linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 02/16] sched/core: uclamp: map TASK's clamp values into CPU's clamp groups

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Date:   Wed, 5 Sep 2018 12:45:45 +0200
From:   Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
To:     Patrick Bellasi <patrick.bellasi@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
        Quentin Perret <quentin.perret@....com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...gle.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joelaf@...gle.com>,
        Steve Muckle <smuckle@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/16] sched/core: uclamp: map TASK's clamp values
 into CPU's clamp groups

Hi,

On 28/08/18 14:53, Patrick Bellasi wrote:

[...]

>  static inline int __setscheduler_uclamp(struct task_struct *p,
>  					const struct sched_attr *attr)
>  {
> -	if (attr->sched_util_min > attr->sched_util_max)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> -	if (attr->sched_util_max > SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	int group_id[UCLAMP_CNT] = { UCLAMP_NOT_VALID };
> +	int lower_bound, upper_bound;
> +	struct uclamp_se *uc_se;
> +	int result = 0;
>  
> -	p->uclamp[UCLAMP_MIN] = attr->sched_util_min;
> -	p->uclamp[UCLAMP_MAX] = attr->sched_util_max;
> +	mutex_lock(&uclamp_mutex);

This is going to get called from an rcu_read_lock() section, which is a
no-go for using mutexes:

 sys_sched_setattr ->
   rcu_read_lock()
   ...
   sched_setattr() ->
     __sched_setscheduler() ->
       ...
       __setscheduler_uclamp() ->
         ...
	 mutex_lock()

Guess you could fix the issue by getting the task struct after find_
process_by_pid() in sys_sched_attr() and then calling sched_setattr()
after rcu_read_lock() (putting the task struct at the end). Peter
actually suggested this mod to solve a different issue.

Best,

- Juri