2011/5/2 Jean-Michel Hautbois <[email protected]>

> 2011/5/2 Philippe Gerum <[email protected]>:
> > On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 11:56 +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> >> 2011/5/2 Jean-Michel Hautbois <[email protected]>:
> >> > 2011/4/30 Philippe Gerum <[email protected]>:
> >> >> On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 18:08 +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> >> >>> 2011/4/29 Philippe Gerum <[email protected]>:
> >> >>> > On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 10:33 +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> >> >>> >> 2011/4/27 Philippe Gerum <[email protected]>:
> >> >>> >> > On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 20:42 +0200, Jean-Michel Hautbois wrote:
> >> >>> >> >> Hi list,
> >> >>> >> >>
> >> >>> >> >> I am currently using a Xenomai port on a linux 2.6.35.11 linux
> kernel
> >> >>> >> >> and the adeos-ipipe-2.6.35.7-powerpc-2.12-01.patch.
> >> >>> >> >> I am facing a scheduling issue on a P2020 (dual core PowerPC),
> and I
> >> >>> >> >> get the following message :
> >> >>> >> >>
> >> >>> >> >> Badness at arch/powerpc/mm/mmu_context_nohash.c:209
> >> >>> >> >> NIP: c0018d20 LR: c039b94c CTR: c00343e4
> >> >>> >> >> REGS: ecfadce0 TRAP: 0700   Tainted: G        W    (2.6.35.11)
> >> >>> >> >> MSR: 00021000 <ME,CE>  CR: 24000488  XER: 00000000
> >> >>> >> >> TASK = ec5220d0[496] 'sipaq' THREAD: ecfac000 CPU: 1
> >> >>> >> >> GPR00: 00000001 ecfadd90 ec5220d0 ec5df340 ec58a700 00000000
> ffffffff 00000003
> >> >>> >> >> GPR08: c04a2d98 00000007 c04a2d98 0067e000 0002f385 1007f1f8
> c04a5b40 ecfac040
> >> >>> >> >> GPR16: c04a5b40 c04deb80 c04a2120 c04a2d98 c04a5b40 c04d008c
> ecfac000 00029000
> >> >>> >> >> GPR24: c04d0000 c04d1e6c 00000001 ec58a700 eceaf390 c04d1e78
> c0b23b40 ec5df340
> >> >>> >> >> NIP [c0018d20] switch_mmu_context+0x80/0x438
> >> >>> >> >> LR [c039b94c] schedule+0x774/0x7dc
> >> >>> >> >> Call Trace:
> >> >>> >> >> [ecfadd90] [44000484] 0x44000484 (unreliable)
> >> >>> >> >> [ecfadde0] [c039b94c] schedule+0x774/0x7dc
> >> >>> >> >> [ecfade50] [c039cb98] do_nanosleep+0xc8/0x114
> >> >>> >> >> [ecfade80] [c0059bf8] hrtimer_nanosleep+0xd8/0x158
> >> >>> >> >> [ecfadf10] [c0059d48] sys_nanosleep+0xd0/0xd4
> >> >>> >> >> [ecfadf40] [c0013c0c] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x3c
> >> >>> >> >> --- Exception: c01 at 0xffa6cc4
> >> >>> >> >>    LR = 0xffa6cb0
> >> >>> >> >> Instruction dump:
> >> >>> >> >> 40a2fff0 4c00012c 2f800000 409e0128 813b018c 2f830000 39290001
> 913b018c
> >> >>> >> >> 419e0020 8003018c 7c000034 5400d97e <0f000000> 8123018c
> 3929ffff 9123018c
> >> >>> >> >>
> >> >>> >> >> Do you have a clue on how to start debugging it ?
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Yes, but that can't be easily summarized here. In short, we
> have a
> >> >>> >> > serious problem with the sharing of the MMU context between the
> Linux
> >> >>> >> > and Xenomai schedulers in the SMP case on powerpc.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> OK, good to know that it is a known issue. If there is a thread
> with
> >> >>> >> some thoughts about it, I am interested ;).
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> >> It is happening quite randomly... :).
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Does disabling CONFIG_XENO_HW_UNLOCKED_SWITCH clear this issue?
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Well, yes and no. It starts well, but when booting the kernel I
> get :
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > The mm switch issue was specifically addressed by this patch,
> which is
> >> >>> > part of 2.12-01:
> >> >>> >
> http://git.denx.de/?p=ipipe-2.6.git;a=commit;h=c14a47630d62d0328de1957636dceb1d498f7048
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > However, it the last 2.6.35 patch issued was based on 2.6.35.7,
> not
> >> >>> > 2.6.35.11, so there is still the possibility that something went
> wrong
> >> >>> > while you forward ported this code.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > - Please check that mmu_context_nohash.c does contain the fix
> above as
> >> >>> > it should
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It is ok, I have the fix.
> >> >>
> >> >> Does 2.6.35.7-2.12-02 exhibit the issue as well?
> >> >
> >> > It doesn't seem to exhibit the issue... I didn't try during a long
> >> > time though...
> >> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>> > - Please try Richard's suggestion, i.e. moving to 2.6.36, which
> may give
> >> >>> > us more hints.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> It is better. I don't have the badness on mmu context anymore.
> >> >>> This gives some hints ;).
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes and no. The mmu management code involved was untouched between
> >> >> 2.6.35 and 2.6.36, so I still don't get why this activity counter
> gets
> >> >> trashed yet.
> >> >>
> >> >>> >> Badness at kernel/lockdep.c:2327
> >> >>> >> NIP: c006e554 LR: c006e53c CTR: 000186a0
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Adeos sometimes conflicts with the vanilla IRQ state tracer. I'll
> have a
> >> >>> > look at this. Disable CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Yes, but I *want* to have the CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS on. I just
> wanted
> >> >>> to tell that I had the problem, in order to be sure it is known ;).
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >> Sure, but one issue at a time.
> >> >>
> >> >>> JM
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Philippe.
> >> >>
> >>
> >> OK, the badness disappears, but the 2.6.36 kernel seems more stable
> >> than 2.6.35 with this patch.
> >
> > What does "more stable" mean? Do you have lockups, any issue reported in
> > the kernel log? Any weird Xenomai behavior?
> >
>
> Well, my applications work very well with the 2.6.36, comparing to the
> 2.6.35 were it can crash without any informative message.
> I can't say much more because I don't have much more :).
>
> JM
>


OK, I will give some more details, and correct myself BTW :
- A 2.6.35-11 with the 2.6.35.7-powerpc-2.11.02 is showing the badness
- A 2.6.35-11 with the 2.6.35.7-powerpc-2.12.01 is showing the badness
- A 2.6.35-11 with the 2.6.35.7-powerpc-2.12.02 is NOT showing the badness

So, the problem is solved from my point of view, sorry for the noise...
JM
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