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Re: [BUG] kernel BUG at mm/slub.c - possible BFQ issue?

From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: 2021-10-01 15:02:36
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On 10/1/21 9:01 AM, torvic9@mailbox.org wrote:
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torvic9@mailbox.org hat am 30.09.2021 09:44 geschrieben:

 
Hello,

I encounter a hard freeze on both 5.14 and 5.15 when using BFQ.
Unfortunately, I do not have a full error log, because the computer
totally freezes and slightly corrupts the display, so it's
impossible to read the entire message.

However, what I could get is the following:

  kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:379
  invalid opcode: 0000 [#1]
  RIP: 0010:__slab_free
  [...]
  Call Trace:
  bfq_set_next_ioprio_data
  [...]
  bfq_put_queue
  bfq_insert_requests
  [...]

This issue appears more or less randomly and it sometimes takes a
little while to reproduce it (running fio helps).
The call trace always contains references to BFQ, but they are not
always the exact same. Once, I could see on the corrupted display
the message "general protection fault".
I could reproduce this issue on two computers.

Not quite sure but I *think* the issue first appeared somewhere around
5.14.5 or 5.14.6, during which time BFQ only got the following commit:

  (88013a0c5d99) block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges
I have now reverted the above commit and launched some heavy I/O like
e.g. git kernel, fio, xz compression, and so far, no freezes anymore!
Too early to say that this commit really is the cause though.
Would be great if someone could have a look at it.
It's known buggy, and a revert has been queued up since earlier this
week. It'll go to Linus for 5.15-rc4, and will hit 5.14 stable shortly
thereafter.

-- 
Jens Axboe
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