Re: Re: i686 hang on boot in userspace

["gmu 2k6" <gmu2006@gmail.com>]

On 7/25/06, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 25 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
> > On 7/25/06, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
> > >On Tue, Jul 25 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
> > >> On 7/25/06, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
> > >> >On Tue, Jul 25 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
> > >> >> On 7/25/06, Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de> wrote:
> > >> >> >On Mon, Jul 24 2006, gmu 2k6 wrote:
> > >> >> >> the problem I have with hangs is related to changes in CFQ and that
> > >> >> >> CFQ is now the default. 2.6.17-git12 had the problem but booting
> > >> >> >> it with elevator=deadline fixes the hang.
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> symptoms encountered during git-bisecting between v2.6.17 and
> > >> >> >v2.6.18-rc1:
> > >> >> >> A hang while starting network services
> > >> >> >> B hang while trying to login
> > >> >> >>   1 on remote console [not SSH] it hang after typing <uid><CR>
> > >> >> >>   1 via OpenSSH it hang after typing <pwd><CR> when doing slogin
> > >> >> >root@<IP>
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> A is the problem I got in the first place and this seems to be the
> > >> >> >> case since 2.6.17-git11 definitely although git-bisect pointed me
> > >at
> > >> >> >> the following
> > >> >> >> changeset which is included since 2.6.17-git12:
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> caaa5f9f0a75d1dc5e812e69afdbb8720e077fd3
> > >> >> >> by Jens Axboe
> > >> >> >> titled "[PATCH] cfq-iosched: many performance fixes"
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> strange enough it also hangs with 2.6.17-git11 which did not
> > >include
> > >> >that
> > >> >> >> one changeset yet.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >So perhaps your bisect isn't 100% trust worthy? Can you do a manual
> > >> >> >-gitX bisect to see which 2.6.17-gitX introduced the problem?
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >Also please put a serial console or similar on the machine, so you
> > >can
> > >> >> >log + store the sysrq+t output.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> well I didn't say that caa....fd3 is the exact change which broke it,
> > >> >> just that it's related to 1) CFQ changes and 2) CFQ being the default
> > >> >> now.
> > >> >> I have a Remote Serial Console via HP's integrated Lights-Out Java
> > >> >> Applet but am not sure how to enable serial console via kernel boot
> > >> >> params (will try to find out).
> > >> >> I will first try to find the 2.6.17-git* revision working before
> > >> >> bisecting it against -git11 or git12.
> > >> >
> > >> >Thanks, would be much appreciated to try and narrow it down to a
> > >> >specific fix.
> > >> >
> > >> >Are you seeing the hang on cciss?
> > >>
> > >> I'm not sure it is in the cciss driver, but the SmartArray is driven by
> > >> cciss.
> > >> starting git<11 boot tests in a minute now.
> > >
> > >Ok, thanks for confirming it's cciss. The bug is likely an interaction
> > >between cciss and cfq I think, so it would be very useful if you can pin
> > >point which of the cfq patches make it stall.
> >
> > is there anything special about cciss or did you just deduce that it
> > must be cciss in that particular box and are suspecting interaction
> > problems with that driver and your CFQ changes?
>
> Nothing really special about cciss, but a few months ago I had a similar
> discussion about cciss and a strange hang.
>
> If possible, please also try a known bad kernel and apply the below
> patch and see if it still reproduces:
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss.c b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> index 1c4df22..2b36e7a 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/cciss.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/cciss.c
> @@ -2362,7 +2362,11 @@ static inline void complete_command(ctlr
>         cmd->rq->completion_data = cmd;
>         cmd->rq->errors = status;
>         blk_add_trace_rq(cmd->rq->q, cmd->rq, BLK_TA_COMPLETE);
> +#if 1
> +       cciss_softirq_done(cmd->rq);
> +#else
>         blk_complete_request(cmd->rq);
> +#endif
>  }
>
>  /*

manually nailed it down to 2.6.17-git7 being the first broken revision.
going to try whether Linus' git tree knows the -git revisions and do a bisect
otherwise interdiff and looking for CFQ or cciss changes as best I can.