On Sun, 2009-08-16 at 22:41 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
quoted text
> We are pleased to announce the next update to our new preempt-rt
> series.
> 
>     - update to 2.6.31-rc6
> 
>     - ARM updates (Uwe Kleine-Koenig)
> 
>     - OF fixes
> 
>     - threaded interrupt crash fix (Linus)
> 
>     - locking build fix
> 
>     - minor fixes all over the place
> 
> There is a known boot problem on PSeries machines which is still
> investigated by Will. If you have access to such a beast please help
> to get this decoded.

Some of the data and insight I've gleamed out of my pSeries system. I
don't really have answers, but perhaps a hint that will help someone
else identify the cause, or point me in a particular direction.  :-)


Booting the system seems mostly OK with maxcpus=1, though this INFO
message appears on the console.  (This does repeat after a while..) :

 INFO: task irq/16-IPI:3 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this
message.
Call Trace:
[c00000006a3a7a50] [c00000006a3a2b78] 0xc00000006a3a2b78 (unreliable)
[c00000006a3a7c20] [c0000000000123e8] .__switch_to+0x1d4/0x278
[c00000006a3a7cc0] [c000000000470fe8] .__schedule+0x860/0x938
[c00000006a3a7db0] [c0000000004713d4] .schedule+0x2c/0x60
[c00000006a3a7e30] [c000000000092820] .kthread+0x78/0xb4
[c00000006a3a7f90] [c00000000002a618] .kernel_thread+0x54/0x70
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
INFO: task irq/18-RAS_EPOW:155 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this
message.
Call Trace:
[c000000068203a50] [c00000006a44ed78] 0xc00000006a44ed78 (unreliable)
[c000000068203c20] [c0000000000123e8] .__switch_to+0x1d4/0x278
[c000000068203cc0] [c000000000470fe8] .__schedule+0x860/0x938
[c000000068203db0] [c0000000004713d4] .schedule+0x2c/0x60
[c000000068203e30] [c000000000092820] .kthread+0x78/0xb4
[c000000068203f90] [c00000000002a618] .kernel_thread+0x54/0x70
INFO: lockdep is turned off.

***************
Then, when I try to online another processor via "echo 1
quoted text
> /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online", I get this:

Processor 1 found.
BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: irq/16-IPI/3
caller is .xics_ipi_action_lpar+0x14/0x68
Call Trace:
[c00000006a3a7bc0] [c00000000001182c] .show_stack+0x70/0x184 (unreliable)
[c00000006a3a7c70] [c00000000029a210] .debug_smp_processor_id+0x1c8/0x250
[c00000006a3a7d10] [c0000000000502cc] .xics_ipi_action_lpar+0x14/0x68
[c00000006a3a7d90] [c0000000000ce0c0] .irq_thread+0x110/0x250
[c00000006a3a7e30] [c000000000092850] .kthread+0xa8/0xb4
[c00000006a3a7f90] [c00000000002a618] .kernel_thread+0x54/0x70
BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: irq/16-IPI/3
caller is .xics_ipi_action_lpar+0x14/0x68

at which point the system becomes a doorstop with blinkey lights. 

Invoking xmon via system reset reveals:
1:mon> e
cpu 0x1: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c00000000fff3c00]
    pc: c00000000004b818: .plpar_hcall_norets+0x10/0x1c
    lr: c000000000050794: .xics_eoi_lpar+0x38/0x68
    sp: c00000000fff3e80
   msr: 8000000000081032
  current = 0xc00000006a3a8140
  paca    = 0xc000000000817400
    pid   = 0, comm = swapper
1:mon> t
[link register   ] c000000000050794 .xics_eoi_lpar+0x38/0x68
[c00000000fff3e80] 0000000000000000 (unreliable)
[c00000000fff3f00] c0000000000cf35c .handle_percpu_irq+0xe0/0x104
[c00000000fff3f90] c00000000002a3b0 .call_handle_irq+0x1c/0x2c
[c0000000e9403aa0] c00000000000e070 .do_IRQ+0x17c/0x224
[c0000000e9403b50] c000000000004814 hardware_interrupt_entry+0x1c/0x20
--- Exception: 501 (Hardware Interrupt) at c00000000000dc70 .raw_local_irq_restore+0x70/0x80
[c0000000e9403e40] c00000000001436c .cpu_idle+0x12c/0x220 (unreliable)
[c0000000e9403ed0] c00000000047e538 .start_secondary+0x370/0x3b0
[c0000000e9403f90] c0000000000082d4 .start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14
1:mon> 
1:mon> c0
0:mon> e
cpu 0x0: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c00000000fffba70]
    pc: c0000000000a9530: .lock_release+0x274/0x27c
    lr: c0000000000a950c: .lock_release+0x250/0x27c
    sp: c00000000fffbcf0
   msr: 8000000000081032
  current = 0xc00000006a3c85c0
  paca    = 0xc000000000817200
    pid   = 6, comm = sirq-timer/0
0:mon> t
[c00000000fffbcf0] c000000000473e28 ._atomic_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2c/0xac (unreliable)
[c00000000fffbd80] c00000000006c020 .try_to_wake_up+0x2d8/0x310
[c00000000fffbe40] c0000000000cc7ec .handle_IRQ_event+0x1ec/0x250
[c00000000fffbf00] c0000000000cf308 .handle_percpu_irq+0x8c/0x104
[c00000000fffbf90] c00000000002a3b0 .call_handle_irq+0x1c/0x2c
[c00000006a3cf510] c00000000000e070 .do_IRQ+0x17c/0x224
[c00000006a3cf5c0] c000000000004814 hardware_interrupt_entry+0x1c/0x20
--- Exception: 501 (Hardware Interrupt) at c00000000000dc70 .raw_local_irq_restore+0x70/0x80
[c00000006a3cf8b0] c000000000473e68 ._atomic_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x6c/0xac (unreliable)
[c00000006a3cf940] c00000000006c020 .try_to_wake_up+0x2d8/0x310
[c00000006a3cfa00] c0000000000929a0 .autoremove_wake_function+0x18/0x54
[c00000006a3cfa80] c00000000005b6ac .__wake_up_common+0x6c/0xe8
[c00000006a3cfb30] c000000000063700 .__wake_up+0x4c/0x78
[c00000006a3cfbd0] c0000000000731a8 .printk_tick+0x74/0x94
[c00000006a3cfc60] c000000000081fa8 .run_timer_softirq+0x58/0x338
[c00000006a3cfd40] c00000000007b708 .ksoftirqd+0x214/0x3a0
[c00000006a3cfe30] c000000000092850 .kthread+0xa8/0xb4
[c00000006a3cff90] c00000000002a618 .kernel_thread+0x54/0x70
0:mon> 


**********************
Booting with maxcpus=2 (or just booting by default) hangs momentarily after
the "Processor 1 found.  Brought up 2 CPUs" message gets posted.  Cpu0 appears
to get stuck in csd_lock_wait, but it is actually waiting for the completion
of "on_each_cpu(snapshot_tb_and_purr, NULL, 1);".  The state of cpu1 after
punching reset to invoke xmon is:
1:mon> e
cpu 0x1: Vector: 100 (System Reset) at [c0000000e9403780]
    pc: c00000000004b850: .plpar_hcall+0x2c/0x4c
    lr: c0000000000506c8: .xics_get_irq_lpar+0x20/0xb4
    sp: c0000000e9403a00
   msr: 8000000000081032
  current = 0xc00000006a3a8140
  paca    = 0xc000000000817400
    pid   = 0, comm = swapper
1:mon> t
[link register   ] c0000000000506c8 .xics_get_irq_lpar+0x20/0xb4
[c0000000e9403a00] c00000000075a960 klist_remove_waiters+0x8978/0x28158 (unreliable)
[c0000000e9403aa0] c00000000000df98 .do_IRQ+0xa4/0x224
[c0000000e9403b50] c000000000004814 hardware_interrupt_entry+0x1c/0x20
--- Exception: 501 (Hardware Interrupt) at c00000000000dc70 .raw_local_irq_restore+0x70/0x80
[c0000000e9403e40] c00000000001436c .cpu_idle+0x12c/0x220 (unreliable)
[c0000000e9403ed0] c00000000047e538 .start_secondary+0x370/0x3b0
[c0000000e9403f90] c0000000000082d4 .start_secondary_prolog+0x10/0x14
1:mon> 


Adding some debug/instrumentation to raw_local_irq_restore is next on my list.. 

Thanks, 
-Will



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