linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 2/2] CPU hotplug, Freezer: Synchronize CPU hotplug and Freezer

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Date:	Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:19:30 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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	pavel@....cz, len.brown@...el.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
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Subject: [PATCH v4 2/2] CPU hotplug,
 Freezer: Synchronize CPU hotplug and Freezer

Prevent CPU hotplug and the freezer from racing with each other, to ensure
that during the *entire duration* for which the callbacks for CPU hotplug
notifications such as CPU_ONLINE[_FROZEN], CPU_DEAD[_FROZEN] etc are being
executed, the state of the system (with respect to the tasks being frozen
or not) remains constant.

This patches hooks the CPU hotplug infrastructure onto the freezer
notifications (PM_FREEZE_PREPARE and PM_POST_THAW) and thus synchronizes
with the freezer.

Specifically,

* Upon the PM_FREEZE_PREPARE notification, the CPU hotplug callback disables
  future (regular) CPU hotplugging and also ensures that any currently running
  CPU hotplug operation is completed before allowing the freezer to continue
  any further.

* Upon the PM_POST_THAW notification, the CPU hotplug callback re-enables
  regular CPU hotplug.

Signed-off-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

 kernel/cpu.c |   76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 12b7458..61985ce 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/stop_machine.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/suspend.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 /* Serializes the updates to cpu_online_mask, cpu_present_mask */
@@ -478,6 +479,81 @@ static int alloc_frozen_cpus(void)
 core_initcall(alloc_frozen_cpus);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PM_SLEEP_SMP */
 
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FREEZER
+
+/*
+ * Avoid CPU hotplug racing with the freezer subsystem, by disabling CPU
+ * hotplug when tasks are about to be frozen.
+ *
+ * Also, don't allow the freezer subsystem to continue until any currently
+ * running CPU hotplug operation gets completed.
+ * To modify the 'cpu_hotplug_disabled' flag, we need to acquire the
+ * 'cpu_add_remove_lock'. And this same lock is also taken by the regular
+ * CPU hotplug path and released only after it is complete. Thus, we
+ * (and hence the freezer) will block here until any currently running CPU
+ * hotplug operation is completed.
+ */
+static void cpu_hotplug_freezer_block_begin(void)
+{
+	cpu_maps_update_begin();
+	cpu_hotplug_disabled = 1;
+	cpu_maps_update_done();
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * When thawing of tasks is complete, re-enable CPU hotplug (which had been
+ * disabled while beginning to freeze tasks).
+ */
+static void cpu_hotplug_freezer_block_done(void)
+{
+	cpu_maps_update_begin();
+	cpu_hotplug_disabled = 0;
+	cpu_maps_update_done();
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Avoid CPU hotplug and the freezer subsystem from racing with each other,
+ * so that when CPU hotplug notifications are being sent (i.e., the
+ * registered callbacks being executed), the state of the system reported
+ * by the notifier (with respect to the tasks being frozen or not) is
+ * consistent with the actual state of the system, *throughout the duration*
+ * during which the CPU hotplug notifications are active.
+ */
+static int
+cpu_hotplug_freezer_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				unsigned long action, void *ptr)
+{
+	switch (action) {
+
+	case PM_FREEZE_PREPARE:
+		cpu_hotplug_freezer_block_begin();
+		break;
+
+	case PM_POST_THAW:
+		cpu_hotplug_freezer_block_done();
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_OK;
+}
+
+
+int cpu_hotplug_freezer_sync_init(void)
+{
+	pm_notifier(cpu_hotplug_freezer_callback, 0);
+	return 0;
+}
+core_initcall(cpu_hotplug_freezer_sync_init);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_FREEZER */
+
+
 /**
  * notify_cpu_starting(cpu) - call the CPU_STARTING notifiers
  * @cpu: cpu that just started

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