Re: INFO: suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage.

From: Dave Jones
Date: Tue May 24 2011 - 11:56:19 EST


On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:50:46PM -0700, Justin Mattock wrote:

> [ 2862.310349] WARNING: at net/ipv4/route.c:1668 ip_rt_bug+0x5c/0x62()

Awesome, adding that WARN_ON paid off. This is the same bug I've been trying
to reproduce the last few weeks. DaveM mentioned that it means we used
an input route for packet output.

> [ 2862.310414] Pid: 6153, comm: gcm-session Not tainted
> 2.6.39-04906-g5e152b4-dirty #2
> [ 2862.310417] Call Trace:
> [ 2862.310424] [<ffffffff8104c634>] warn_slowpath_common+0x83/0x9b
> [ 2862.310430] [<ffffffff8104c666>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x1c
> [ 2862.310434] [<ffffffff814095c9>] ip_rt_bug+0x5c/0x62
> [ 2862.310439] [<ffffffff814112a1>] dst_output+0x19/0x1d
> [ 2862.310443] [<ffffffff81412aa0>] ip_local_out+0x20/0x25
> [ 2862.310448] [<ffffffff814139c9>] ip_send_skb+0x19/0x58
> [ 2862.310453] [<ffffffff8142fa4e>] udp_send_skb+0x239/0x29b
> [ 2862.310458] [<ffffffff814310f0>] udp_sendmsg+0x5a1/0x7d4
> [ 2862.310464] [<ffffffff81079408>] ? trace_hardirqs_off+0xd/0xf
> [ 2862.310469] [<ffffffff8141139c>] ? ip_select_ident+0x3d/0x3d
> [ 2862.310475] [<ffffffff810525b8>] ? local_bh_enable_ip+0xe/0x10
> [ 2862.310481] [<ffffffff8148f131>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_bh+0x31/0x35
> [ 2862.310486] [<ffffffff813d41a6>] ? release_sock+0x14c/0x155
> [ 2862.310490] [<ffffffff814386ac>] inet_sendmsg+0x66/0x6f
> [ 2862.310495] [<ffffffff813d02b0>] sock_sendmsg+0xe6/0x109
> [ 2862.310501] [<ffffffff8107d63f>] ? lock_acquire+0xe1/0x109
> [ 2862.310505] [<ffffffff8107d535>] ? lock_release+0x1aa/0x1d3
> [ 2862.310512] [<ffffffff810ed549>] ? might_fault+0xa5/0xac
> [ 2862.310516] [<ffffffff813ceb34>] ? copy_from_user+0x2f/0x31
> [ 2862.310521] [<ffffffff813d1f34>] sys_sendto+0x132/0x174
> [ 2862.310526] [<ffffffff81495cfa>] ? sysret_check+0x2e/0x69
> [ 2862.310531] [<ffffffff8107b016>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x13f/0x172
> [ 2862.310537] [<ffffffff8109fd4d>] ? audit_syscall_entry+0x11c/0x148
> [ 2862.310542] [<ffffffff8121debe>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x3a/0x3f
> [ 2862.310546] [<ffffffff81495cc2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b
> [ 2862.310549] ---[ end trace 2d2332adaa8bf2b5 ]---
> [ 2863.373889] ip_rt_bug: 10.0.0.10 -> 255.255.255.255, ?

The common thing between your bug and the trace I triggered was the
destination ip reported. A clue maybe ?

Dave

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