linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] perf: Enqueue SIGTRAP always via task

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Message-ID: <20240410134702.dcWYciZB@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 15:47:02 +0200
From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] perf: Enqueue SIGTRAP always via task_work.

On 2024-04-10 13:37:05 [+0200], Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > Couldn't we either flush _or_ remove the task_work in perf_release()?
> 
> Right so the problem in perf_release() is that we may be dealing with task works
> of other tasks than current. In that case, task_work_cancel() is fine if it
> successes. But if it fails, you don't have the guarantee that the task work
> isn't concurrently running or about to run. And you have no way to know about
> that. So then you need some sort of flushing indeed.

Since perf_release() preemptible, a wait/sleep for completion would be
best (instead of flushing).

> Thanks.
> 
> > > Thanks.

Sebastian