linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] locking/rwsem: Disable preemption while trying for rwsem lock

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Message-ID: <2024040242-babbling-dreamy-6336@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:42:03 +0200
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
	Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	will@...nel.org, boqun.feng@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gokul krishna Krishnakumar <quic_gokukris@...cinc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] locking/rwsem: Disable preemption while trying for
 rwsem lock

On Tue, Apr 02, 2024 at 08:30:32PM +0300, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Stable team,
> 
> Please cherry-pick this patch into v5.15 stable:
> 
> 	locking/rwsem: Disable preemption while trying for rwsem lock
> 
> 	commit 48dfb5d2560d36fb16c7d430c229d1604ea7d185
> 
> It fixes the following bug present in v5.15:
> 
> > > > From: Gokul krishna Krishnakumar <quic_gokukris@...cinc.com>
> > > > We observe RT task is hogging CPU when trying to acquire rwsem lock
> > > > which was acquired by a kworker task but before the rwsem owner was set.
> > > > 
> > > > Here is the scenario:
> > > > 1. CFS task (affined to a particular CPU) takes rwsem lock.
> > > > 
> > > > 2. CFS task gets preempted by a RT task before setting owner.
> > > > 
> > > > 3. RT task (FIFO) is trying to acquire the lock, but spinning until
> > > > RT throttling happens for the lock as the lock was taken by CFS task.
> 
> If the RT throttling is disabled, the RT task will remain looping forever
> in the kernel. If the system is UP, it will lock up completely.
> 
> The issue can be easily reproduced by running RT task and normal task which
> are affined to the same CPU core.

Does this only affect the -rt patchset, or is this an issue with a
"clean" kernel release?

thanks,

greg k-h