linux-kernel - [PATCH] smp: Evaluate local cond

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Message-Id: <20241203183905.3477210-1-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date: Tue,  3 Dec 2024 13:39:05 -0500
From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] smp: Evaluate local cond_func() before IPI side-effects

In smp_call_function_many_cond(), the local cond_func() is evaluated
after triggering the remote CPU IPIs.

If cond_func() depends on loading shared state updated by other CPU's
IPI handlers func(), then triggering execution of remote CPUs IPI before
evaluating cond_func() may have unexpected consequences.

One example scenario is evaluating a jiffies delay in cond_func(), which
is updated by func() in the IPI handlers. This situation can prevent
execution of periodic cleanup code on the local CPU.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241202202213.26a79ed6@fangorn/
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
---
 kernel/smp.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/smp.c b/kernel/smp.c
index 27dc31a146a3..f104c8e83fc4 100644
--- a/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/kernel/smp.c
@@ -815,7 +815,8 @@ static void smp_call_function_many_cond(const struct cpumask *mask,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!in_task());
 
 	/* Check if we need local execution. */
-	if ((scf_flags & SCF_RUN_LOCAL) && cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, mask))
+	if ((scf_flags & SCF_RUN_LOCAL) && cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, mask) &&
+	    (!cond_func || cond_func(this_cpu, info)))
 		run_local = true;
 
 	/* Check if we need remote execution, i.e., any CPU excluding this one. */
@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@ static void smp_call_function_many_cond(const struct cpumask *mask,
 			send_call_function_ipi_mask(cfd->cpumask_ipi);
 	}
 
-	if (run_local && (!cond_func || cond_func(this_cpu, info))) {
+	if (run_local) {
 		unsigned long flags;
 
 		local_irq_save(flags);
-- 
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