I got system stall after the following warning with 3.6: > WARNING: at /work/build/linux/block/blk-cgroup.h:250 blk_put_rl+0x4d/0x95() > Modules linked in: bridge stp llc sunrpc acpi_cpufreq freq_table mperf > ipt_REJEC > T nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_ipv4 > Pid: 0, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.6.0 #1 > Call Trace: > <IRQ> [<ffffffff810453bd>] warn_slowpath_common+0x85/0x9d > [<ffffffff810453ef>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c > [<ffffffff811d5f8d>] blk_put_rl+0x4d/0x95 > [<ffffffff811d614a>] __blk_put_request+0xc3/0xcb > [<ffffffff811d71a3>] blk_finish_request+0x232/0x23f > [<ffffffff811d76c3>] ? blk_end_bidi_request+0x34/0x5d > [<ffffffff811d76d1>] blk_end_bidi_request+0x42/0x5d > [<ffffffff811d7728>] blk_end_request+0x10/0x12 > [<ffffffff812cdf16>] scsi_io_completion+0x207/0x4d5 > [<ffffffff812c6fcf>] scsi_finish_command+0xfa/0x103 > [<ffffffff812ce2f8>] scsi_softirq_done+0xff/0x108 > [<ffffffff811dcea5>] blk_done_softirq+0x8d/0xa1 > [<ffffffff810915d5>] ? generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x9f/0xd7 > [<ffffffff8104cf5b>] __do_softirq+0x102/0x213 > [<ffffffff8108a5ec>] ? lock_release_holdtime+0xb6/0xbb > [<ffffffff8104d2b4>] ? raise_softirq_irqoff+0x9/0x3d > [<ffffffff81424dfc>] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30 > [<ffffffff81011beb>] do_softirq+0x4b/0xa3 > [<ffffffff8104cdb0>] irq_exit+0x53/0xd5 > [<ffffffff8102d865>] smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x34/0x36 > [<ffffffff8142486f>] call_function_single_interrupt+0x6f/0x80 > <EOI> [<ffffffff8101800b>] ? mwait_idle+0x94/0xcd > [<ffffffff81018002>] ? mwait_idle+0x8b/0xcd > [<ffffffff81017811>] cpu_idle+0xbb/0x114 > [<ffffffff81401fbd>] rest_init+0xc1/0xc8 > [<ffffffff81401efc>] ? csum_partial_copy_generic+0x16c/0x16c > [<ffffffff81cdbd3d>] start_kernel+0x3d4/0x3e1 > [<ffffffff81cdb79e>] ? kernel_init+0x1f7/0x1f7 > [<ffffffff81cdb2dd>] x86_64_start_reservations+0xb8/0xbd > [<ffffffff81cdb3e3>] x86_64_start_kernel+0x101/0x110
blk_put_rl() does this: if (rl->blkg && rl->blkg->blkcg != &blkcg_root) blkg_put(rl->blkg); but if rl is q->root_rl, rl->blkg might be a bogus pointer because blkcg_deactivate_policy() does not clear q->root_rl.blkg after blkg_destroy_all(). Attached patch works for me. Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nom...@ce.jp.nec.com> diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c index f3b44a6..5015764 100644 --- a/block/blk-cgroup.c +++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c @@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ static void blkg_destroy_all(struct request_queue *q) blkg_destroy(blkg); spin_unlock(&blkcg->lock); } + + q->root_blkg = NULL; + q->root_rl.blkg = NULL; } static void blkg_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *rcu_head) @@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ struct request_list *__blk_queue_next_rl(struct request_list *rl, /* walk to the next list_head, skip root blkcg */ ent = ent->next; - if (ent == &q->root_blkg->q_node) + if (q->root_blkg && ent == &q->root_blkg->q_node) ent = ent->next; if (ent == &q->blkg_list) return NULL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/