linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2022 23:16:48 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Ville Syrjälä <ville.syrjala@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     rjw@...ysocki.net, oleg@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, dietmar.eggemann@....com,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, mgorman@...e.de, ebiederm@...ssion.com,
        bigeasy@...utronix.de, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tj@...nel.org,
        linux-pm@...r.kernel.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] freezer,sched: Rewrite core freezer logic

On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 06:57:51PM +0200, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 06:53:23PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 04:09:01PM +0300, Ville Syrjälä wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 01:43:00PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > 
> > > > Could you please give the below a spin?
> > > 
> > > Thanks. I've added this to our CI branch. I'll try to keep and eye
> > > on it in the coming days and let you know if anything still trips.
> > > And I'll report back maybe ~middle of next week if we haven't caught
> > > anything by then.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> 
> Looks like we haven't caught anything since I put the patch in.
> So the fix seems good.

While writing up the Changelog, it occured to me it might be possible to
fix another way, could I bother you to also run the below patch for a
bit?

---
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index cb2aa2b54c7a..daff72f00385 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4200,6 +4200,40 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
 	return success;
 }
 
+static bool __task_needs_rq_lock(struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	unsigned int state = READ_ONCE(p->__state);
+
+	/*
+	 * Since pi->lock blocks try_to_wake_up(), we don't need rq->lock when
+	 * the task is blocked. Make sure to check @state since ttwu() can drop
+	 * locks at the end, see ttwu_queue_wakelist().
+	 */
+	if (state == TASK_RUNNING || state == TASK_WAKING)
+		return true;
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure we load p->on_rq after p->__state, otherwise it would be
+	 * possible to, falsely, observe p->on_rq == 0.
+	 *
+	 * See try_to_wake_up() for a longer comment.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
+	if (p->on_rq)
+		return true;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the task has finished __schedule() and will not be referenced
+	 * anymore. Again, see try_to_wake_up() for a longer comment.
+	 */
+	smp_rmb();
+	smp_cond_load_acquire(&p->on_cpu, !VAL);
+#endif
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * task_call_func - Invoke a function on task in fixed state
  * @p: Process for which the function is to be invoked, can be @current.
@@ -4217,28 +4251,12 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
 int task_call_func(struct task_struct *p, task_call_f func, void *arg)
 {
 	struct rq *rq = NULL;
-	unsigned int state;
 	struct rq_flags rf;
 	int ret;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, rf.flags);
 
-	state = READ_ONCE(p->__state);
-
-	/*
-	 * Ensure we load p->on_rq after p->__state, otherwise it would be
-	 * possible to, falsely, observe p->on_rq == 0.
-	 *
-	 * See try_to_wake_up() for a longer comment.
-	 */
-	smp_rmb();
-
-	/*
-	 * Since pi->lock blocks try_to_wake_up(), we don't need rq->lock when
-	 * the task is blocked. Make sure to check @state since ttwu() can drop
-	 * locks at the end, see ttwu_queue_wakelist().
-	 */
-	if (state == TASK_RUNNING || state == TASK_WAKING || p->on_rq)
+	if (__task_needs_rq_lock(p))
 		rq = __task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
 
 	/*