Re: BUG_ON(!newowner) in fixup_pi_state_owner()

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, Nov 04 2020 at 08:42, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Wed, 2020-11-04 at 01:56 +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> --- a/kernel/futex.c
> +++ b/kernel/futex.c
> @@ -2383,7 +2383,18 @@ static int fixup_pi_state_owner(u32 __us
>  		 * Since we just failed the trylock; there must be an owner.
>  		 */
>  		newowner = rt_mutex_owner(&pi_state->pi_mutex);
> -		BUG_ON(!newowner);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Why? Because I know what I'm doing with these beasts?  Nope,
> +		 * but what the hell, a busy restart loop let f_boosted become
> +		 * owner, so go for it. Box still boots, works, no longer makes
> +		 * boom with fbomb_v2, and as an added bonus, didn't even blow
> +		 * futextests all up.  Maybe it'll help... or not, we'll see.
> +		 */
> +		if (unlikely(!newowner)) {
> +			err = -EAGAIN;
> +			goto handle_err;

Yes, that cures it, but does not really explain why newowner is
NULL. Lemme stare more.