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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1702101847450.4036@nanos>
Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:51:11 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Hoeun Ryu <hoeun.ryu@...il.com>
cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fork: free vmapped stacks in cache when cpus are
 offline

On Sat, 11 Feb 2017, Hoeun Ryu wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 12:32 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Feb 2017, Michal Hocko wrote:
> >> On Fri 10-02-17 23:31:41, Hoeun Ryu wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org> wrote:
> >> > > On Fri 10-02-17 17:32:07, Hoeun Ryu wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> > >>  static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
> >> > >> @@ -456,6 +474,11 @@ void __init fork_init(void)
> >> > >>       for (i = 0; i < UCOUNT_COUNTS; i++) {
> >> > >>               init_user_ns.ucount_max[i] = max_threads/2;
> >> > >>       }
> >> > >> +
> >> > >> +#ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
> >> > >> +     cpuhp_setup_state(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN, "vm_stack_cache",
> >> > >> +                       NULL, free_vm_stack_cache);
> >> > >> +#endif
> >> > >
> >> > > I am not familiar the new hotplug infrastructure so I might be missing
> >> > > something. CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_DYN will allocate a state which is has only
> >> > > 30 slots available. The name also suggests this will be called on an
> >> > > online event. Why doesn't this have its own state like other users. The
> >> > > name should also reflect offline event CPUHP_STACK_CACHE_DEAD or
> >> > > something like that.
> >> >
> >> > I'll define CPUHP_VMSTACK_CACHE_DEAD before CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN in
> >> > cpuhotplug.h.
> >> > Do you think the change is made in a separate patch or not ?
> >>
> >> I think it should be in a single patch. I am not sure what are the rules
> >> to define a new state though. Let's CC Thomas.
> >
> > So the first question is where do you want that to be called? i.e. in which
> > section:
> >
> > CPU up          CPU down
> >
> > PREPARE         DEAD            <- called on some other CPU
> > ONLINE          DOWN            <- called on the hotplugged CPU
> >
> 
> It doesn't matter whether the callback is called on the hotplugged CPU
> or other CPUs.
>
> > And then the next question is whether you have ordering constraints,
> > i.e. it must be called before or after some other callback. Only in that
> > case you want to have an explicit state. If not, just use a dynamically
> > allocated one.
> 
> The cache is for virtually mapped kernel stacks. so I think the
> callback should be called after all tasks are migrated to other CPUs.
> It must reside before CPUHP_AP_SCHED_STARTING or CPUHP_BRINGUP_CPU.

Between AP_OFFLINE and AP_SCHED_STARTING does not work because those states
path are called on the hotplugged CPU with interrupts disabled and after
the CPU has been taken out from the scheduler.

So the proper place is the dynamic states CPUHP_BP_PREPARE_DYN. You do not
have a prepare callback, but then it's called on an still online CPU
_AFTER_ the hotplugged CPU vanished from the system.

Thanks,

	tglx