linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] "sched: Remove rq->lock from the first half of ttwu()" locks up on ARM

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Message-ID: <20110526170422.GA18413@redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 May 2011 19:04:22 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] "sched: Remove rq->lock from the first half of ttwu()"
	locks up on ARM

On 05/26, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> @@ -2636,7 +2636,8 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
>  		 * to spin on ->on_cpu if p is current, since that would
>  		 * deadlock.
>  		 */
> -		if (p == current) {
> +		if (cpu == smp_processor_id()) {
> +			p->sched_contributes_to_load = 0;
>  			ttwu_queue(p, cpu);

Btw. I do not pretend I really understand se->vruntime, but in this
case we are doing enqueue_task() without ->task_waking(), however we
pass ENQUEUE_WAKING. Is it correct?

Oleg.

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