Re: [bug] SCSI/SLUB - latest -git: WARNING: at mm/slub.c:2443kmem_cache_destroy, scsi_put_host_cmd_pool()

[James Bottomley]

On Sat, 2008-04-19 at 10:57 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> x86.git allyesconfig bootup test produced the following warning in 
> slub.c (and a stream of similar warnings later on):
> 
> [   47.295141] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [   47.298969] WARNING: at mm/slub.c:2443 kmem_cache_destroy+0xf8/0x102()
> [   47.302967] Modules linked in:
> [   47.307205] Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.25-sched-devel.git-x86-latest.git #24
> [   47.310970]  [<c014be1a>] warn_on_slowpath+0x46/0x56
> [   47.317464]  [<c019685f>] ? get_pageblock_flags_group+0x56/0x74
> [   47.322969]  [<c04f2e03>] ? list_add+0xa/0xf
> [   47.328814]  [<c123083a>] ? _spin_unlock+0x22/0x25
> [   47.333327]  [<c0191ce8>] ? time_hardirqs_off+0xe/0x1f
> [   47.338972]  [<c0167ff7>] ? trace_hardirqs_off_caller+0x15/0xab
> [   47.342970]  [<c0168098>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xb/0xd
> [   47.350971]  [<c01976f7>] ? free_hot_cold_page+0x11d/0x139
> [   47.354970]  [<c0191f58>] ? time_hardirqs_on+0xe/0x1f
> [   47.361595]  [<c0169779>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x16/0x13c
> [   47.366973]  [<c01698aa>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
> [   47.370972]  [<c01b1a62>] kmem_cache_destroy+0xf8/0x102
> [   47.377727]  [<c09dab7f>] scsi_put_host_cmd_pool+0x42/0x58
> [   47.382973]  [<c09db1b4>] scsi_destroy_command_freelist+0x54/0x5c
> [   47.386972]  [<c09db2ef>] scsi_host_dev_release+0x79/0xa9
> [   47.394973]  [<c067ee95>] device_release+0x3e/0x54
> [   47.398974]  [<c04e0e62>] kobject_release+0x45/0x55
> [   47.405383]  [<c04e0e1d>] ? kobject_release+0x0/0x55
> [   47.409513]  [<c04e1968>] kref_put+0x3e/0x49
> [   47.414975]  [<c04e0d8d>] kobject_put+0x19/0x1b
> [   47.418975]  [<c067f44e>] put_device+0x16/0x18
> [   47.422975]  [<c09db274>] scsi_host_put+0x12/0x14
> [   47.426975]  [<c09db3dc>] scsi_unregister+0x1d/0x20
> [   47.433383]  [<c1ceddcc>] aha1542_detect+0x7db/0x7f5
> [   47.438977]  [<c01698aa>] ? trace_hardirqs_on+0xb/0xd
> [   47.442976]  [<c1ceddf1>] ? init_this_scsi_driver+0xb/0xd0
> [   47.450666]  [<c1cede44>] init_this_scsi_driver+0x5e/0xd0
> [   47.454978]  [<c1c944db>] kernel_init+0x152/0x2b0
> [   47.458978]  [<c1c94389>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2b0
> [   47.465249]  [<c1c94389>] ? kernel_init+0x0/0x2b0
> [   47.469258]  [<c01199c3>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10
> [   47.474978]  =======================
> [   47.478980] ---[ end trace 778e504de7e3b1e3 ]---
> [   47.483297] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> 
> config and bootlog at:
> 
>  http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/config-Sat_Apr_19_10_28_28_CEST_2008.bad
>  http://redhat.com/~mingo/misc/log-Sat_Apr_19_10_28_28_CEST_2008.bad
> 
> [a few .config options were turned off: just accept all the defaults 
>  after 'make oldconfig']

The WARN_ON is caused by kmem_cache_destroy() with apparently
outstanding objects, isn't it?

The most significant piece of the log seems to be before with all those
isa SCSI drivers ... I assume you don't actually have any of the
hardware, you're just randomly inserting the modules?

James




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