Re: [virtio-net] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/mutex.c:616

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 01:44:04PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:

On 10/24/2013 07:20 AM, Fengguang Wu wrote:

quoted

Yes it reduces the sleeping function bug:

/kernel/x86_64-lkp-CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG/7c4ed2767afb813493b0a8fb18d666cd44550963

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+
|                                                                                    | v3.12-rc3 | 3ab098df35f8 | 7c4ed2767afb |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+
| good_boots                                                                         | 30        | 0            | 93           |
| has_kernel_error_warning                                                           | 0         | 20           | 7            |
| BUG:sleeping_function_called_from_invalid_context_at_kernel/mutex.c                | 0         | 20           |              |
| INFO:rcu_sched_self-detected_stall_on_CPU(t=jiffies_g=c=q=)                        | 0         | 0            | 1            |
| INFO:task_blocked_for_more_than_seconds                                            | 0         | 0            | 2            |
| INFO:NMI_handler(arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace_handler)took_too_long_to_run:msecs | 0         | 0            | 1            |
| Kernel_panic-not_syncing:hung_task:blocked_tasks                                   | 0         | 0            | 1            |
| BUG:kernel_test_crashed                                                            | 0         | 0            | 3            |
| BUG:kernel_test_hang                                                               | 0         | 0            | 1            |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+

However I'll need to increase tests on v3.12-rc3 to make sure it's not
the patch that added the other error messages.

Thanks,
Fengguang

Thanks, any more update on the result of v3.12-rc3 for this?

Yes, it's confirmed that there are no new error types in 7c4ed2767afb
comparing to v3.12-rc3, so your fix is fine.

/kernel/x86_64-lkp-CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG/7c4ed2767afb813493b0a8fb18d666cd44550963

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+
|                                                                                    | v3.12-rc3 | 3ab098df35f8 | 7c4ed2767afb |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+
| good_boots                                                                         | 877       | 0            | 93           |
| has_kernel_error_warning                                                           | 154       | 20           | 7            |
| BUG:kernel_test_hang                                                               | 112       | 0            | 1            |
| INFO:rcu_sched_self-detected_stall_on_CPU(t=jiffies_g=c=q=)                        | 1         | 0            | 1            |
| INFO:task_blocked_for_more_than_seconds                                            | 18        | 0            | 2            |
| INFO:NMI_handler(arch_trigger_all_cpu_backtrace_handler)took_too_long_to_run:msecs | 11        | 0            | 1            |
| Kernel_panic-not_syncing:hung_task:blocked_tasks                                   | 11        | 0            | 1            |
| BUG:kernel_test_crashed                                                            | 13        | 0            | 3            |
| Out_of_memory:Kill_process                                                         | 9         |              |              |
| BUG:kernel_early_hang_without_any_printk_output                                    | 1         |              |              |
| page_allocation_failure:order:,mode                                                | 1         |              |              |
| Kernel_panic-not_syncing:Out_of_memory_and_no_killable_processes                   | 2         |              |              |
| BUG:sleeping_function_called_from_invalid_context_at_kernel/mutex.c                | 0         | 20           |              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+--------------+

Thanks,
Fengguang