ftrace faulted on writing

[Jack Steiner]

Is this a known problem???

This is from a 2.6.32 distro beta kernel running on a nehalem processor (SGI UV system):


   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477841] WARNING: at kernel/trace/ftrace.c:1007 ftrace_bug+0x264/0x2a0()
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477844] Hardware name: Stoutland Platform
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477846] Modules linked in: autofs4 binfmt_misc microcode fuse dm_mod
   						   pcspkr iTCO_wdt sg ioatdma iTCO_vendor_support button i2c_i801 dca
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477861] Pid: 12438, comm: kstop/0 Not tainted 2.6.32.7-jfs-static-sles11-sp1 #11
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477866] Call Trace:
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477874]  [<ffffffff810bed94>] ? ftrace_bug+0x264/0x2a0
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477885]  [<ffffffff81055410>] warn_slowpath_common+0x80/0xd0
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477904]  [<ffffffff810001a4>] ? _stext+0xc/0x18
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477908]  [<ffffffff81055474>] warn_slowpath_null+0x14/0x20
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477912]  [<ffffffff810bed94>] ftrace_bug+0x264/0x2a0
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477917]  [<ffffffff810bef10>] ftrace_replace_code+0x140/0x1b0
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477929]  [<ffffffff810a48b0>] ? stop_cpu+0x0/0x100
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477933]  [<ffffffff810bf00a>] __ftrace_modify_code+0x8a/0x90
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477938]  [<ffffffff810a4959>] stop_cpu+0xa9/0x100
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477950]  [<ffffffff8106ef43>] worker_thread+0x183/0x260
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477958]  [<ffffffff81073900>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x40
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477963]  [<ffffffff8106edc0>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x260
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477967]  [<ffffffff81073546>] kthread+0x96/0xb0
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477973]  [<ffffffff8100407a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477977]  [<ffffffff810734b0>] ? kthread+0x0/0xb0
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477981]  [<ffffffff81004070>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x20
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477985] ---[ end trace 3058770ec83b6e0e ]---
   Feb 19 10:30:49 uv17-sys kernel: [  157.477988] ftrace faulted on writing [<ffffffff810001a4>] _stext+0xc/0x18

It occurs right after:
	# export DB="/sys/kernel/debug/tracing"
	# echo 1 >/proc/sys/kernel/ftrace_enabled
	# echo function > $DB/current_tracer


--- jack
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