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Date:      Tue, 7 Apr 2020 19:23:47 -0400
From:      Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org>
To:        Eric Joyner <erj@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, shurd <shurd@freebsd.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, Drew Gallatin <gallatin@netflix.com>
Subject:   Re: Issue with epoch_drain_callbacks and unloading iavf(4) [using iflib]
Message-ID:  <20200407232347.GA5605@raichu>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bb0zg-JM1rjO_OPh16sgM3Hm2hbzePNaW5bcxiL9aOpJ_vsOA@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CA%2Bb0zg809EGMS1Ngr38BSb1yNpDqxbCnAv9eC%2BcDwbMQ5t%2BqXQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200212222219.GE83892@raichu> <CAKdFRZjdiz_axuweksNUHis7jPKXHqOmhQg%2BQWzpVnsKY%2Bcrmg@mail.gmail.com> <20200328225150.GA82767@raichu> <CAKdFRZgm43LmjJ9dYDBGM8EV0ePRMLPr4YW_tPELANXQGpqpCA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2Bb0zg_k=8nMhapa=T=yTcSJcUrrnG=AfQB%2Be0gPcCrgkbWtCQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200331192024.GE97238@raichu> <CA%2Bb0zg9z7srroWLtV_poedghXjCr0GvHv95cu4JzFrRdZoaeWw@mail.gmail.com> <20200406212903.GA55712@raichu> <CA%2Bb0zg-JM1rjO_OPh16sgM3Hm2hbzePNaW5bcxiL9aOpJ_vsOA@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:34:50PM -0700, Eric Joyner wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 2:29 PM Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 02:19:25PM -0700, Eric Joyner wrote:
> > > Mark,
> > >
> > > I think I was mistaken about the backtrace looking the same. I was
> > looking
> > > at it from within ddb, and I think I focused on the
> > > epoch_block_handler_preempt line and didn't notice that it only stopped
> > > there this time. Here's the new one I've got from kgdb:
> >
> > Thanks.  Could you try to print "td->td_name" from frame 4?  It should
> > also be available as er->er_blockedtd.  Basically, I'm trying to verify
> > that the interrupt thread itself isn't the one that we're waiting for,
> > else there is another bug to be fixed.
> >
> > If you can provide kernel symbols and vmcore, I'd be happy to look at it
> > myself.
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> 
> Here's what I get:
> 
> (kgdb) frame 4
> #4  epoch_block_handler_preempt (global=0xfffff80003de0100,
> cr=0xfffffe00dee85900, arg=0x0) at /usr/src/sys/kern/subr_epoch.c:507
> 507     }
> (kgdb) print td->td_name
> $1 = "if_io_tqg_31\000\000\000\000\000\000\000"
> (kgdb) print er->er_blockedtd
> $2 = (struct thread *) 0x0

I spent some time looking at the core.  It looks like we have yet
another problem: the gtaskqueue code won't exit the net epoch if it is
constantly running a net task.  Could you please retry with the patches
from before, and this one included?

diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_gtaskqueue.c b/sys/kern/subr_gtaskqueue.c
index f52f32204644..2b1386a612ee 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_gtaskqueue.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_gtaskqueue.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ gtaskqueue_run_locked(struct gtaskqueue *queue)
 	struct epoch_tracker et;
 	struct gtaskqueue_busy tb;
 	struct gtask *gtask;
-	bool in_net_epoch;
+	bool in net_epoch;
 
 	KASSERT(queue != NULL, ("tq is NULL"));
 	TQ_ASSERT_LOCKED(queue);
@@ -361,20 +361,19 @@ gtaskqueue_run_locked(struct gtaskqueue *queue)
 		TQ_UNLOCK(queue);
 
 		KASSERT(gtask->ta_func != NULL, ("task->ta_func is NULL"));
-		if (!in_net_epoch && TASK_IS_NET(gtask)) {
-			in_net_epoch = true;
+		if (TASK_IS_NET(gtask)) {
 			NET_EPOCH_ENTER(et);
-		} else if (in_net_epoch && !TASK_IS_NET(gtask)) {
+			in_net_epoch = true;
+		}
+		gtask->ta_func(gtask->ta_context);
+		if (in_net_epoch) {
 			NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 			in_net_epoch = false;
 		}
-		gtask->ta_func(gtask->ta_context);
 
 		TQ_LOCK(queue);
 		wakeup(gtask);
 	}
-	if (in_net_epoch)
-		NET_EPOCH_EXIT(et);
 	LIST_REMOVE(&tb, tb_link);
 }
 



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