linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] CPU hotplug fix

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Message-ID: <20160423113027.GA19236@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 23 Apr 2016 13:30:27 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] CPU hotplug fix

Linus,

Please pull the latest smp-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git smp-urgent-for-linus

   # HEAD: 3b9d6da67e11ca8f78fde887918983523a36b0fa cpu/hotplug: Fix rollback during error-out in __cpu_disable()

Fix a CPU hotplug corner case regression, introduced by the recent hotplug rework.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (1):
      cpu/hotplug: Fix rollback during error-out in __cpu_disable()


 kernel/cpu.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index 6ea42e8da861..3e3f6e49eabb 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
  * @target:	The target state
  * @thread:	Pointer to the hotplug thread
  * @should_run:	Thread should execute
+ * @rollback:	Perform a rollback
  * @cb_stat:	The state for a single callback (install/uninstall)
  * @cb:		Single callback function (install/uninstall)
  * @result:	Result of the operation
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ struct cpuhp_cpu_state {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	struct task_struct	*thread;
 	bool			should_run;
+	bool			rollback;
 	enum cpuhp_state	cb_state;
 	int			(*cb)(unsigned int cpu);
 	int			result;
@@ -301,6 +303,11 @@ static int cpu_notify(unsigned long val, unsigned int cpu)
 	return __cpu_notify(val, cpu, -1, NULL);
 }
 
+static void cpu_notify_nofail(unsigned long val, unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	BUG_ON(cpu_notify(val, cpu));
+}
+
 /* Notifier wrappers for transitioning to state machine */
 static int notify_prepare(unsigned int cpu)
 {
@@ -477,6 +484,16 @@ static void cpuhp_thread_fun(unsigned int cpu)
 		} else {
 			ret = cpuhp_invoke_callback(cpu, st->cb_state, st->cb);
 		}
+	} else if (st->rollback) {
+		BUG_ON(st->state < CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE);
+
+		undo_cpu_down(cpu, st, cpuhp_ap_states);
+		/*
+		 * This is a momentary workaround to keep the notifier users
+		 * happy. Will go away once we got rid of the notifiers.
+		 */
+		cpu_notify_nofail(CPU_DOWN_FAILED, cpu);
+		st->rollback = false;
 	} else {
 		/* Cannot happen .... */
 		BUG_ON(st->state < CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE);
@@ -636,11 +653,6 @@ static inline void check_for_tasks(int dead_cpu)
 	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }
 
-static void cpu_notify_nofail(unsigned long val, unsigned int cpu)
-{
-	BUG_ON(cpu_notify(val, cpu));
-}
-
 static int notify_down_prepare(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	int err, nr_calls = 0;
@@ -721,9 +733,10 @@ static int takedown_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	 */
 	err = stop_machine(take_cpu_down, NULL, cpumask_of(cpu));
 	if (err) {
-		/* CPU didn't die: tell everyone.  Can't complain. */
-		cpu_notify_nofail(CPU_DOWN_FAILED, cpu);
+		/* CPU refused to die */
 		irq_unlock_sparse();
+		/* Unpark the hotplug thread so we can rollback there */
+		kthread_unpark(per_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state, cpu)->thread);
 		return err;
 	}
 	BUG_ON(cpu_online(cpu));
@@ -832,6 +845,11 @@ static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen,
 	 * to do the further cleanups.
 	 */
 	ret = cpuhp_down_callbacks(cpu, st, cpuhp_bp_states, target);
+	if (ret && st->state > CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU && st->state < prev_state) {
+		st->target = prev_state;
+		st->rollback = true;
+		cpuhp_kick_ap_work(cpu);
+	}
 
 	hasdied = prev_state != st->state && st->state == CPUHP_OFFLINE;
 out:
@@ -1249,6 +1267,7 @@ static struct cpuhp_step cpuhp_ap_states[] = {
 		.name			= "notify:online",
 		.startup		= notify_online,
 		.teardown		= notify_down_prepare,
+		.skip_onerr		= true,
 	},
 #endif
 	/*