linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] do_exit(): Solve possibility of BUG() due to race with try_to_wake

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Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:03:45 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Kautuk Consul <consul.kautuk@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Ionut Alexa <ionut.m.alexa@...il.com>,
	Guillaume Morin <guillaume@...infr.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@...dex.ru>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] do_exit(): Solve possibility of BUG() due to race
	with try_to_wake_up()

On 08/26, Kautuk Consul wrote:
>
> I got one thing wrong:

Yes, your description was not accurate, but

> From some more code review, both __down_common() and
> do_wait_for_common() inspect the signal_pending() only while in
> TASK_RUNNING.

this doesn't really matter, or I missed something.

We have too much problems with this TASK_DEAD state. I have to admit that
I no longer understand why we do not need a barrier after spin_unlock_wait().

	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);

	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);

	// do_exit()

	mb();
	spin_unlock_wait();

	tsk->state = TASK_DEAD;

	schedule();

Previously I was convinced, but now I think that ttwu(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)
still can change TASK_DEAD into TASK_RUNNING if CPU reorders spin_unlock_wait
and "state = TASK_DEAD".

Perhaps I am wrong and in any case we can fix this but there another problem,
in theory finish_task_switch() can race with RUNNING -> DEAD transition.

So I still think that the (incomplete) patch I sent probably makes sense, even
if it adds the ugly rq->dead check into __schedule().

Let's wait for Peter.

Oleg.

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