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

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2011 15:52:31 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	monstr@...str.eu
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@...sony.com>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Yong Zhang <yong.zhang0@...il.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] "sched: Remove rq->lock from the first half of ttwu()"
 locks up on ARM

On Tue, 2011-05-31 at 15:37 +0200, Michal Simek wrote:

> I briefly looked at it and it probably come from copy_thread function (process.c 
> - line: childregs->msr |= MSR_IE;)
> When context switch happen, childregs->msr value is loaded to MSR (machine 
> status register) which caused that IE is enabled ( entry.S:~977 lwi	r12, r11, 
> CC_MSR; 	mts	rmsr, r12)
> 
> NOTE: MSR stores flags for IE, i/d-cache ON/OFF, virtual memory/user mode etc.
> 
> This is no problem if context switch is done with irq on. But maybe there is 
> another place which is causing some problems.

Ahh, no wonder I didn't find that ;-)

> Where exactly should be IRQ reenable after context switch?

the tail end of finish_lock_switch(), where it does:
raw_spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock).

> I would like to also check some things.
> 1. When schedule should be called from arch specific code?
> Currently we are calling schedule after syscall/exception/interrupt happen.
> Is there any place where schedule should/shouldn't be called?

It should be called on the return to userspace path when
TIF_NEED_RESCHED is set. It should not be called from non-preemptible
contexts like non-zero preempt_count or IRQ-disabled.

[ with the exception of CONFIG_PREEMPT which calls preempt_schedule()
which checks both those things ]

> 2. For syscall and exception handling - interrupt is ON but it is only masked.

I'm having trouble understanding: on but masked.

> When schedule is called from that any code has to enable IRQ if generic code 
> doesn't do that. Not sure if it does.

generic code isn't supposed to call schedule() with IRQs disabled (and
doesn't afaik)
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