linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] sched: Introduce is_pcpu

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jul 2021 12:51:16 +0100
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] sched: Introduce is_pcpu_safe()

Some areas use preempt_disable() + preempt_enable() to safely access
per-CPU data. The PREEMPT_RT folks have shown this can also be done by
keeping preemption enabled and instead disabling migration (and acquiring a
sleepable lock, if relevant).

Introduce a helper which checks whether the current task can safely access
per-CPU data, IOW if the task's context guarantees the accesses will target
a single CPU. This accounts for preemption, CPU affinity, and migrate
disable - note that the CPU affinity check also mandates the presence of
PF_NO_SETAFFINITY, as otherwise userspace could concurrently render the
upcoming per-CPU access(es) unsafe.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
---
 include/linux/sched.h | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index efdbdf654876..7ce2d5c1ad55 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1707,6 +1707,16 @@ static inline bool is_percpu_thread(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+/* Is the current task guaranteed not to be migrated elsewhere? */
+static inline bool is_pcpu_safe(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	return !preemptible() || is_percpu_thread() || current->migration_disabled;
+#else
+	return true;
+#endif
+}
+
 /* Per-process atomic flags. */
 #define PFA_NO_NEW_PRIVS		0	/* May not gain new privileges. */
 #define PFA_SPREAD_PAGE			1	/* Spread page cache over cpuset */
-- 
2.25.1