linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 32/35] clockevents: Fix cpu down race for hrtimer based broadcasting

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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:40:52 +0530
From:	Preeti U Murthy <preeti@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org, rjw@...ysocki.net,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 32/35] clockevents: Fix cpu down race for hrtimer based
 broadcasting



On 02/17/2015 04:09 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>> [PATCH 11/35] clockevents: Cleanup dead cpu explicitely
n Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 09:33:45AM +0530, Preeti U Murthy wrote:
>> On 02/16/2015 05:45 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>
>>>> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
>>
>>>> @@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int
>>>> 	__cpu_die(cpu);
>>>>
>>>> 	/* CPU is completely dead: tell everyone.  Too late to complain. */
>>>> -	tick_cleanup_dead_cpu(cpu);
>>>> +	tick_takeover(cpu);
>>
>> Why is tick_handover() called after __cpu_die()?

> See: [PATCH 11/35] clockevents: Cleanup dead cpu explicitely
> it used to be a CPU_DEAD notifier.

> But, I think, the actual reason would be that you cannot be sure its not
> still ticking until its actually proper dead and buried, so trying to
> take over a tick from a cpu that's still ticking is... well, suspect.

Look at the changelog, it explains why tick_takeover must be called
*before* __cpu_die(). The above hunk is not solving the issue, it is
equivalent to the scenario where we took over broadcast duty in the
CPU_DEAD phase as a consequence of which the cpu doing the hotplug
operation is stuck sleeping forever. Cleanup functions can be handled
after __cpu_die() for the reason that you mention above.

Regards
Preeti U Murthy

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