000001824000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 Call Trace: __get_vm_area_node.constprop.0.isra.0+0x74/0x150 __vmalloc_node_range+0x5a/0x2b0 ? kernel_clone+0x88/0x390 ? copy_process+0x1ac/0x17e0 copy_process+0x768/0x17e0 ? kernel_clone+0x88/0x390 kernel_clone+0x88/0x390 ? _vm_unmap_aliases.part.0+0xe9/0x110 ? change_page_attr_set_clr+0x10d/0x180 kernel_thread+0x43/0x50 ? rest_init+0x100/0x100 rest_init+0x1e/0x100 arch_call_rest_init+0x9/0xc start_kernel+0x481/0x493 x86_64_start_reservations+0x24/0x26 x86_64_start_kernel+0x80/0x84 secondary_startup_64_no_verify+0xc2/0xcb random: get_random_bytes called from oops_exit+0x34/0x60 with crng_init=0 ---[ end trace 2cac18ac38f640c1 ]--- RIP: 0010:kmem_cache_alloc+0x81/0x180 Code: 79 48 00 4c 8b 41 38 0f 84 89 00 00 00 4d 85 c0 0f 84 80 00 00 00 41 8b 44 24 28 49 8b 3c 24 48 8d 4a 01 49 8b 1c 00 4c 89 c0 <48> 0f c7 4f 38 0f 943 RSP: 0000:ffffffff81803c10 EFLAGS: 00000286 RAX: ffff88800244e7c0 RBX: ffff88800244e800 RCX: 0000000000000024 RDX: 0000000000000023 RSI: 0000000000000100 RDI: ffff888007fcf190 RBP: ffffffff81803c38 R08: ffff88800244e7c0 R09: 0000000000000dc0 R10: 0000000000004000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8880024413c0 R13: ffffffff810d18f4 R14: 0000000000000dc0 R15: 0000000000000100 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffffffff81840000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff888002001000 CR3: 0000000001824000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! ]--- This was tested in qemu-system-x86_64 (from Debian Bullseye) with cat > .config << "EOF" # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set # CONFIG_SWAP is not set # CONFIG_CROSS_MEMORY_ATTACH is not set # CONFIG_UTS_NS is not set # CONFIG_TIME_NS is not set # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set # CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT is not set # CONFIG_RETPOLINE is not set # CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM is not set # CONFIG_SCHED_OMIT_FRAME_POINTER is not set # CONFIG_X86_MCE is not set # CONFIG_X86_IOPL_IOPERM is not set # CONFIG_MICROCODE is not set # CONFIG_MTRR_SANITIZER is not set # CONFIG_RELOCATABLE is not set # CONFIG_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_ACPI is not set # CONFIG_DMIID is not set # CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION is not set # CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set # CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set # CONFIG_MQ_IOSCHED_DEADLINE is not set # CONFIG_MQ_IOSCHED_KYBER is not set # CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF is not set # CONFIG_BINFMT_SCRIPT is not set # CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set # CONFIG_STANDALONE is not set # CONFIG_PREVENT_FIRMWARE_BUILD is not set # CONFIG_BLK_DEV is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_SERIO is not set # CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set # CONFIG_LDISC_AUTOLOAD is not set CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set # CONFIG_DEVMEM is not set # CONFIG_HWMON is not set # CONFIG_HID is not set # CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set # CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU is not set # CONFIG_VHOST_MENU is not set # CONFIG_X86_PLATFORM_DEVICES is not set # CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set # CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING is not set # CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set # CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER is not set # CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS is not set # CONFIG_SYMBOLIC_ERRNAME is not set CONFIG_FRAME_WARN=1024 # CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY is not set CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y CONFIG_LOCK_STAT=y # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set # CONFIG_X86_VERBOSE_BOOTUP is not set CONFIG_UNWINDER_FRAME_POINTER=y # CONFIG_RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU is not set CONFIG_64BIT=y EOF make ARCH=x86_64 olddefconfig make ARCH=x86_64 all qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -kernel arch/x86/boot/bzImage -append console=ttyS0 Here is the bisect log: # bad: [4b358aabb93a2c654cd1dcab1a25a589f6e2b153] Add linux-next specific files for 20210813 # good: [36a21d51725af2ce0700c6ebcb6b9594aac658a6] Linux 5.14-rc5 git bisect start 'HEAD' 'v5.14-rc5' # good: [204808b2ca750e27cbad3455f7cb4368c4f5b260] Merge remote-tracking branch 'crypto/master' git bisect good 204808b2ca750e27cbad3455f7cb4368c4f5b260 # good: [2201162fca73b487152bcff2ebb0f85c1dde8479] Merge remote-tracking branch 'tip/auto-latest' git bisect good 2201162fca73b487152bcff2ebb0f85c1dde8479 # good: [41f97b6df1c8fd9fa828967a687693454c4ce888] Merge remote-tracking branch 'staging/staging-next' git bisect good 41f97b6df1c8fd9fa828967a687693454c4ce888 # good: [797896d32d52af43fc9b0099a198ef29c2ca0138] Merge remote-tracking branch 'userns/for-next' git bisect good 797896d32d52af43fc9b0099a198ef29c2ca0138 # bad: [5c7e12cc3d39b5cfc0d1a470139e4e89f3b147ed] arch: Kconfig: fix spelling mistake "seperate" -> "separate" git bisect bad 5c7e12cc3d39b5cfc0d1a470139e4e89f3b147ed # bad: [3535cf93a31ecd8595744881dbbda666cf61be48] add-mmap_assert_locked-annotations-to-find_vma-fix git bisect bad 3535cf93a31ecd8595744881dbbda666cf61be48 # bad: [ac90b3dacf327cecda9f3dabc0051c7332770224] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: use struct pgtable_debug_args in PGD and P4D modifying tests git bisect bad ac90b3dacf327cecda9f3dabc0051c7332770224 # good: [3a7ac8f97abde2d6ec973a00a449c45b9642a15a] mm, slub: do initial checks in ___slab_alloc() with irqs enabled git bisect good 3a7ac8f97abde2d6ec973a00a449c45b9642a15a # good: [1c84f3c916405dc3d62cfca55fb2a84de9d7f31e] mm, slub: fix memory and cpu hotplug related lock ordering issues git bisect good 1c84f3c916405dc3d62cfca55fb2a84de9d7f31e # bad: [6ac9c394652dbba1181268cb09513edbd733685c] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: introduce struct pgtable_debug_args git bisect bad 6ac9c394652dbba1181268cb09513edbd733685c # good: [35a6f4bcf4ad9c8c0208ea48044539a952859b3a] mm, slub: make slab_lock() disable irqs with PREEMPT_RT git bisect good 35a6f4bcf4ad9c8c0208ea48044539a952859b3a # good: [03e736e3ca2c0a48822609a89ffa0329f4eb5aae] mm, slub: use migrate_disable() on PREEMPT_RT git bisect good 03e736e3ca2c0a48822609a89ffa0329f4eb5aae # bad: [3f57fd12e8b7eb77412623c347566fb83ec5e764] mm, slub: convert kmem_cpu_slab protection to local_lock git bisect bad 3f57fd12e8b7eb77412623c347566fb83ec5e764 # first bad commit: [3f57fd12e8b7eb77412623c347566fb83ec5e764] mm, slub: convert kmem_cpu_slab protection to local_lock I haven't checked what part of the change is actually causing the problem Kind regards, Sven