linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 9/9] task_isolation: kick_all_cpus

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Message-ID: <20201123222907.GC1751@lothringen>
Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:29:07 +0100
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Alex Belits <abelits@...vell.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 9/9] task_isolation: kick_all_cpus_sync: don't kick
 isolated cpus

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 05:58:42PM +0000, Alex Belits wrote:
> From: Yuri Norov <ynorov@...vell.com>
> 
> Make sure that kick_all_cpus_sync() does not call CPUs that are running
> isolated tasks.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yuri Norov <ynorov@...vell.com>
> [abelits@...vell.com: use safe task_isolation_cpumask() implementation]
> Signed-off-by: Alex Belits <abelits@...vell.com>
> ---
>  kernel/smp.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
> index 4d17501433be..b2faecf58ed0 100644
> --- a/kernel/smp.c
> +++ b/kernel/smp.c
> @@ -932,9 +932,21 @@ static void do_nothing(void *unused)
>   */
>  void kick_all_cpus_sync(void)
>  {
> +	struct cpumask mask;
> +
>  	/* Make sure the change is visible before we kick the cpus */
>  	smp_mb();
> -	smp_call_function(do_nothing, NULL, 1);
> +
> +	preempt_disable();
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TASK_ISOLATION
> +	cpumask_clear(&mask);
> +	task_isolation_cpumask(&mask);
> +	cpumask_complement(&mask, &mask);
> +#else
> +	cpumask_setall(&mask);
> +#endif
> +	smp_call_function_many(&mask, do_nothing, NULL, 1);
> +	preempt_enable();

Same comment about IPIs here.

>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kick_all_cpus_sync);
>  
> -- 
> 2.20.1
>