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PATCH Superseded Yasuaki Ishimatsu 3 participants 7 messages Jul 6, 2014 – Jul 7, 2014 Workqueue

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PATCH 1/1 workqueue: initialize cpumask of wq_numa_possible_cpumask

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
 IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
 PGD 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
 ...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
  [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
  [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
  [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
  [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
  [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
  [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
  [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
  [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
  [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
  [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
  [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
  [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
  [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
  [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
  [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
  [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
  [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
  [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

#kernel/workqueue.c
3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index 6203d29..b393ded 100644
@@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@ struct workqueue_attrs *alloc_workqueue_attrs(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*attrs), gfp_mask);
 	if (!attrs)
 		goto fail;
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
 		goto fail;
 
 	cpumask_copy(attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);
#1 lore raw
Quoted 51 lines · Yasuaki Ishimatsu

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
 IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
 PGD 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
 ...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
  [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
  [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
  [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
  [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
  [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
  [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
  [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
  [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
  [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
  [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
  [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
  [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
  [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
  [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
  [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
  [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
  [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
  [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

#kernel/workqueue.c
3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

Quoted 7 lines

But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

Hi, Yasuaki

All cpumasks in the wq_numa_possible_cpumask array are allocated in wq_numa_init():

	for_each_node(node)
		BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
				node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));

	[snip...]

	wq_numa_possible_cpumask = tbl;

I didn't find out how does this patch make the all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask zeroed.

Or I misunderstood.

Thanks,
Lai

Quoted 20 lines
---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index 6203d29..b393ded 100644
@@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@ struct workqueue_attrs *alloc_workqueue_attrs(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*attrs), gfp_mask);
 	if (!attrs)
 		goto fail;
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
 		goto fail;
 
 	cpumask_copy(attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);

.

#2 lore raw
Quoted 73 lines · Lai Jiangshan
Quoted 51 lines · Yasuaki Ishimatsu

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
  IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
  PGD 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
  ...
  Call Trace:
   [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
   [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
   [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
   [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
   [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
   [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
   [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
   [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
   [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
   [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
   [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
   [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
   [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
   [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
   [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
   [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
   [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
   [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
   [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

#kernel/workqueue.c
3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

Quoted 7 lines

But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

Hi, Yasuaki

All cpumasks in the wq_numa_possible_cpumask array are allocated in wq_numa_init():

	for_each_node(node)
		BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
				node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));

	[snip...]

	wq_numa_possible_cpumask = tbl;
Quoted 2 lines

I didn't find out how does this patch make the all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask zeroed.

Sorry. I mistook. I will resend soon.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu.

Quoted 27 lines

Or I misunderstood.

Thanks,
Lai

Quoted 20 lines
---
  kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index 6203d29..b393ded 100644
@@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@ struct workqueue_attrs *alloc_workqueue_attrs(gfp_t gfp_mask)
  	attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*attrs), gfp_mask);
  	if (!attrs)
  		goto fail;
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
  		goto fail;
 
  	cpumask_copy(attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);

.

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#3 lore raw
Quoted 53 lines · Yasuaki Ishimatsu
Quoted 52 lines · Lai Jiangshan
Quoted 51 lines · Yasuaki Ishimatsu

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
  IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
  PGD 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
  ...
  Call Trace:
   [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
   [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
   [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
   [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
   [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
   [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
   [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
   [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
   [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
   [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
   [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
   [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
   [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
   [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
   [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
   [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
   [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
   [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
   [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

#kernel/workqueue.c
3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 5 lines
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But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

Hi, Yasuaki

You said the panic disappeared with the old patch, how did it happen since the old patch was considered incorrect?

Did the panic happen so rarely that it was mistaken disappeared?

How did you test the new one?

In the point of review, we definitely need to use zalloc_cpumask_var_node() instead of alloc_cpumask_var_node() in wq_numa_init().

So for the new patch:

Thanks,
Lai

Quoted 55 lines
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Hi, Yasuaki

All cpumasks in the wq_numa_possible_cpumask array are allocated in wq_numa_init():

    for_each_node(node)
        BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
                node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));

    [snip...]

    wq_numa_possible_cpumask = tbl;
Quoted 2 lines

I didn't find out how does this patch make the all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask zeroed.

Sorry. I mistook. I will resend soon.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu.

Quoted 22 lines

Or I misunderstood.

Thanks,
Lai

Quoted 16 lines
---
  kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index 6203d29..b393ded 100644
@@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@ struct workqueue_attrs *alloc_workqueue_attrs(gfp_t gfp_mask)
      attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*attrs), gfp_mask);
      if (!attrs)
          goto fail;
-    if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
+    if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
          goto fail;
 
Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 4 lines
kernel/workqueue.c +0 -0
      cpumask_copy(attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);

.

.

#4 lore raw
Quoted 63 lines · Lai Jiangshan
Quoted 53 lines · Yasuaki Ishimatsu
Quoted 52 lines · Lai Jiangshan
Quoted 51 lines · Yasuaki Ishimatsu

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

   BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
   IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
   PGD 0
   Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
   ...
   Call Trace:
    [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
    [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
    [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
    [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
    [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
    [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
    [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
    [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
    [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
    [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
    [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
    [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
    [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
    [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
    [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
    [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
    [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
    [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
    [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

#kernel/workqueue.c
3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 5 lines

But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

Hi, Yasuaki

Quoted 6 lines

You said the panic disappeared with the old patch, how did it happen since the old patch was considered incorrect?

Did the panic happen so rarely that it was mistaken disappeared?

How did you test the new one?

I tested new patch. And I confirmed the panic disappeared.

The patch is one liner. So after testing correct patch (new one), I wrote a patch into my tree by hand not use git format-patch/am command. Then I mistook to create old patch and send it.

So I tested new patch and didn't test old patch.
Sorry for my mistake.

Quoted 8 lines

In the point of review, we definitely need to use zalloc_cpumask_var_node() instead of alloc_cpumask_var_node() in wq_numa_init().

So for the new patch:

Thanks for your review.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu

Quoted 60 lines

Thanks,
Lai

Quoted 55 lines
Quoted 16 lines
Quoted 2 lines

Hi, Yasuaki

All cpumasks in the wq_numa_possible_cpumask array are allocated in wq_numa_init():

     for_each_node(node)
         BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
                 node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));

     [snip...]

     wq_numa_possible_cpumask = tbl;
Quoted 2 lines

I didn't find out how does this patch make the all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask zeroed.

Sorry. I mistook. I will resend soon.

Thanks,
Yasuaki Ishimatsu.

Quoted 22 lines

Or I misunderstood.

Thanks,
Lai

Quoted 16 lines
---
   kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index 6203d29..b393ded 100644
@@ -3338,7 +3338,7 @@ struct workqueue_attrs *alloc_workqueue_attrs(gfp_t gfp_mask)
       attrs = kzalloc(sizeof(*attrs), gfp_mask);
       if (!attrs)
           goto fail;
-    if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
+    if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&attrs->cpumask, gfp_mask))
           goto fail;
 
Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 4 lines
kernel/workqueue.c +0 -0
       cpumask_copy(attrs->cpumask, cpu_possible_mask);

.

.

#5 lore raw

PATCH RESEND 1/1 workqueue: initialize cpumask of wq_numa_possible_cpumask

In reply to Lai Jiangshan

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
 IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
 PGD 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
 ...
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
  [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
  [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
  [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
  [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
  [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
  [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
  [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
  [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
  [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
  [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
  [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
  [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
  [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
  [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
  [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
  [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
  [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
  [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

#kernel/workqueue.c
3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index b393ded..81e6511 100644
@@ -4879,7 +4879,7 @@ static void __init wq_numa_init(void)
 	BUG_ON(!tbl);
 
 	for_each_node(node)
-		BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
+		BUG_ON(!zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
 				node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
maintainer Applied
#6 lore raw

PATCH 1/1 workqueue: zero cpumask of wq_numa_possible_cpumask on init

Applied to wq/for-3.16-fixes with slightly updated $SUBJ.

Thanks.
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From 5a6024f1604eef119cf3a6fa413fe0261a81a8f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 09:56:48 -0400

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, kernel panic occurs, showing following call trace.

  BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 0000000000001d08
  IP: [<ffffffff8114acfd>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x9d/0xb10
  PGD 0
  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
  ...
  Call Trace:
   [<ffffffff812b8745>] ? cpumask_next_and+0x35/0x50
   [<ffffffff810a3283>] ? find_busiest_group+0x113/0x8f0
   [<ffffffff81193bc9>] ? deactivate_slab+0x349/0x3c0
   [<ffffffff811926f1>] new_slab+0x91/0x300
   [<ffffffff815de95a>] __slab_alloc+0x2bb/0x482
   [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] ? copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
   [<ffffffff810a3c78>] ? load_balance+0x218/0x890
   [<ffffffff8101a679>] ? sched_clock+0x9/0x10
   [<ffffffff81105ba9>] ? trace_clock_local+0x9/0x10
   [<ffffffff81193d1c>] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x8c/0x200
   [<ffffffff8105bc1c>] copy_process.part.25+0xfc/0x14c0
   [<ffffffff81114d0d>] ? trace_buffer_unlock_commit+0x4d/0x60
   [<ffffffff81085a80>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x140/0x140
   [<ffffffff8105d0ec>] do_fork+0xbc/0x360
   [<ffffffff8105d3b6>] kernel_thread+0x26/0x30
   [<ffffffff81086652>] kthreadd+0x2c2/0x300
   [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60
   [<ffffffff815f20ec>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
   [<ffffffff81086390>] ? kthread_create_on_cpu+0x60/0x60

In my investigation, I found the root cause is wq_numa_possible_cpumask. All entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask is allocated by alloc_cpumask_var_node(). And these entries are used without initializing. So these entries have wrong value.

When hot-adding and onlining CPU, wq_update_unbound_numa() is called. wq_update_unbound_numa() calls alloc_unbound_pwq(). And alloc_unbound_pwq() calls get_unbound_pool(). In get_unbound_pool(), worker_pool->node is set as follow:

3592 /* if cpumask is contained inside a NUMA node, we belong to that node */
3593 if (wq_numa_enabled) {
3594 for_each_node(node) {
3595 if (cpumask_subset(pool->attrs->cpumask,
3596 wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node])) {
3597 pool->node = node;
3598 break;
3599 }
3600 }
3601 }

But wq_numa_possible_cpumask[node] does not have correct cpumask. So, wrong node is selected. As a result, kernel panic occurs.

By this patch, all entries of wq_numa_possible_cpumask are allocated by zalloc_cpumask_var_node to initialize them. And the panic disappeared.

Fixes bce903809ab3 ("workqueue: add wq_numa_tbl_len and wq_numa_possible_cpumask[]")
---
 kernel/workqueue.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
kernel/workqueue.c +1 -1
index 6f5f9c7..35974ac 100644
@@ -4880,7 +4880,7 @@ static void __init wq_numa_init(void)
 	BUG_ON(!tbl);
 
 	for_each_node(node)
-		BUG_ON(!alloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
+		BUG_ON(!zalloc_cpumask_var_node(&tbl[node], GFP_KERNEL,
 				node_online(node) ? node : NUMA_NO_NODE));
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
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