Re: [Xenomai] xeno3_rc3 - Watchdog detected hard LOCKUP

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>]

On 2015-02-27 21:36, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 09:32:47PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 2015-02-27 15:10, Niels Wellens wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yesterday I installed a Core-i7 based pc (4770 CPU - C226 chipset) with
>>>>>> software configuration:
>>>>>> - Debian Jessie RC1
>>>>>> - kernel 3.16.0-rc7 (.config in attachment)
>>>>> Well, please try again with a kernel which is a real release and not
>>>>> a release candidate, to rule out any mainline kernel issue.
>>>>> -- 
>>>>>                         Gilles.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Gilles, sorry I overlooked the fact that I was using an rc. The
>>>> system is now up and running with an ipipe patched 3.16.0 kernel, I
>>>> will let you know if I experience the same issues with this kernel.
>>>> -- 
>>>> Niels
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I experience the same kind of lockup with the ipipe patched 3.16.0
>>> kernel (used repo:
>>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git).
>>> I first thought the problem was solved but after more than 20 hours of
>>> operation (latency test + dohell load) it occurred again. This afternoon
>>> it occurred again after 1 hour of operation (syslog + config file used
>>> during kernel build in attachement).
>>>
>>> Any advice on what to test/change next?
>>
>> Your machine gets stuck on a spinlock involved in page allocations, it
>> seems. We need to find out who's holding it and why he's not releasing
>> it anymore. I'll try to reproduce the issue with your config next week.
> 
> Maybe the nocow stuff?

Maybe. I wasn't able to spot a suspicious path in the backtraces yet -
there are too many. Hopefully the CPU dump can provide a hint.

Jan

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