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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 07:38:55 -0700
From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
"mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>,
Michael Shaver <jmshaver@...il.com>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched: Avoid that __wait_on_bit_lock() hangs
On 08/08/16 03:22, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> That would be the exact scenario I drew a picture of, no? I'm still
> failing to see the hole there.
>
> Please draw a picture like that and illustrate the hole.
Hi Peter,
This is the sequence of which I think that it leads to the missed wakeup:
Task 1 Task 2 Task 3 Task 4
lock_page()
...
lock_page_killable()
__lock_page_killable()
__wait_on_bit_lock()
bit_wait_io()
io_schedule()
...
lock_page()
__lock_page()
__wait_on_bit_lock()
bit_wait_io()
io_schedule()
...
(signal delivery to task 2)
try_to_wake_up(task2, ..., ...)
(try_to_wake_up() returns 1)
unlock_page()
wake_up_page()
__wake_up_bit()
__wake_up(wq, TASK_NORMAL, 1, &key)
__wake_up_common(wq, mode=TASK_NORMAL, nr_exclusive=1, 0, key)
wake_bit_function()
autoremove_wake_function()
default_wake_function()
try_to_wake_up() <- skips task 2 because task 3 already changed
the task state of task 2
(autoremove_wake_function() does not do
list_del_init(&wait->task_list))
bit_wait_io() returns -EINTR
abort_exclusive_wait() is called by __wait_on_bit_lock()
In the above sequence task 1 does not remove task 2 from the waitqueue
because task 3 had already woken up task 2. The result is that when task 2
calls abort_exclusive_wait() that task 2 is still on the waitqueue. With the
current implementation of abort_exclusive_wait() in the above scenario task
4 is not woken up although it should be woken up. Hence the patch that removes
the "else" keyword from abort_exclusive_wait().
Bart.
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