linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] sched: migrate_disable() vs per-CPU access safety checks

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:45:07 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>,
        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>,
        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: Re: [PATCH 0/3] sched: migrate_disable() vs per-CPU access safety checks

On Wed, Jul 21 2021 at 12:51, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've hit a few warnings when taking v5.13-rt1 out for a spin on my arm64
> Juno. Those are due to regions that become preemptible under PREEMPT_RT, but
> remain safe wrt per-CPU accesses due to migrate_disable() + a sleepable lock.
>
> This adds a helper that looks at not just preemptability but also affinity and
> migrate disable, and plasters the warning sites.

Nice!

I just pulled that into the RT queue and it will show up with the next
release.

Thanks,

        tglx