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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 20:06:24 +0800
From: Ricky Liang <jcliang@...omium.org>
To: Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@...aro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@....com>,
Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>,
Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>
Subject: Re: [RFCv6 PATCH 03/10] sched: scheduler-driven cpu frequency selection
Hi Steve,
On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Steve Muckle <steve.muckle@...aro.org> wrote:
[...]
> +/*
> + * we pass in struct cpufreq_policy. This is safe because changing out the
> + * policy requires a call to __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP),
> + * which tears down all of the data structures and __cpufreq_governor(policy,
> + * CPUFREQ_GOV_START) will do a full rebuild, including this kthread with the
> + * new policy pointer
> + */
> +static int cpufreq_sched_thread(void *data)
> +{
> + struct sched_param param;
> + struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
> + struct gov_data *gd;
> + unsigned int new_request = 0;
> + unsigned int last_request = 0;
> + int ret;
> +
> + policy = (struct cpufreq_policy *) data;
> + gd = policy->governor_data;
> +
> + param.sched_priority = 50;
> + ret = sched_setscheduler_nocheck(gd->task, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_warn("%s: failed to set SCHED_FIFO\n", __func__);
> + do_exit(-EINVAL);
> + } else {
> + pr_debug("%s: kthread (%d) set to SCHED_FIFO\n",
> + __func__, gd->task->pid);
> + }
> +
> + do {
> + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> + new_request = gd->requested_freq;
> + if (new_request == last_request) {
> + schedule();
Should we check kthread_should_stop() after
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE), probably right before
schedule()? Something like:
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
new_request = gd->requested_freq;
if (new_request == last_request) {
if (kthread_should_stop())
break;
schedule();
} else {
...
}
On the previous version of the scheduler-driver cpu frequency
selection I had the following:
<3>[ 1920.233598] INFO: task autotest:32443 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
<3>[ 1920.233625] Not tainted 3.18.0-09696-g4312b25 #1
<3>[ 1920.233641] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs"
disables this message.
<6>[ 1920.233659] autotest D ffffffc0002057a0 0 32443
32403 0x00400000
<0>[ 1920.233693] Call trace:
<4>[ 1920.233724] [<ffffffc0002057a0>] __switch_to+0x80/0x8c
<4>[ 1920.233748] [<ffffffc000897908>] __schedule+0x550/0x7d8
<4>[ 1920.233769] [<ffffffc000897c08>] schedule+0x78/0x84
<4>[ 1920.233786] [<ffffffc00089bf9c>] schedule_timeout+0x40/0x2ac
<4>[ 1920.233804] [<ffffffc000898960>] wait_for_common+0x154/0x18c
<4>[ 1920.233820] [<ffffffc0008989bc>] wait_for_completion+0x24/0x34
<4>[ 1920.233840] [<ffffffc000242f84>] kthread_stop+0x130/0x22c
<4>[ 1920.233859] [<ffffffc00026ce84>] cpufreq_sched_setup+0x21c/0x308
<4>[ 1920.233881] [<ffffffc0006dcd30>] __cpufreq_governor+0x114/0x1c8
<4>[ 1920.233901] [<ffffffc0006dd168>] cpufreq_set_policy+0x120/0x1b8
<4>[ 1920.233920] [<ffffffc0006ddb64>] store_scaling_governor+0x8c/0xd4
<4>[ 1920.233937] [<ffffffc0006dc494>] store+0x98/0xd0
<4>[ 1920.233958] [<ffffffc0003b4158>] sysfs_kf_write+0x54/0x64
<4>[ 1920.233977] [<ffffffc0003b34d0>] kernfs_fop_write+0x108/0x150
<4>[ 1920.233999] [<ffffffc000344d2c>] vfs_write+0xc4/0x1a0
<4>[ 1920.234018] [<ffffffc000345478>] SyS_write+0x60/0xb4
<4>[ 1920.234031] INFO: lockdep is turned off.
<6>[ 1920.234043] task PC stack pid father
<6>[ 1920.234161] autotest D ffffffc0002057a0 0 32443
32403 0x00400000
<0>[ 1920.234193] Call trace:
<4>[ 1920.234211] [<ffffffc0002057a0>] __switch_to+0x80/0x8c
<4>[ 1920.234232] [<ffffffc000897908>] __schedule+0x550/0x7d8
<4>[ 1920.234251] [<ffffffc000897c08>] schedule+0x78/0x84
<4>[ 1920.234268] [<ffffffc00089bf9c>] schedule_timeout+0x40/0x2ac
<4>[ 1920.234285] [<ffffffc000898960>] wait_for_common+0x154/0x18c
<4>[ 1920.234301] [<ffffffc0008989bc>] wait_for_completion+0x24/0x34
<4>[ 1920.234319] [<ffffffc000242f84>] kthread_stop+0x130/0x22c
<4>[ 1920.234335] [<ffffffc00026ce84>] cpufreq_sched_setup+0x21c/0x308
<4>[ 1920.234355] [<ffffffc0006dcd30>] __cpufreq_governor+0x114/0x1c8
<4>[ 1920.234375] [<ffffffc0006dd168>] cpufreq_set_policy+0x120/0x1b8
<4>[ 1920.234395] [<ffffffc0006ddb64>] store_scaling_governor+0x8c/0xd4
<4>[ 1920.234413] [<ffffffc0006dc494>] store+0x98/0xd0
<4>[ 1920.234432] [<ffffffc0003b4158>] sysfs_kf_write+0x54/0x64
<4>[ 1920.234449] [<ffffffc0003b34d0>] kernfs_fop_write+0x108/0x150
<4>[ 1920.234470] [<ffffffc000344d2c>] vfs_write+0xc4/0x1a0
<4>[ 1920.234489] [<ffffffc000345478>] SyS_write+0x60/0xb4
This happened while the kernel is switching from the sched governor to
the userspace governor. There's a race between kthread_stop() and
cpufreq_sched_thread(). On the previous version I was testing, I can
easily reproduce the lockup if I add a msleep(100) right before
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE), and then switching between the
two governors through sysfs.
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * if the frequency thread sleeps while waiting to be
> + * unthrottled, start over to check for a newer request
> + */
> + if (finish_last_request(gd))
> + continue;
> + last_request = new_request;
> + cpufreq_sched_try_driver_target(policy, new_request);
> + }
> + } while (!kthread_should_stop());
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
[...]
Best,
Ricky
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