linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v2] perf/core: Fixes hung issue on perf stat command during cpu hotplug

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Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:17:42 +0530
From:   Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, jolsa@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        maddy@...ux.ibm.com, mingo@...hat.com, mark.rutland@....com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
        daniel@...earbox.net, brho@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC v2] perf/core: Fixes hung issue on perf stat command during
 cpu hotplug

* Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com> [2020-08-26 20:24:11]:

> Commit 2ed6edd33a21 ("perf: Add cond_resched() to task_function_call()")
> added assignment of ret value as -EAGAIN in case function
> call to 'smp_call_function_single' fails.
> For non-zero ret value, it did
> 'ret = !ret ? data.ret : -EAGAIN;', which always
> assign -EAGAIN to ret and make second if condition useless.
> 
> In scenarios like when executing a perf stat with --per-thread option, and
> if any of the monitoring cpu goes offline, the 'smp_call_function_single'
> function could return -ENXIO, and with the above check,
> task_function_call hung and increases CPU
> usage (because of repeated 'smp_call_function_single()')
> 
> Recration scenario:
> 	# perf stat -a --per-thread && (offline a CPU )
> 
> Patch here removes the tertiary condition added as part of that
> commit and added a check for NULL and -EAGAIN.
> 
> Fixes: 2ed6edd33a21("perf: Add cond_resched() to task_function_call()")
> Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Tested-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>


-- 
Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju