linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 110/157] sched/numa: Fix a possible divide-by-zero

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Message-ID: <lsq.1565469607.537023530@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:40:07 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        cj.chengjian@...wei.com, "Xie XiuQi" <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 110/157] sched/numa: Fix a possible divide-by-zero

3.16.72-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>

commit a860fa7b96e1a1c974556327aa1aee852d434c21 upstream.

sched_clock_cpu() may not be consistent between CPUs. If a task
migrates to another CPU, then se.exec_start is set to that CPU's
rq_clock_task() by update_stats_curr_start(). Specifically, the new
value might be before the old value due to clock skew.

So then if in numa_get_avg_runtime() the expression:

  'now - p->last_task_numa_placement'

ends up as -1, then the divider '*period + 1' in task_numa_placement()
is 0 and things go bang. Similar to update_curr(), check if time goes
backwards to avoid this.

[ peterz: Wrote new changelog. ]
[ mingo: Tweaked the code comment. ]

Signed-off-by: Xie XiuQi <xiexiuqi@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: cj.chengjian@...wei.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190425080016.GX11158@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -1503,6 +1503,10 @@ static u64 numa_get_avg_runtime(struct t
 	if (p->last_task_numa_placement) {
 		delta = runtime - p->last_sum_exec_runtime;
 		*period = now - p->last_task_numa_placement;
+
+		/* Avoid time going backwards, prevent potential divide error: */
+		if (unlikely((s64)*period < 0))
+			*period = 0;
 	} else {
 		delta = p->se.avg.runnable_avg_sum;
 		*period = p->se.avg.runnable_avg_period;