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Date:      Thu, 22 Feb 2001 06:18:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "Alexander N. Kabaev" <ak03@gte.com>, current@FreeBSD.org, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Subject:   Re: A possible bug in the interrupt thread preemption code [Was:
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010222061816.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <3A951A25.953E2988@FreeBSD.org>

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On 22-Feb-01 Maxim Sobolev wrote:

>> > Here it is (from DDB):
>> > panic(c027de93,c0297409,c027f878,368,80286)
>> > _mtx_assert(c02ea000,9,c027f878,368,80286)
>> > mi_switch(c32c5da0,3,c02cea44,c357be98)
>> > ithread_schedule(c0747c00,1)
>> > sched_ithd(e)
>> > Xresume14()
>> > --- interrupt, eip = 0xc025b60f, esp = 0x80296, ebp = 0xc357bf08 ---
>> > trap(18, 10, 10,c01597b6,20)
>> > calltrap()
>> > --- trap 0x9, eip = 0xc025a5de, esp = 0xc357bf50, ebp = 0xc357bf64 ---
>> > sw1b(c0146cbc,c0146cbc,c32c5da0,c357bf94)
>> > ithread_loop(c0747c00,c357bfa8)
>> > fork_exit(c0146cbc,c0747c00,c357bfa8)
>> > fork_trampoline()
>>
>> *sigh*  This is why enabling interrupts in trap() is such a bad idea.  If we
>> get a trap in the scheduler, then lots of bad crap starts to happen because
>> we
>> can get an interrupt while we are in a trap. :( Can you compile your kernel
>> with
>> INVARIANTS on though, as I think the kernel should've panic'd earlier if it
>> is
>> doing what I think it is doing.
> 
> It's already have INVARIANTS, MUTEX_DEBUG, WITNESS and WITNESS_DDB.

Hmm, ouch, you do'nt want MUTEX_DEBUG, that'll slow your system to a crawl.
 
>>  Also, if you are feeling industrious, edit
>> sys/i386/i386/trap.c and comment out the enable_intr() call near the
>> beginning
>> of the trap() function right after the printf for 'kernel trap %d with
>> interrupts disabled'.
> 
> Ok, I'll try so.
> 
> -Maxim

It will still panic, just hopefully a better panic.

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