linux-kernel - [PATCH v6] sched: do not call __put_task_struct() on rt if pi_blocked

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Message-ID: <aGvTz5VaPFyj0pBV@uudg.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 11:03:59 -0300
From: "Luis Claudio R. Goncalves" <lgoncalv@...hat.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
	Clark Williams <clrkwllms@...nel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	David Vernet <dvernet@...a.com>, Barret Rhoden <brho@...gle.com>,
	Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>, Crystal Wood <crwood@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-rt-devel@...ts.linux.dev,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>,
	Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>, lclaudio00@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v6] sched: do not call __put_task_struct() on rt if
 pi_blocked_on is set

With PREEMPT_RT enabled, some of the calls to put_task_struct() coming
from rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() could happen in preemptible context and
with a mutex enqueued. That could lead to this sequence:

        rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain()
          put_task_struct()
            __put_task_struct()
              sched_ext_free()
                spin_lock_irqsave()
                  rtlock_lock() --->  TRIGGERS
                                      lockdep_assert(!current->pi_blocked_on);

This is not a SCHED_EXT bug. The first cleanup function called by
__put_task_struct() is sched_ext_free() and it happens to take a
(RT) spin_lock, which in the scenario described above, would trigger
the lockdep assertion of "!current->pi_blocked_on".

Crystal Wood was able to identify the problem as __put_task_struct()
being called during rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain(), in the context of
a process with a mutex enqueued.

Instead of adding more complex conditions to decide when to directly
call __put_task_struct() and when to defer the call, unconditionally
resort to the deferred call on PREEMPT_RT to simplify the code.

Suggested-by: Crystal Wood <crwood@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>
Fixes: 893cdaaa3977 ("sched: avoid false lockdep splat in put_task_struct()")
Signed-off-by: Luis Claudio R. Goncalves <lgoncalv@...hat.com>
---

v6: (Sebastian) rework patch description with the note from Crystal Wood.
v5: Add the "Fixes:" tag.
v4: Fix the implementation of what was requested on v3.
v3: (Sebastian, PeterZ) always call the deferred __put_task_struct() on RT.
v2: (Rostedt) remove the #ifdef from put_task_struct() and create
    tsk_is_pi_blocked_on() in sched.h to make the change cleaner.

 include/linux/sched/task.h | 27 ++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 0f2aeb37bbb0..5873de8804d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -135,24 +135,17 @@ static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
 		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * In !RT, it is always safe to call __put_task_struct().
-	 * Under RT, we can only call it in preemptible context.
-	 */
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || preemptible()) {
-		static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(put_task_map, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
-
-		lock_map_acquire_try(&put_task_map);
-		__put_task_struct(t);
-		lock_map_release(&put_task_map);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * under PREEMPT_RT, we can't call put_task_struct
+	 * Under PREEMPT_RT, we can't call __put_task_struct
 	 * in atomic context because it will indirectly
-	 * acquire sleeping locks.
+	 * acquire sleeping locks. The same is true if the
+	 * current process has a mutex enqueued (blocked on
+	 * a PI chain).
+	 *
+	 * In !RT, it is always safe to call __put_task_struct().
+	 * Though, in order to simplify the code, resort to the
+	 * deferred call too.
 	 *
-	 * call_rcu() will schedule delayed_put_task_struct_rcu()
+	 * call_rcu() will schedule __put_task_struct_rcu_cb()
 	 * to be called in process context.
 	 *
 	 * __put_task_struct() is called when
@@ -165,7 +158,7 @@ static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
 	 *
 	 * delayed_free_task() also uses ->rcu, but it is only called
 	 * when it fails to fork a process. Therefore, there is no
-	 * way it can conflict with put_task_struct().
+	 * way it can conflict with __put_task_struct().
 	 */
 	call_rcu(&t->rcu, __put_task_struct_rcu_cb);
 }
-- 
2.50.0