Thread (14 messages) 14 messages, 3 authors, 2010-06-09

2.6.35-rc2-git1 - include/linux/cgroup.h:534 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection!

From: Miles Lane <hidden>
Date: 2010-06-07 18:14:29
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Hi All,

I just reproduced a warning I reported quite a while ago.  Is a patch
for this in the pipeline?

[    0.167267] [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ]
[    0.167396] ---------------------------------------------------
[    0.167526] include/linux/cgroup.h:534 invoked
rcu_dereference_check() without protection!
[    0.167728]
[    0.167729] other info that might help us debug this:
[    0.167731]
[    0.168092]
[    0.168093] rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 1
[    0.168337] no locks held by watchdog/0/5.
[    0.168462]
[    0.168463] stack backtrace:
[    0.168704] Pid: 5, comm: watchdog/0 Not tainted 2.6.35-rc2-git1 #8
[    0.168834] Call Trace:
[    0.168965]  [<ffffffff81064e9c>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0x9d/0xa5
[    0.169100]  [<ffffffff8102c1ce>] task_subsys_state+0x59/0x70
[    0.169232]  [<ffffffff8103189b>] __sched_setscheduler+0x19d/0x2f8
[    0.169365]  [<ffffffff8102a5ef>] ? need_resched+0x1e/0x28
[    0.169497]  [<ffffffff813c7d01>] ? schedule+0x586/0x619
[    0.169628]  [<ffffffff81081c33>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x8c
[    0.169758]  [<ffffffff81031a11>] sched_setscheduler+0xe/0x10
[    0.169889]  [<ffffffff81081c5d>] watchdog+0x2a/0x8c
[    0.170010]  [<ffffffff81081c33>] ? watchdog+0x0/0x8c
[    0.170141]  [<ffffffff81054a82>] kthread+0x89/0x91
[    0.170274]  [<ffffffff81003054>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[    0.170405]  [<ffffffff813ca480>] ? restore_args+0x0/0x30
[    0.170536]  [<ffffffff810549f9>] ? kthread+0x0/0x91
[    0.170667]  [<ffffffff81003050>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x0/0x10
[    0.176751] lockdep: fixing up alternatives.
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