linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix: disable sys_membarrier when nohz

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Message-Id: <1478190568-5829-1-git-send-email-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date:   Thu,  3 Nov 2016 10:29:28 -0600
From:   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: disable sys_membarrier when nohz_full is enabled

Userspace applications should be allowed to expect the membarrier system
call with MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED command to issue memory barriers on
nohz_full CPUs, but synchronize_sched() does not take those into
account.

Given that we do not want unrelated processes to be able to affect
real-time sensitive nohz_full CPUs, simply return ENOSYS when membarrier
is invoked on a kernel with enabled nohz_full CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
CC: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CC: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
CC: <stable@...r.kernel.org>	[3.10+]
---
 kernel/membarrier.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/membarrier.c b/kernel/membarrier.c
index 536c727..9f9284f 100644
--- a/kernel/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/membarrier.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/membarrier.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 /*
  * Bitmask made from a "or" of all commands within enum membarrier_cmd,
@@ -51,6 +52,9 @@
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(membarrier, int, cmd, int, flags)
 {
+	/* MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED is not compatible with nohz_full. */
+	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
+		return -ENOSYS;
 	if (unlikely(flags))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	switch (cmd) {
-- 
2.1.4