linux-kernel - Re: cpu stopper threads and load balancing leads to deadlock

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Date:   Fri, 04 May 2018 05:38:18 +0200
From:   Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Subject: Re: cpu stopper threads and load balancing leads to deadlock

On Thu, 2018-05-03 at 18:45 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> Something like so perhaps? Mike, can you play around with that? Could
> burn your granny and eat your cookies.

That worked, and nothing entertaining has happened.. yet.  Hm, I could
use this kernel to update my backup drive, if there's a cookie monster
lurking, that might get its attention :)
 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
> index 7468de429087..07360523c3ce 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
> @@ -793,6 +793,9 @@ void mtrr_ap_init(void)
>  
>  	if (!use_intel() || mtrr_aps_delayed_init)
>  		return;
> +
> +	rcu_cpu_starting(smp_processor_id());
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Ideally we should hold mtrr_mutex here to avoid mtrr entries
>  	 * changed, but this routine will be called in cpu boot time,
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> index 2a734692a581..4dab46950fdb 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
> @@ -3775,6 +3775,8 @@ int rcutree_dead_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, rcu_cpu_started);
> +
>  /*
>   * Mark the specified CPU as being online so that subsequent grace periods
>   * (both expedited and normal) will wait on it.  Note that this means that
> @@ -3796,6 +3798,11 @@ void rcu_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
>  	struct rcu_node *rnp;
>  	struct rcu_state *rsp;
>  
> +	if (per_cpu(rcu_cpu_started, cpu))
> +		return;
> +
> +	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_started, cpu) = 1;
> +
>  	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp) {
>  		rdp = per_cpu_ptr(rsp->rda, cpu);
>  		rnp = rdp->mynode;
> @@ -3852,6 +3859,8 @@ void rcu_report_dead(unsigned int cpu)
>  	preempt_enable();
>  	for_each_rcu_flavor(rsp)
>  		rcu_cleanup_dying_idle_cpu(cpu, rsp);
> +
> +	per_cpu(rcu_cpu_started, cpu) = 0;
>  }
>  
>  /* Migrate the dead CPU's callbacks to the current CPU. */