Re: Bisected: s2disk (uswsusp only) hangs just before poweroff

[Alan Jenkins]

Mel Gorman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 07:59:40PM +0000, Alan Jenkins wrote:
>   
> > Hi
> >
> > Suspend to disk is (sometimes) hanging for me in 2.6.32-rc.  I finally  
> > got around to bisecting it, which blamed the following commit by Mel:
> >
> > 5f8dcc2 "page-allocator: split per-cpu list into one-list-per-migrate-type"
> >
> > I was able to confirm this by reverting the commit, which fixed the  
> > hang.  I had to revert one other commit first to avoid a conflict:
> >
> > a6f9edd "page-allocator: maintain rolling count of pages to free from  
> > the PCP"
> >
> >     
>
> Which RC kernel? Specifically, are the commits
>
> cc4a6851466039a8a688c843962a05689059ff3b always wake kswapd when restarting an allocation attempt
> 9d0ed60fe9cd1fbf57f755cd27a23ae9114d7210 Do not allow interrupts to use ALLOC_HARDER
>
> applied?
>
> The latter one in particular might make a difference if s2disk is
> pushing the system far below the watermarks. I don't suppose you know
> where it's hanging? i.e. is it hanging in the allocator itself?
>
> If those patches are applied, then one difference that 5f8dcc2 makes is
> that pages on the PCP lists but not of the right migratetype are not
> used. Prior to that commit, an allocation might succeed even if the
> buddy lists were empty because one of the other PCP page types would be
> used.
>
>   
> > -- detail --
> >
> > When I suspend my EeePc 701 to disk, it sometimes hangs after writing  
> > out the hibernation image.  The system is still able to resume from this  
> > image (after working around the hang by pressing the power button). 
> >
> > This is specific to s2disk from the uswsusp package (which is now  
> > installed by default on debian unstable).  It doesn't happen if I  
> > uninstall uswsusp and use the in-kernel suspend instead.
> >
> >     
>
> This leads me to believe that uswsusp is able to push available pages
> far below what is expected. It's a total guess though, I have no idea
> how uswsusp is implemented or how it differs from what is in kernel.
>
>   
> > The hang doesn't happen if I boot with "init=/bin/bash" and run s2disk.   
> > Nor does it happen if I boot normally, then switch to single user mode  
> > ("telinit 12").
> >
> > It only happens if I've logged in to KDE.  In the past, this has  
> > indicated a problem in a network driver, since NetworkManager only made  
> > a connection once I logged in.  But it still hangs if I remove both  
> > ath5k and atl2 before I log into KDE.  (I actually tried removing as  
> > many modules as possible: atl2, ath5k, usbcore, snd-hda-intel, psmouse,  
> > pcspkr, battery, ac, themal, fan, and eeepc-laptop).  Perhaps it's  
> > something to do with the size of the hibernation image.
> >
> >     
>
> I believe you are correct in that it's something to do with the size of
> the hibernation image and how close to the edge the kernel gets pushed
> as a result.
>
> Please confirm first that the two commits I mentioned above are in your
> kernel. If not, would you mind trying the following patch?
> Unfortunately, it's totally untested. The intention of the patch is to
> use other PCP lists if the desired one cannot be refilled.
>
> Thanks.
>   

The hang happens on 2.6.32-rc8, which includes the two commits above.

Thanks!
Alan
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