Re: RCU qsmask !=0 warnings on large-SMP...

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Tue Jan 31 2012 - 12:39:27 EST


On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 06:33:05PM +0100, Steffen Persvold wrote:
> On 1/30/2012 17:15, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> []
> >>
> >>Hmmm... I wonder if it waits for a grace period?
> >>
> >>If it cannot be made to work, I can probably put together some
> >>alternative diagnostics, but it will take me a day or three.
> >
> >Actually, another thing to try is "torture_type=rcu_bh" on the modprobe
> >line for rcutorture. Also, it would be good to get a stack dump of the
> >hung process -- it might be hung for some other reason.
>
> Paul,
>
> Do not dwell more over this issue at the moment. I have indications
> that the inconsistency we're seeing is related to something else
> than the RCU code itself.

Thank you for letting me know!

Thanx, Paul

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