linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] sched: Fix race in idle

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Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2014 10:04:02 +0100
From:	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
To:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	alex.shi@...aro.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] sched: Fix race in idle_balance()

The scheduler main function 'schedule()' checks if there are no more tasks
on the runqueue. Then it checks if a task should be pulled in the current
runqueue in idle_balance() assuming it will go to idle otherwise.

But the idle_balance() releases the rq->lock in order to lookup in the sched
domains and takes the lock again right after. That opens a window where
another cpu may put a task in our runqueue, so we won't go to idle but
we have filled the idle_stamp, thinking we will.

This patch closes the window by checking if the runqueue has been modified
but without pulling a task after taking the lock again, so we won't go to idle
right after in the __schedule() function.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index d601df3..502c51c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -6417,6 +6417,13 @@ void idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq)

 	raw_spin_lock(&this_rq->lock);

+	/*
+	 * While browsing the domains, we released the rq lock.
+	 * A task could have be enqueued in the meantime
+	 */
+	if (this_rq->nr_running && !pulled_task)
+		return;
+
 	if (pulled_task || time_after(jiffies, this_rq->next_balance)) {
 		/*
 		 * We are going idle. next_balance may be set based on
-- 
1.7.9.5

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