linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] sched: Debug nested sleeps

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Date:	Thu, 2 Oct 2014 23:34:25 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	tglx@...utronix.de, ilya.dryomov@...tank.com,
	umgwanakikbuti@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] sched: Debug nested sleeps

On 10/02, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 08:35:49PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > For example, let's suppose that we do not have 01/11 which fixes
> > mutex_lock(). Then this code
> >
> > 	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
> > 	...
> > 	fixup_sleep();
> > 	...
> > 	mutex_lock(some_mutex);
> >
> > can hang, but only if !CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP.
>
> Right, but we should not use fixup_sleep() in this case,

(well, I am not really sure but this is off-topic and I agree this needs
 another discussion)

> because its an
> actual proper bug, we should fix it, not paper over it.

Exactly! this is what I meant: CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP will hide the
bug we need to fix.

> > So perhaps it makes sense to redefine it
> >
> > 	#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
> > 	#define fixup_sleep()	(current->task_state_change = 0)
> > 	#else
> > 	#define fixup_sleep()	do { } while (0)
> > 	#endif
> >
> > and change __might_sleep()
> >
> > 	-	if (WARN(current->state != TASK_RUNNING,
> > 	+	if (WARN(current->state != TASK_RUNNING && current->task_state_change != 0,
> >
> > ?
>
> So I'm hesitant to go that way because it adds extra state dependency.

OK. We can always reconsider this later. I spammed you only because I
wanted to understand what did me/you/both missed in this discussion.

> What if someone 'forgets' to use the *set*state() helpers.

Yes, this is true. Although we want to fix them anyway, if nothing else
for this warning in might_sleep().

Oleg.

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