Re: [peterz-queue:sched/hrtick] [entry,hrtimer,x86] ebf33ab570: BUG:soft_lockup-CPU##stuck_for#s![pthread_mutex1_:#]

From: Peter Zijlstra

Date: Thu Sep 11 2025 - 03:33:07 EST


On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 01:24:54PM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> kernel test robot noticed "BUG:soft_lockup-CPU##stuck_for#s![pthread_mutex1_:#]" on:
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> commit: ebf33ab5707c7c9ea25e3c03540b1329ad9aff1d ("entry,hrtimer,x86: Push reprogramming timers into the interrupt return path")
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/peterz/queue.git sched/hrtick
>
> in testcase: will-it-scale
> version: will-it-scale-x86_64-75f66e4-1_20250906
> with following parameters:
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> nr_task: 100%
> mode: thread
> test: pthread_mutex1
> cpufreq_governor: performance
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>
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> config: x86_64-rhel-9.4
> compiler: gcc-13
> test machine: 64 threads 2 sockets Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6346 CPU @ 3.10GHz (Ice Lake) with 256G memory
>
> (please refer to attached dmesg/kmsg for entire log/backtrace)
>

Is this the same issue again as last time? Eg. disabling all the perf
monitors makes it go?