Re: [patch 00/61] ANNOUNCE: lock validator -V1

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> wrote:

> Darn.  It said all tests passed, then oopsed.
> 
> (have .config all gzipped up if you want it)

yeah, please.

> EIP:    0060:[<b103a872>]    Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010083   (2.6.17-rc4-mm3-smp #157)
> EIP is at count_matching_names+0x5b/0xa2

> 1151            list_for_each_entry(type, &all_lock_types, lock_entry) {
> 1152                    if (new_type->key - new_type->subtype == type->key)
> 1153                            return type->name_version;
> 1154                    if (!strcmp(type->name, new_type->name))  <--kaboom
> 1155                            count = max(count, type->name_version);

hm, while most code (except the one above) is prepared for type->name 
being NULL, it should not be NULL. Maybe an uninitialized lock slipped 
through? Please try the patch below - it both protects against 
type->name being NULL in this place, and will warn if it finds a NULL 
lockname.

	Ingo

Index: linux/kernel/lockdep.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/lockdep.c
+++ linux/kernel/lockdep.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ int count_matching_names(struct lock_typ
 	list_for_each_entry(type, &all_lock_types, lock_entry) {
 		if (new_type->key - new_type->subtype == type->key)
 			return type->name_version;
-		if (!strcmp(type->name, new_type->name))
+		if (type->name && !strcmp(type->name, new_type->name))
 			count = max(count, type->name_version);
 	}
 
@@ -1974,7 +1974,8 @@ void lockdep_init_map(struct lockdep_map
 
 	if (DEBUG_WARN_ON(!key))
 		return;
-
+	if (DEBUG_WARN_ON(!name))
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * Sanity check, the lock-type key must be persistent:
 	 */
-
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