linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] sched: Stop nohz stats when decayed

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:52:11 +0100
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@...s.arm.com>,
        Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@....com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] sched: Stop nohz stats when decayed

On 12 February 2018 at 10:41, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 09:07:52AM +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:
>> @@ -9222,6 +9259,20 @@ void nohz_balance_enter_idle(int cpu)
>>       atomic_inc(&nohz.nr_cpus);
>>
>>       set_cpu_sd_state_idle(cpu);
>> +
>> +     /*
>> +         * Ensures that if nohz_idle_balance() fails to observe our
>> +         * @idle_cpus_mask store, it must observe the @has_blocked
>> +         * store.
>> +         */
>> +        smp_mb__after_atomic();
>> +
>> +out:
>> +     /*
>> +      * Each time a cpu enter idle, we assume that it has blocked load and
>> +      * enable the periodic update of the load of idle cpus
>> +      */
>> +     WRITE_ONCE(nohz.has_blocked, 1);
>>  }
>>  #else
>>  static inline void nohz_balancer_kick(struct rq *rq) { }
>
> I moved the barrier up one statement, such that its right after the
> atomic_inc(). Otherwise people will get all itchy about __after_atomic()
> semantics and we really only care about the cpumask_set_cpu() vs
> WRITE_ONCE() ordering, so it doesn't really matter _where_ that barrier
> lands in between.

ok. make sense

>
>> @@ -9374,6 +9425,22 @@ static bool nohz_idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
>>
>>       SCHED_WARN_ON((flags & NOHZ_KICK_MASK) == NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK);
>>
>> +     /*
>> +      * We assume there will be no idle load after this update and clear
>> +      * the has_blocked flag. If a cpu enters idle in the mean time, it will
>> +      * set the has_blocked flag and trig another update of idle load.
>> +      * Because a cpu that becomes idle, is added to idle_cpus_mask before
>> +      * setting the flag, we are sure to not clear the state and not
>> +      * check the load of an idle cpu.
>> +      */
>> +     WRITE_ONCE(nohz.has_blocked, 0);
>> +
>> +     /*
>> +         * Ensures that if we miss the CPU, we must see the has_blocked
>> +         * store from nohz_balance_enter_idle().
>> +         */
>> +        smp_mb();
>> +
>>       for_each_cpu(balance_cpu, nohz.idle_cpus_mask) {
>>               if (balance_cpu == this_cpu || !idle_cpu(balance_cpu))
>>                       continue;
>
> Fixed that white space damage for you ;-)

Thanks