linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 050/103] sched/fair: Do not announce throttled next buddy in dequeue_task

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 22:09:16 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Ben Pineau <benjamin.pineau@...akl.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 050/103] sched/fair: Do not announce throttled next buddy in dequeue_task_fair()

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>

commit 754bd598be9bbc953bc709a9e8ed7f3188bfb9d7 upstream.

Hierarchy could be already throttled at this point. Throttled next
buddy could trigger a NULL pointer dereference in pick_next_task_fair().

Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/146608183552.21905.15924473394414832071.stgit@buzz
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Ben Pineau <benjamin.pineau@...akl.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/sched/fair.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4233,15 +4233,14 @@ static void dequeue_task_fair(struct rq
 
 		/* Don't dequeue parent if it has other entities besides us */
 		if (cfs_rq->load.weight) {
+			/* Avoid re-evaluating load for this entity: */
+			se = parent_entity(se);
 			/*
 			 * Bias pick_next to pick a task from this cfs_rq, as
 			 * p is sleeping when it is within its sched_slice.
 			 */
-			if (task_sleep && parent_entity(se))
-				set_next_buddy(parent_entity(se));
-
-			/* avoid re-evaluating load for this entity */
-			se = parent_entity(se);
+			if (task_sleep && se && !throttled_hierarchy(cfs_rq))
+				set_next_buddy(se);
 			break;
 		}
 		flags |= DEQUEUE_SLEEP;