Acer Aspire 7750G Core i7 in 64bit mode Slackware64 13.37 Since 3.0-rc5, I get the following at boot: device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic- Multi-Card 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS =================================================== [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] --------------------------------------------------- block/cfq-iosched.c:2776 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 3 locks held by scsi_scan_6/1552: #0: (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8145efca>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0x5a/0x150 #1: (&eq->sysfs_lock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff812a5032>] elevator_exit+0x22/0x60 #2: (&(&q->__queue_lock)->rlock){-.-...}, at: [<ffffffff812b6233>] cfq_exit_queue+0x43/0x190 stack backtrace: Pid: 1552, comm: scsi_scan_6 Not tainted 3.0.0-rc5 #17 Call Trace: [<ffffffff810abb9b>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xbb/0xc0 [<ffffffff812b6139>] __cfq_exit_single_io_context+0xe9/0x120 [<ffffffff812b626c>] cfq_exit_queue+0x7c/0x190 [<ffffffff812a5046>] elevator_exit+0x36/0x60 [<ffffffff812a802a>] blk_cleanup_queue+0x4a/0x60 [<ffffffff8145cc09>] scsi_free_queue+0x9/0x10 [<ffffffff81460944>] __scsi_remove_device+0x84/0xd0 [<ffffffff8145dca3>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0x353/0xb10 [<ffffffff817da069>] ? error_exit+0x29/0xb0 [<ffffffff817d98ed>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x3d/0x80 [<ffffffff8145e722>] __scsi_scan_target+0x112/0x680 [<ffffffff812c690d>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_thunk+0x3a/0x3c [<ffffffff817da069>] ? error_exit+0x29/0xb0 [<ffffffff812bcc60>] ? kobject_del+0x40/0x40 [<ffffffff8145ed16>] scsi_scan_channel+0x86/0xb0 [<ffffffff8145f0b0>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0x140/0x150 [<ffffffff8145f149>] do_scsi_scan_host+0x89/0x90 [<ffffffff8145f170>] do_scan_async+0x20/0x160 [<ffffffff8145f150>] ? do_scsi_scan_host+0x90/0x90 [<ffffffff810975b6>] kthread+0xa6/0xb0 [<ffffffff817db154>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff81066430>] ? finish_task_switch+0x80/0x110 [<ffffffff817d9c04>] ? retint_restore_args+0xe/0xe [<ffffffff81097510>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x70/0x70 [<ffffffff817db150>] ? gs_change+0xb/0xb
Created attachment 64442 [details] dmesg-kernel-3.0-0.rc5.git0.1.fc16 I get a very similar message during boot with kernel-3.0-0.rc5.git0.1.fc16: =================================================== [ INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage. ] --------------------------------------------------- block/cfq-iosched.c:2776 invoked rcu_dereference_check() without protection! other info that might help us debug this: rcu_scheduler_active = 1, debug_locks = 0 3 locks held by scsi_scan_0/208: #0: (&shost->scan_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [<ffffffff8133d968>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0xbf/0x191 #1: (&eq->sysfs_lock){+.+...}, at: [<ffffffff8123902a>] elevator_exit+0x1d/0x4e #2: (&(&q->__queue_lock)->rlock){..-...}, at: [<ffffffff8125032f>] cfq_exit_queue+0x47/0x179 stack backtrace: Pid: 208, comm: scsi_scan_0 Not tainted 3.0-0.rc5.git0.1.fc16.x86_64 #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81086e4d>] lockdep_rcu_dereference+0xa8/0xb0 [<ffffffff81250227>] __cfq_exit_single_io_context+0x78/0xd7 [<ffffffff81250353>] cfq_exit_queue+0x6b/0x179 [<ffffffff8123903e>] elevator_exit+0x31/0x4e [<ffffffff8123d501>] blk_cleanup_queue+0x4f/0x68 [<ffffffff8133b931>] scsi_free_queue+0xe/0x10 [<ffffffff8133efb2>] __scsi_remove_device+0xac/0xb9 [<ffffffff8133cee8>] scsi_probe_and_add_lun+0xa6e/0xaab [<ffffffff8133d5ff>] __scsi_scan_target+0x580/0x5d2 [<ffffffff81088007>] ? mark_lock+0x2d/0x220 [<ffffffff81089654>] ? mark_held_locks+0x4b/0x6d [<ffffffff814f35d0>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x45/0x52 [<ffffffff81089781>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x10b/0x12f [<ffffffff8133d6a8>] scsi_scan_channel.part.2+0x57/0x72 [<ffffffff8133d9b2>] scsi_scan_host_selected+0x109/0x191 [<ffffffff8133daaf>] ? do_scsi_scan_host+0x75/0x75 [<ffffffff8133daaa>] do_scsi_scan_host+0x70/0x75 [<ffffffff8133dad2>] do_scan_async+0x23/0x142 [<ffffffff8133daaf>] ? do_scsi_scan_host+0x75/0x75 [<ffffffff8133daaf>] ? do_scsi_scan_host+0x75/0x75 [<ffffffff810745e1>] kthread+0xa8/0xb0 [<ffffffff814fb324>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10 [<ffffffff814f39d4>] ? retint_restore_args+0x13/0x13 [<ffffffff81074539>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x5a/0x5a [<ffffffff814fb320>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13 The full dmesg is also attached. The notebook is aspire 5050
Any chance to get this fixed before v3.0 is out?
I believe that 3181faa85bd (cfq-iosched: fix a rcu warning), which is in mainline, fixes this problem. Could you please try it out?
Commit 2a9d6df425d7b46b23cbc8673b2dfefa4678abdb has been merged into master some hours ago. I'll wail till rc7 is out and report back if it fixes the warning.
I tested this with kernel-3.0-0.rc6.git6.1.fc16.x86_64. Everything is fine now - no rcu warnings. This bug can be closed now (it is already).
Very good, Joshua! Thank you for testing this!
Fixed in 3.0-rc7