linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] sched/task: Add the put_task_struct_atomic

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Date:   Thu, 4 May 2023 15:29:04 -0300
From:   Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
To:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 2/3] sched/task: Add the put_task_struct_atomic_safe() function

On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 12:23 PM Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 05/04, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:34 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
> > > {
> > >         if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&t->usage))
> > >                 return;
> > >
> > >         if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) && !preemptible())
> > >                 call_rcu(&t->rcu, __put_task_struct_rcu);
> > >
> > >         __put_task_struct(t);
> > > }
> > >
> >
> > That's what v5 [1] does.
>
> Yes, but as Sebastian explained CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING won't like it.
>
>         https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y+zFNrCjBn53%2F+Q2@linutronix.de/
>

I think that was my confusion in that thread. My understanding is that
CONFIG_PROVE_RAW_LOCK_NESTING will check lock ordering but not
context. I feel my ignorance is blocking me from seeing something that
is obvious to everyone else :/

> Oleg.
>