Re: 2.3.31++: Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143 due to new session leader connector

[Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>]

Resending, since the problem does still exist.


Am Freitag 25 September 2009 11:23:03 schrieb Christian Borntraeger:
> Scott,
> 
> I am using the proc connector for fork and exit tracking. With the latest
>  git the new session leader connector(commit
>  02b51df1b07b4e9ca823c89284e704cadb323cd1 proc connector: add event for
>  process becoming session leader)
> causes the following warning:
> 
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> Badness at kernel/softirq.c:143
> Modules linked in: tun bridge stp kvm sclp_cpi dm_multipath scsi_dh sunrpc
>  ipv6 qeth_l2 binfmt_misc dm_mod qeth ccwgroup
> CPU: 7 Not tainted 2.6.31-selfgit-08936-g851b147-dirty #130
> Process xzd (pid: 7189, task: 000000013d804758, ksp: 00000001329eddb8)
> Krnl PSW : 0404c00180000000 00000000001481d4 (local_bh_enable+0xb0/0xe0)
>            R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:0 PM:0 EA:3
> Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 0000000000fcdd68 0000000100000000
>  00000001329ee000 00000000008268a8 0000000132980bb4 0000000000000000
>  0000000132980ac8 0000000000000001 0000000132980ac8 0000000100000000
>  000000013db3a470 0000000132980ac8 0000000000525de8 000000000048a946
>  00000001329edc58 Krnl Code: 00000000001481c6: e33002f00004       lg     
>  %r3,752
>            00000000001481cc: a7f4ffd8           brc     15,14817c
>            00000000001481d0: a7f40001           brc     15,1481d2
> 
>           >00000000001481d4: a7280001           lhi     %r2,1
> 
>            00000000001481d8: 50201000           st      %r2,0(%r1)
>            00000000001481dc: a7f4ffd0           brc     15,14817c
>            00000000001481e0: c0e5fffe4b76       brasl   %r14,1118cc
>            00000000001481e6: e33002f00004       lg      %r3,752
> Call Trace:
> ([<000000013fe04100>] 0x13fe04100)
>  [<000000000048a946>] sk_filter+0x9a/0xd0
>  [<000000000049d938>] netlink_broadcast+0x2c0/0x53c
>  [<00000000003ba9ae>] cn_netlink_send+0x272/0x2b0
>  [<00000000003baef0>] proc_sid_connector+0xc4/0xd4
>  [<0000000000142604>] __set_special_pids+0x58/0x90
>  [<0000000000159938>] sys_setsid+0xb4/0xd8
>  [<00000000001187fe>] sysc_noemu+0x10/0x16
>  [<00000041616cb266>] 0x41616cb266
> Last Breaking-Event-Address:
>  [<00000000001481d0>] local_bh_enable+0xac/0xe0
> 
> 
> The warning is
> --->    WARN_ON_ONCE(in_irq() || irqs_disabled());
> 
> I think the problem is, that sys_setsid holds the tasklist_lock with
> spinlock_irq. while calling the connector.
> 
> Any ideas for a proper fix?
> 
> 
> Christian
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