Hi,

> +x86_64-fix-config_preempt.patch
>
> x86_64-fix-config_preempt.patch
>   x86_64: Fix CONFIG_PREEMPT

Has this one been stress-tested?

I've got the impression that things have become a lot worse.

I've been seeing things like these:

Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 REISERFS: panic (device dm-1): clm-6000: do_balance, fs generation has changed
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 ----------- [cut here ] --------- [please bite here ] ---------
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Kernel BUG at prints:362
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 invalid operand: 0000 [1] PREEMPT
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 CPU 0
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Modules linked in: iptable_nat ipt_MARK iptable_mangle ipt_LOG ipt_multiport ipt_owner ipt_mark ipt_state ipt_REJECT iptable_filter ip_tables twofish serpent blowfish ext3 jbd reiser4 sha256 aes dm_crypt ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_ftp ip_conntrack via_rhine 8139too crc32
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Pid: 25172, comm: rm Not tainted 2.6.12-rc1-cs1
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff801cfe13>] <ffffffff801cfe13>{reiserfs_panic+211}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 RSP: 0018:ffff81001efe37b8  EFLAGS: 00010292
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 RAX: 0000000000000059 RBX: ffffffff803fbcac RCX: 00000000c0000100
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff81007d0b31f0 RDI: 00000000ffffffff
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 RBP: ffff81004f960060 R08: ffff81001efe2000 R09: 0000000000000002
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 R10: 00000000ffffffff R11: ffffffff80340ef0 R12: ffff81007f850230
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 R13: ffff81007f850000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff81004f9565d0
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 FS:  00002aaaaaabaae0(0000) GS:ffffffff805be800(0000) knlGS:0000000055563dc0
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 CR2: 00002aaaaaaff008 CR3: 000000001ebbd000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Process rm (pid: 25172, threadinfo ffff81001efe2000, task ffff81007d0b31f0)
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Stack: 0000003000000010 ffff81001efe38a8 ffff81001efe37d8 ffff81001c041530
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 ffff81001efe39d8 ffffffff801d4e42 ffff81007e659a00 0000000000000063
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 0000000000000063 0000000000000000
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Call Trace:<ffffffff801d4e42>{pathrelse_and_restore+66} <ffffffff8010efe6>{retint_kernel+46}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 <ffffffff801bb847>{do_balance+39} <ffffffff801bd315>{do_balance+6901}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 <ffffffff801cbd90>{unfix_nodes+128} <ffffffff801be15b>{do_balance+10555}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 <ffffffff801d7bf9>{reiserfs_cut_from_item+1673} <ffffffff801bfcfa>{reiserfs_unlink+362}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 <ffffffff801873ae>{vfs_unlink+462} <ffffffff801874f9>{sys_unlink+233}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 <ffffffff8018a268>{sys_getdents+232} <ffffffff8010f221>{error_exit+0}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 <ffffffff8010e906>{system_call+126}
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 Code: 0f 0b b8 c1 3f 80 ff ff ff ff 6a 01 4d 85 ed 48 c7 c2 40 ba
Mar 25 01:00:48 websrv2 RIP <ffffffff801cfe13>{reiserfs_panic+211} RSP <ffff81001efe37b8>

or

Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 Badness in __brelse at fs/buffer.c:1295
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 Call Trace:<ffffffff8017787f>{__find_get_block+479} <ffffffff8017a175>{__getblk+37}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff801de3d5>{do_journal_end+2181} <ffffffff80147d70>{keventd_create_kthread+0}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff801cbf50>{reiserfs_sync_fs+64} <ffffffff8017c0b3>{sync_supers+211}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff8015a22a>{wb_kupdate+42} <ffffffff8015ae8f>{pdflush+399}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff8015a200>{wb_kupdate+0} <ffffffff80147d70>{keventd_create_kthread+0}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff8015ad00>{pdflush+0} <ffffffff80147d2d>{kthread+205}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff8010f3d7>{child_rip+8} <ffffffff80147d70>{keventd_create_kthread+0}
Mar 25 16:39:21 websrv2 <ffffffff80147c60>{kthread+0} <ffffffff8010f3cf>{child_rip+0}

Fortunately the kernel locked up and there was no data corruption.

I've got PREEMPT and PREEMPT_BKL enabled under UP.

I just took a look at the change and found this:

x86-64 does this (in entry.S):

        bt   $9,EFLAGS-ARGOFFSET(%rsp)  /* interrupts off? */
        jnc   retint_restore_args
        movl $PREEMPT_ACTIVE,threadinfo_preempt_count(%rcx)
        sti
        call schedule
        cli
        GET_THREAD_INFO(%rcx)
        movl $0,threadinfo_preempt_count(%rcx)
        jmp exit_intr

while i386 does this:

        testl $IF_MASK,EFLAGS(%esp)     # interrupts off (exception path) ?
        jz restore_all
        call preempt_schedule_irq
        jmp need_resched

preempt_schedule_irq is not an i386 specific function and seems to take
special care of BKL preemption and since reiserfs does use the BKL to do
certain things I think this actually might be the problem...?

I'm not saying that this fix is wrong (it is obviously the right fix)
but it causes another problem to show up.

Unfortunately I don't have a amd64 machine to play with, so can somebody
please check this?