linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 02/13] stop_machine: Fix stop_cpus_in

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Date:   Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:16:54 -0400
From:   Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        luca.abeni@...tannapisa.it, bristot@...hat.com,
        balsini@...roid.com, dvyukov@...gle.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        vpillai@...italocean.com, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        Aaron Lu <aaron.lwe@...il.com>, keescook@...omium.org,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>, fweisbec@...il.com,
        subhra.mazumdar@...cle.com,
        Julien Desfossez <jdesfossez@...italocean.com>, pjt@...gle.com,
        Nishanth Aravamudan <naravamudan@...italocean.com>,
        Aubrey Li <aubrey.intel@...il.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>, kerrnel@...gle.com,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 02/13] stop_machine: Fix stop_cpus_in_progress
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On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 04:54:11PM +0200 Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Make sure the entire for loop has stop_cpus_in_progress set.
> 
> Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
> Cc: Aaron Lu <aaron.lwe@...il.com>
> Cc: keescook@...omium.org
> Cc: mingo@...nel.org
> Cc: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>
> Cc: torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
> Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: fweisbec@...il.com
> Cc: subhra.mazumdar@...cle.com
> Cc: tglx@...utronix.de
> Cc: Julien Desfossez <jdesfossez@...italocean.com>
> Cc: pjt@...gle.com
> Cc: Nishanth Aravamudan <naravamudan@...italocean.com>
> Cc: Aubrey Li <aubrey.intel@...il.com>
> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
> Cc: kerrnel@...gle.com
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/0fd8fd4b99b9b9aa88d8b2dff897f7fd0d88f72c.1559129225.git.vpillai@digitalocean.com
> ---
>  kernel/stop_machine.c |    2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> --- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
> +++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
> @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ static bool queue_stop_cpus_work(const s
>  	 */
>  	preempt_disable();
>  	stop_cpus_in_progress = true;
> +	barrier();
>  	for_each_cpu(cpu, cpumask) {
>  		work = &per_cpu(cpu_stopper.stop_work, cpu);
>  		work->fn = fn;
> @@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ static bool queue_stop_cpus_work(const s
>  		if (cpu_stop_queue_work(cpu, work))
>  			queued = true;
>  	}
> +	barrier();
>  	stop_cpus_in_progress = false;
>  	preempt_enable();
>  
> 
> 

This looks good.

Reviewed-by: Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>


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