linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 8/8] tracing/hwlat: Replace sched_setaffinity with set_cpus_allowed

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Date:   Sun, 19 Mar 2023 12:46:51 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 8/8] tracing/hwlat: Replace sched_setaffinity with set_cpus_allowed_ptr

From: Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>

There is a problem with the behavior of hwlat in a container,
resulting in incorrect output. A warning message is generated:
"cpumask changed while in round-robin mode, switching to mode none",
and the tracing_cpumask is ignored. This issue arises because
the kernel thread, hwlatd, is not a part of the container, and
the function sched_setaffinity is unable to locate it using its PID.
Additionally, the task_struct of hwlatd is already known.
Ultimately, the function set_cpus_allowed_ptr achieves
the same outcome as sched_setaffinity, but employs task_struct
instead of PID.

Test case:

  # cd /sys/kernel/tracing
  # echo 0 > tracing_on
  # echo round-robin > hwlat_detector/mode
  # echo hwlat > current_tracer
  # unshare --fork --pid bash -c 'echo 1 > tracing_on'
  # dmesg -c

Actual behavior:

[573502.809060] hwlat_detector: cpumask changed while in round-robin mode, switching to mode none

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20230316144535.1004952-1-costa.shul@redhat.com

Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Fixes: 0330f7aa8ee63 ("tracing: Have hwlat trace migrate across tracing_cpumask CPUs")
Signed-off-by: Costa Shulyupin <costa.shul@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
index c4945f8adc11..2f37a6e68aa9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_hwlat.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static void move_to_next_cpu(void)
 	cpumask_clear(current_mask);
 	cpumask_set_cpu(next_cpu, current_mask);
 
-	sched_setaffinity(0, current_mask);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, current_mask);
 	return;
 
  change_mode:
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static int start_single_kthread(struct trace_array *tr)
 
 	}
 
-	sched_setaffinity(kthread->pid, current_mask);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(kthread, current_mask);
 
 	kdata->kthread = kthread;
 	wake_up_process(kthread);
-- 
2.39.1