linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #11989] Suspend failure on NForce4-based boards due to chanes in stop

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Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:03 +1030
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #11989] Suspend failure on NForce4-based boards due to chanes in stop_machine

On Wednesday 12 November 2008 03:01:18 Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> On 11/11, Vegard Nossum wrote:
> > I think that the test for stop_machine_data in stop_cpu() should not
> > have been moved from __stop_machine(). Because now cpu_online_map may
> > change in-between calls to stop_cpu() (if the callback tries to
> > online/offline CPUs), and the end result may be different.
>
> I don't think this is possible, the callback must not be called unless
> all threads ack (at least) the STOPMACHINE_PREPARE state.
>
>
> Off-topic question, __stop_machine() does:
>
> 	/* Schedule the stop_cpu work on all cpus: hold this CPU so one
> 	 * doesn't hit this CPU until we're ready. */
> 	get_cpu();
> 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
> 		sm_work = percpu_ptr(stop_machine_work, i);
> 		INIT_WORK(sm_work, stop_cpu);
> 		queue_work_on(i, stop_machine_wq, sm_work);
> 	}
> 	/* This will release the thread on our CPU. */
> 	put_cpu();
>
> Don't we actually need preempt_disable/preempt_enable instead of
> get/put cpu? (yes, there the same currently). We don't care about
> the CPU we are running on, and it can't go away until we queue all
> works. But we must ensure that stop_cpu() on the same CPU can't
> preempt us, right?

A subtle distinction, but yes.  It used to be true before the recent changes, 
where we manually did "this" cpu.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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