linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Consider task_struct::saved_state in wait_task

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:17:34 +0200
From:   Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To:     Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] sched: Consider task_struct::saved_state in
 wait_task_inactive().

On 2022-07-25 18:47:58 [+0100], Valentin Schneider wrote:
> > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > @@ -3257,6 +3257,40 @@ int migrate_swap(struct task_struct *cur
> >  }
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING */
> >
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
> 
> Would something like the below be useful?
> 
> /*
>  * If p->saved_state is anything else than TASK_RUNNING, then p blocked on an
>  * rtlock *before* voluntarily calling into schedule() after setting its state
>  * to X. For things like ptrace (X=TASK_TRACED), the task could have more work
>  * to do upon acquiring the lock before whoever called wait_task_inactive()
>  * should return. IOW, we have to wait for:
>  *
>  *   p.saved_state = TASK_RUNNING
>  *   p.__state     = X
>  *
>  * which implies the task isn't blocked on an RT lock and got to schedule() by
>  * itself.
>  *
>  * Also see comments in ttwu_state_match().
>  */

This sums up the code. I would s/schedule/schedule_rtlock/ since there
are two entrypoints.

…
> > @@ -3346,7 +3382,7 @@ unsigned long wait_task_inactive(struct
> >                * running right now), it's preempted, and we should
> >                * yield - it could be a while.
> >                */
> > -		if (unlikely(queued)) {
> > +		if (unlikely(wait)) {
> 
> We could be repeatedly doing this for as long as the task is blocked on the
> rtlock, but IIUC that's the same story on !PREEMPT_RT if it's just a queued
> task preempted by a higher prio task, it may take a while for it to
> schedule() and dequeue...

Yes.

> >                       ktime_t to = NSEC_PER_SEC / HZ;
> >
> >                       set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);

Sebastian