linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 8/8] rtmutex: Fix PI chain order integrity

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 18:39:08 +0100
From:	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	xlpang@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, jdesfossez@...icios.com,
	bristot@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 8/8] rtmutex: Fix PI chain order integrity

On 07/06/16 21:56, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> rt_mutex_waiter::prio is a copy of task_struct::prio which is updated
> during the PI chain walk, such that the PI chain order isn't messed up
> by (asynchronous) task state updates.
> 
> Currently rt_mutex_waiter_less() uses task state for deadline tasks;
> this is broken, since the task state can, as said above, change
> asynchronously, causing the RB tree order to change without actual
> tree update -> FAIL.
> 
> Fix this by also copying the deadline into the rt_mutex_waiter state
> and updating it along with its prio field.
> 
> Ideally we would also force PI chain updates whenever DL tasks update
> their deadline parameter, but for first approximation this is less
> broken than it was.
> 

The patch looks OK to me. However, I'm failing to see when we can update
dl.deadline of a waiter asynchronously. Since a waiter is blocked, we
can't really change his dl.deadline by calling setscheduler on him, as
the update would operate on dl.dl_deadline. The new values will start to
be used as soon as it gets unblocked. The situation seems different for
RT tasks, for which priority change takes effect immediately.

What am I missing? :-)