linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: reset sched_entity depth on changing parent

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Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:07:46 -0400
From:	Burke Libbey <burke.libbey@...pify.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, peterz@...readead.org
Subject: [PATCH] sched: reset sched_entity depth on changing parent

From 2014-02-15: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/15/217

This issue was reported and patched, but it still occurs in some situations on
newer kernel versions.

[2249353.328452] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000150
[2249353.336528] IP: [<ffffffff810b1cf7>] check_preempt_wakeup+0xe7/0x210

se.parent gets out of sync with se.depth, causing a panic when the algorithm in
find_matching_se assumes they are correct. This patch forces se.depth to be
updated every time se.parent is, so they can no longer become desync'd.

CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Burke Libbey <burke.libbey@...pify.com>
---

I haven't been able to isolate the problem. Though I'm pretty confident this
fixes the issue I've been having, I have not been able to prove it.

I kept a debugging journal if you want more context for whatever reason:
https://gist.github.com/burke/c60dc5b8f0ba9bfd9275

diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 24156c84..bcffba2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -844,6 +844,7 @@ static inline void set_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int cpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
  p->se.cfs_rq = tg->cfs_rq[cpu];
  p->se.parent = tg->se[cpu];
+ p->se.depth = p->se.parent ? p->se.parent->depth + 1 : 0;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED


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