Re: 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 : net tcp_input.c warnings

From: Dave Young
Date: Thu Jan 24 2008 - 20:31:01 EST

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On Jan 24, 2008 5:54 PM, Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Dave Young wrote:
>
> Hi Dave (& others),
>
> > Thanks.
>
> Thanks a lot, I was first to ignore all these because they occurred
> with newreno, but looked again... :-/
>
> > New warning trigged with your debug patch:
>
> This was probably with the earlier one I sent to you because there's still
> this case remaining which itself is valid:
>
> > P: 5 L: 0 vs 0 S: 0 vs 1 w: 2044790889-2044796616 (0)
>
> ...snip... this is still ok state (S+L <= P):
>
>
> > P: 5 L: 0 vs 0 S: 0 vs 3 w: 2044790889-2044796616 (0)
> > TCP wq(s) <
> > TCP wq(h) +++h+<
> > l0 s3 f0 p5 seq: su2044790889 hs2044795029 sn2044796616
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: at net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:2169 tcp_mark_head_lost+0x122/0x150()
> > Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event
> > snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss eeprom e100 psmouse
> > snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer btusb bluetooth serio_raw snd 3c59x sg
> > evdev thermal soundcore rtc_cmos snd_page_alloc rtc_core rtc_lib
> > i2c_i801 processor button intel_agp dcdbas pcspkr agpgart
> > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 #8
> > [<c0132100>] ? have_callable_console+0x20/0x30
> > [<c0131844>] warn_on_slowpath+0x54/0x80
> > [<c03ffe54>] ? tcp_print_queue+0x1a4/0x230
> > [<c0132438>] ? vprintk+0x308/0x320
> > [<c0132438>] ? vprintk+0x308/0x320
> > [<c0132438>] ? vprintk+0x308/0x320
> > [<c03ffff6>] ? tcp_verify_wq+0x116/0x1c0
> > [<c03f6052>] tcp_mark_head_lost+0x122/0x150
> > [<c03f60ca>] tcp_update_scoreboard+0x4a/0x190
> > [<c03f6e7a>] tcp_fastretrans_alert+0x4da/0x700
> > [<c03f7e63>] tcp_ack+0x1b3/0x3a0
> > [<c03fa21b>] tcp_rcv_established+0x3eb/0x710
> > [<c0401c05>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xe5/0x100
> > [<c04021fb>] tcp_v4_rcv+0x5db/0x660
> > [<c0401fa7>] ? tcp_v4_rcv+0x387/0x660
> > [<c03e5eed>] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2d/0x1d0
> > [<c03e5f44>] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x84/0x1d0
> > [<c03e5eed>] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2d/0x1d0
> > [<c0156b97>] ? __lock_release+0x47/0x70
> > [<c03e6147>] ip_local_deliver+0xb7/0xc0
> > [<c03e6202>] ip_rcv_finish+0xb2/0x3c0
> > [<c03c01d8>] ? sock_def_readable+0x48/0xa0
> > [<c03be061>] ? sock_queue_rcv_skb+0xb1/0x1a0
> > [<c03be0a7>] ? sock_queue_rcv_skb+0xf7/0x1a0
> > [<c03e669f>] ip_rcv+0x18f/0x290
> > [<c042fb10>] ? packet_rcv_spkt+0xd0/0x130
> > [<c03c8da6>] netif_receive_skb+0x2b6/0x330
> > [<c03c8c17>] ? netif_receive_skb+0x127/0x330
> > [<c03c8ea3>] ? process_backlog+0x83/0x100
> > [<c03c8eae>] process_backlog+0x8e/0x100
> > [<c03c90bc>] net_rx_action+0x13c/0x230
> > [<c03c8fd9>] ? net_rx_action+0x59/0x230
> > [<c0136f63>] __do_softirq+0x93/0x120
> > [<c013706a>] do_softirq+0x7a/0x80
> > [<c0137135>] irq_exit+0x65/0x90
> > [<c01078b1>] do_IRQ+0x41/0x80
> > [<c0155659>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb9/0x130
> > [<c01059ca>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34
> > [<c0103390>] ? mwait_idle_with_hints+0x40/0x50
> > [<c01033a0>] ? mwait_idle+0x0/0x20
> > [<c01033b2>] mwait_idle+0x12/0x20
> > [<c0103141>] cpu_idle+0x61/0x110
> > [<c04339fd>] rest_init+0x5d/0x60
> > [<c05a47fa>] start_kernel+0x1fa/0x260
> > [<c05a4190>] ? unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x130
> > =======================
> > ---[ end trace 14b601818e6903ac ]---
> > ------------[ cut here ]------------
> > WARNING: at net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:197 tcp_verify_wq+0x1b6/0x1c0()
> > Modules linked in: snd_seq_dummy snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event
> > snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss eeprom e100 psmouse
> > snd_hda_intel snd_pcm snd_timer btusb bluetooth serio_raw snd 3c59x sg
> > evdev thermal soundcore rtc_cmos snd_page_alloc rtc_core rtc_lib
> > i2c_i801 processor button intel_agp dcdbas pcspkr agpgart
> > Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24-rc8-mm1 #8
> > [<c0132100>] ? have_callable_console+0x20/0x30
> > [<c0131844>] warn_on_slowpath+0x54/0x80
> > [<c01317da>] ? print_oops_end_marker+0x2a/0x30
> > [<c0131849>] ? warn_on_slowpath+0x59/0x80
> > [<c03ffe54>] ? tcp_print_queue+0x1a4/0x230
> > [<c0132438>] ? vprintk+0x308/0x320
> > [<c0132438>] ? vprintk+0x308/0x320
> > [<c0400096>] tcp_verify_wq+0x1b6/0x1c0
> > [<c03ffff6>] ? tcp_verify_wq+0x116/0x1c0
> > [<c03f5ffc>] tcp_mark_head_lost+0xcc/0x150
> > [<c03f60ca>] tcp_update_scoreboard+0x4a/0x190
> > [<c03f6e7a>] tcp_fastretrans_alert+0x4da/0x700
> > [<c03f7e63>] tcp_ack+0x1b3/0x3a0
> > [<c03fa21b>] tcp_rcv_established+0x3eb/0x710
> > [<c0401c05>] tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xe5/0x100
> > [<c04021fb>] tcp_v4_rcv+0x5db/0x660
> > [<c0401fa7>] ? tcp_v4_rcv+0x387/0x660
> > [<c03e5eed>] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2d/0x1d0
> > [<c03e5f44>] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x84/0x1d0
> > [<c03e5eed>] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x2d/0x1d0
> > [<c0156b97>] ? __lock_release+0x47/0x70
> > [<c03e6147>] ip_local_deliver+0xb7/0xc0
> > [<c03e6202>] ip_rcv_finish+0xb2/0x3c0
> > [<c03c01d8>] ? sock_def_readable+0x48/0xa0
> > [<c03be061>] ? sock_queue_rcv_skb+0xb1/0x1a0
> > [<c03be0a7>] ? sock_queue_rcv_skb+0xf7/0x1a0
> > [<c03e669f>] ip_rcv+0x18f/0x290
> > [<c042fb10>] ? packet_rcv_spkt+0xd0/0x130
> > [<c03c8da6>] netif_receive_skb+0x2b6/0x330
> > [<c03c8c17>] ? netif_receive_skb+0x127/0x330
> > [<c03c8ea3>] ? process_backlog+0x83/0x100
> > [<c03c8eae>] process_backlog+0x8e/0x100
> > [<c03c90bc>] net_rx_action+0x13c/0x230
> > [<c03c8fd9>] ? net_rx_action+0x59/0x230
> > [<c0136f63>] __do_softirq+0x93/0x120
> > [<c013706a>] do_softirq+0x7a/0x80
> > [<c0137135>] irq_exit+0x65/0x90
> > [<c01078b1>] do_IRQ+0x41/0x80
> > [<c0155659>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb9/0x130
> > [<c01059ca>] common_interrupt+0x2e/0x34
> > [<c0103390>] ? mwait_idle_with_hints+0x40/0x50
> > [<c01033a0>] ? mwait_idle+0x0/0x20
> > [<c01033b2>] mwait_idle+0x12/0x20
> > [<c0103141>] cpu_idle+0x61/0x110
> > [<c04339fd>] rest_init+0x5d/0x60
> > [<c05a47fa>] start_kernel+0x1fa/0x260
> > [<c05a4190>] ? unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x130
> > =======================
> > ---[ end trace 14b601818e6903ac ]---
>
> ...But this no longer is, and even more, L: 5 is not valid state at this
> point all (should only happen if we went to RTO but it would reset S to
> zero with newreno):
>
> > P: 5 L: 5 vs 5 S: 0 vs 3 w: 2044790889-2044796616 (0)
> > TCP wq(s) LLLLl<
> > TCP wq(h) +++h+<
> > l5 s3 f0 p5 seq: su2044790889 hs2044795029 sn2044796616
>
> Surprisingly, it was the first time the WARN_ON for left_out returned
> correct location. This also explains why the patch I sent to Krishna
> didn't print anything (it didn't end up into printing because I forgot
> to add L+S>P check into to the state checking if).
>
> ...so please, could you (others than Denys) try this patch, it should
> solve the issue. And Denys, could you confirm (and if necessary double
> check) that the kernel you saw this similar problem with is the pure
> Linus' mainline, i.e., without any net-2.6.25 or mm bits please, if so,
> that problem persists. And anyway, there were some fackets_out related
> problems reported as well and this doesn't help for that but I think I've
> lost track of who was seeing it due to large number of reports :-), could
> somebody refresh my memory because I currently don't have time to dig it
> up from archives (at least on this week).

Thanks, applied on my test kernel, if there's no warnings I will just mute.

>
>
> --
> i.
>
> --
> [PATCH] [TCP]: NewReno must count every skb while marking losses
>
> NewReno should add cnt per skb (as with FACK) instead of depending
> on SACKED_ACKED bits which won't be set with it at all.
> Effectively, NewReno should always exists after the first
> iteration anyway (or immediately if there's already head in
> lost_out.
>
> This was fixed earlier in net-2.6.25 but got reverted among other
> stuff and I didn't notice that this is still necessary (actually
> wasn't even considering this case while trying to figure out the
> reports because I lived with different kind of code than it in
> reality was).
>
> This should solve the WARN_ONs in TCP code that as a result of
> this triggered multiple times in every place we check for this
> invariant.
>
> Special thanks to Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> and
> Krishna Kumar2 <krkumar2@xxxxxxxxxx> for trying with my debug
> patches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/ipv4/tcp_input.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> index 295490e..aa409a5 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
> @@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk, int packets, int fast_rexmit)
> tp->lost_skb_hint = skb;
> tp->lost_cnt_hint = cnt;
>
> - if (tcp_is_fack(tp) ||
> + if (tcp_is_fack(tp) || tcp_is_reno(tp) ||
> (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED))
> cnt += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
>
> --
> 1.5.2.2
>
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