BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: dellWirelessCtl/...

[Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>]

I see this often (all the time) with v2.6.28-5716-gfe0bdec. It is a
Dell XPS M1330 (iwl3945, the newer, "...-2" firmware).

Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: dellWirelessCtl/14180
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel: caller is smi_request+0x89/0xc8
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel: Pid: 14180, comm: dellWirelessCtl Not tainted 2.6.28-t #146
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel: Call Trace:
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff8033ee83>] debug_smp_processor_id+0xdb/0xf0
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff8046a6d8>] smi_request+0x89/0xc8
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff8046a78e>] smi_request_store+0x77/0xa5
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff803c69cb>] dev_attr_store+0x1e/0x20
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff802e66e8>] sysfs_write_file+0xe4/0x119
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff802a0084>] vfs_write+0xae/0x124
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff802a01be>] sys_write+0x47/0x70
Jan  5 19:49:36 blimp kernel:  [<ffffffff8020b69b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

The function smi_request:

/**
 * smi_request: generate SMI request
 *
 * Called with smi_data_lock.
 */
static int smi_request(struct smi_cmd *smi_cmd)
{
	cpumask_t old_mask;
	int ret = 0;

	if (smi_cmd->magic != SMI_CMD_MAGIC) {
		dev_info(&dcdbas_pdev->dev, "%s: invalid magic value\n",
			 __func__);
		return -EBADR;
	}

	/* SMI requires CPU 0 */
	old_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpumask_of_cpu(0));
	if (smp_processor_id() != 0) {			    <==== here?
		dev_dbg(&dcdbas_pdev->dev, "%s: failed to get CPU 0\n",
			__func__);
		ret = -EBUSY;
		goto out;
	}

	/* generate SMI */
	asm volatile (
		"outb %b0,%w1"
		: /* no output args */
		: "a" (smi_cmd->command_code),
		  "d" (smi_cmd->command_address),
		  "b" (smi_cmd->ebx),
		  "c" (smi_cmd->ecx)
		: "memory"
	);

out:
	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &old_mask);
	return ret;
}