From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946154AbXD3Xss (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:48:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946151AbXD3Xss (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:48:48 -0400 Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:63037 "EHLO agminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946150AbXD3Xsr (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:48:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:51:01 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: akpm Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc7-mm2 hangs in boot (netconsole) Message-Id: <20070430165101.6463fee1.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <20070430081653.60fab0a5.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> References: <20070425225716.8e9b28ca.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070429220132.951cdf7f.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070429222354.63265e3f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070430081653.60fab0a5.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.1 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:16:53 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:23:54 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:01:32 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:57:16 -0700 Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.21-rc7/2.6.21-rc7-mm2/ > > > > > > I'm getting a hang near the end of booting on x86_64 UP. > > > The last initcall_debug function varies. E.g.: > > > > > > 1/ > > > [ 0.140257] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f2fa8: init_misc_binfmt+0x0/0x3f() > > > [ 0.140266] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fa8: init_misc_binfmt+0x0/0x3f() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140275] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fa8 ran for 0 msecs: init_misc_binfmt+0x0/0x3f() > > > [ 0.140284] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f2fe7: init_script_binfmt+0x0/0x12() > > > [ 0.140293] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fe7: init_script_binfmt+0x0/0x12() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140302] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fe7 ran for 0 msecs: init_script_binfmt+0x0/0x12() > > > [ 0.140310] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f2ff9: init_elf_binfmt+0x0/0x12() > > > [ 0.140317] initcall 0xffffffff806f2ff9: init_elf_binfmt+0x0/0x12() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140326] initcall 0xffffffff806f2ff9 ran for 0 msecs: init_elf_binfmt+0x0/0x12() > > > [ 0.140335] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f3de9: debugfs_init+0x0/0x4a() > > > [ 0.140344] initcall 0xffffffff806f3de9: debugfs_init+0x0/0x4a() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140351] initcall 0xffffffff806f3de9 ran for 0 msecs: debugfs_init+0x0/0x4a() > > > > > > 2/ > > > [ 0.140206] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806efeb1: ksysfs_init+0x0/0x29() > > > [ 0.140215] initcall 0xffffffff806efeb1: ksysfs_init+0x0/0x29() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140222] initcall 0xffffffff806efeb1 ran for 0 msecs: ksysfs_init+0x0/0x29() > > > [ 0.140230] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f25be: filelock_init+0x0/0x31() > > > [ 0.140242] initcall 0xffffffff806f25be: filelock_init+0x0/0x31() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140249] initcall 0xffffffff806f25be ran for 0 msecs: filelock_init+0x0/0x31() > > > [ 0.140258] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f2fa8: init_misc_binfmt+0x0/0x3f() > > > [ 0.140266] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fa8: init_misc_binfmt+0x0/0x3f() returned 0. > > > [ 0.140276] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fa8 ran for 0 msecs: init_misc_binfmt+0x0/0x3f() > > > [ 0.140284] Calling initcall 0xffffffff806f2fe7: init_script_binfmt+0x0/0x12() > > > [ 0.140293] initcall 0xffffffff806f2fe7: init_script_binfmt+0x0/0x12() returned 0. > > > > > > > So perhaps it locks during a timer interrupt. > > > > > .config is attached. > > > > > > Any ideas/suggestions? > > > > Just the usual: nothing from sysrq or NMI watchdog? > > Nothing from either of those. I'll jiggle some config options. config option changes didn't help, but removing netconsole= from the kernel command line makes it all happy. :( Do we know of netconsole hang problems? (anyone?) --- ~Randy *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code ***