linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched: select_task_rq() should check cpu_active() like select_fallback

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Date:	Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:04:06 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] sched: select_task_rq() should check cpu_active()
	like select_fallback_rq()

On 10/10, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> I do not understand the cpu_active() check in select_fallback_rq().
> x86 doesn't need it, and the recent commit dd9d3843755d "sched: Fix
> cpu_active_mask/cpu_online_mask race" documents the fact that on any
> architecture we can ignore !active starting from CPU_ONLINE stage.
>
> But any possible reason why do we need this check in "fallback" must
> equally apply to select_task_rq().

And I still think this is true, select_task_rq() and select_fallback_rq()
should use the same check in any case...

> +static inline bool cpu_allowed(int cpu)
> +{
> +	return cpu_online(cpu) && cpu_active(cpu);
> +}
...
> @@ -1390,7 +1391,7 @@ int select_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flags, int wake_flags)
>  	 *   not worry about this generic constraint ]
>  	 */
>  	if (unlikely(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tsk_cpus_allowed(p)) ||
> -		     !cpu_online(cpu)))
> +		     !cpu_allowed(cpu)))
>  		cpu = select_fallback_rq(task_cpu(p), p);

But as Fengguang reports (thanks a lot!) this change is wrong. It leads
to another BUG_ON(td->cpu != smp_processor_id()) before ht->park(td->cpu)
in smpboot_thread_fn().

I should have realized this. smpboot_park_threads() is called after
CPU_DOWN_PREPARE. And this can break other PF_NO_SETAFFINITY threads.

Perhaps I am totally confused, but to me this looks like another
indication that select_fallback_rq() should not check cpu_active(),
or at least this needs some changes...

Oleg.

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