On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 10:48:35AM -0500, Alexandru Chirvasitu wrote: > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 03:48:15PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Dec 2017, Alexandru Chirvasitu wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 12:00:47PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > Ok, lets take a step back. The bisect/kexec attempts led us away from the > > > > initial problem which is the machine locking up after login, right? > > > > > > > > > > Yes; sorry about that.. > > > > Nothing to be sorry about. > > > > > x86/vector: Replace the raw_spin_lock() with > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c > > > index 7504491..e5bab02 100644 > > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c > > > @@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ static int apic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *irqd, > > > const struct cpumask *dest, bool force) > > > { > > > struct apic_chip_data *apicd = apic_chip_data(irqd); > > > + unsigned long flags; > > > int err; > > > > > > /* > > > @@ -740,13 +741,13 @@ static int apic_set_affinity(struct irq_data *irqd, > > > (apicd->is_managed || apicd->can_reserve)) > > > return IRQ_SET_MASK_OK; > > > > > > - raw_spin_lock(&vector_lock); > > > + raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&vector_lock, flags); > > > cpumask_and(vector_searchmask, dest, cpu_online_mask); > > > if (irqd_affinity_is_managed(irqd)) > > > err = assign_managed_vector(irqd, vector_searchmask); > > > else > > > err = assign_vector_locked(irqd, vector_searchmask); > > > - raw_spin_unlock(&vector_lock); > > > + raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vector_lock, flags); > > > return err ? err : IRQ_SET_MASK_OK; > > > } > > > > > > With this, I still get the lockup messages after login, but not the > > > freezes! > > > > That's really interesting. There should be no code path which calls into > > that with interrupts enabled. I assume you never ran that kernel with > > CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING=y. > > > > Correct. That option is not set in .config. > > > Find below a debug patch which should show us the call chain for that > > case. Please apply that on top of Dou's patch so the machine stays > > accessible. Plain output from dmesg is sufficient. > > > > > The lockups register in the log, which I am attaching (see below for > > > attachment naming conventions). > > > > Hmm. That's RCU lockups and that backtrace on the CPU which gets the stall > > looks very familiar. I'd like to see the above result first and then I'll > > send you another pile of patches which might cure that RCU issue. > > > > Thanks, > > > > tglx > > > > 8<------------------- > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c > > @@ -729,6 +729,8 @@ static int apic_set_affinity(struct irq_ > > unsigned long flags; > > int err; > > > > + WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled()); > > + > > /* > > * Core code can call here for inactive interrupts. For inactive > > * interrupts which use managed or reservation mode there is no > > > > > > > > Bit of a step back here: the kernel treated with Dou's patch no longer > logs me in reliably as before, with or without this newest patch on > top.. > > So now I sometimes get immediate lockups and freezes upon trying to > log in, and other times I get logged in but get a freeze seconds > later. > > In no case can I roam around long nough to get a dmesg, and I no > longer get the non-freezing lockups from before. I can't imagine what > I could possibly have changed.. > > Here's the output of `git log --pretty=oneline -5` on the branch I'm > working in. > > -------------------- > > f2c02af5cc1d620c039b21fab0ca5948a06daf90 2nd tglx patch > 7715575170bacf3566d400b9f2210a10ce152880 x86/vector: Replace the raw_spin_lock() with raw_spin_lock_irqsave() > 8d9d56caf33d78bfe6b6087767b1b84acee58458 x86-32: fix kexec with stack canary (CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR) > a197e9dea4ccb72e1a6457fac15329bd5319e719 irq/matrix: Remove the overused BUGON() in irq_matrix_assign_system() > 464e1d5f23cca236b930ef068c328a64cab78fb1 Linux 4.15-rc5 > > -------------------- > > 7715575170bacf3566d400b9f2210a10ce152880, which is the kernel with > Dou's patch, logged me in and allowed me to produce the dmesg from > before. I did this a couple of times back then. I no longer can, for > some reason, as it's reverted back to the no-go lockups from before. > > And the next one, f2c02af5cc1d620c039b21fab0ca5948a06daf90, where I > applied the patch you just sent, behaves identically. > > Actually, it decided to cooperate for just long enough for me to get the dmesg out. Attached. This is from the kernel you asked about: Dou's patch + yours, i.e. the latest one in that git log I just sent, booted up with 'apic=debug'.