linux-kernel - [PATCH RT] rt, nohz_full: fix nohz_full for PREEMPT_RT

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Date:	Tue, 19 May 2015 23:01:36 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-rt-users <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Carsten Emde <C.Emde@...dl.org>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>,
	Muli Baron <muli.baron@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH RT] rt, nohz_full: fix nohz_full for PREEMPT_RT_FULL

I'm adding this patch to the next 3.10-rt release.

-- Steve

>From 26a6945bebcccd8900370b76de2b94bbb0b4678f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:15:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rt, nohz_full: fix nohz_full for PREEMPT_RT_FULL

A task being ticked and trying to shut the tick down will fail due
to having just awakened ksoftirqd, subtract it from nr_running.

Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c      | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index f6d5587cc529..23e289ae4270 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -694,17 +694,34 @@ static inline bool got_nohz_idle_kick(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL
+
+static int ksoftirqd_running(void)
+{
+	struct task_struct *softirqd;
+
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL))
+		return 0;
+	softirqd = this_cpu_ksoftirqd();
+	if (softirqd && softirqd->on_rq)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 bool sched_can_stop_tick(void)
 {
-       struct rq *rq;
+	struct rq *rq;
 
-       rq = this_rq();
+	rq = this_rq();
 
-       /* Make sure rq->nr_running update is visible after the IPI */
-       smp_rmb();
+	/* Make sure rq->nr_running update is visible after the IPI */
+	smp_rmb();
 
-       /* More than one running task need preemption */
-       if (rq->nr_running > 1)
+	/*
+	 * More than one running task need preemption
+	 *
+	 * NOTE, RT: if ksoftirqd is awake, subtract it.
+	 */
+	if (rq->nr_running - ksoftirqd_running() > 1)
                return false;
 
        return true;
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index b280dba280b3..d2e137953d44 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -214,7 +214,12 @@ void tick_nohz_full_check(void)
 
 static void nohz_full_kick_work_func(struct irq_work *work)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/* ksoftirqd processes sirqs with interrupts enabled */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	tick_nohz_full_check();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct irq_work, nohz_full_kick_work) = {
-- 
2.1.4

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