[Bug 213837] "Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler" at building via distcc on a G5

[Michael Ellerman]

bugzilla-daemon at bugzilla.kernel.org writes:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=213837
>
> Erhard F. (erhard_f at mailbox.org) changed:
>
>            What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>            See Also|https://bugzilla.kernel.org |
>                    |/show_bug.cgi?id=213079     |
>
> --- Comment #4 from Erhard F. (erhard_f at mailbox.org) ---
> Checked out whether this has really something to do with bug #213079 or not by
> copying this root partition to a regular HDD and use that one instead. As the
> issue still happens it seems these are two seperate bugs.
>
> [...]
> Kernel panic - not syncing: corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler

Can you try this patch, it might help us work out what is corrupting the
stack.

cheers

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index c4462c454ab9..07bfa25c1b48 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -5490,8 +5490,14 @@ static noinline void __schedule_bug(struct task_struct *prev)
 static inline void schedule_debug(struct task_struct *prev, bool preempt)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK
-	if (task_stack_end_corrupted(prev))
+	if (task_stack_end_corrupted(prev)) {
+		char *start = (char *)end_of_stack(prev);
+		pr_err("stack corrupted? stack end = 0x%px\n", end_of_stack(prev));
+		print_hex_dump(KERN_ERR, "stack: ", DUMP_PREFIX_ADDRESS, 16, 4,
+			       start - SZ_1K, THREAD_SIZE + SZ_1K, true);
+
 		panic("corrupted stack end detected inside scheduler\n");
+	}
 
 	if (task_scs_end_corrupted(prev))
 		panic("corrupted shadow stack detected inside scheduler\n");