Re: [PATCH 2/3] Linux: Use rseq in sched_getcpu if available (v9)

[Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>]

----- On Jul 6, 2020, at 9:59 AM, Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com wrote:

> * Mathieu Desnoyers:
> 
>> When available, use the cpu_id field from __rseq_abi on Linux to
>> implement sched_getcpu().  Fall-back on the vgetcpu vDSO if
>> unavailable.
> 
> I've pushed this to glibc master, but unfortunately it looks like this
> exposes a kernel bug related to affinity mask changes.
> 
> After building and testing glibc, this
> 
>  for x in {1..2000} ; do posix/tst-affinity-static  & done
> 
> produces some “error:” lines for me:
> 
> error: Unexpected CPU 2, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 2, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 2, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 2, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 138, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 138, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 138, expected 0
> error: Unexpected CPU 138, expected 0
> 
> “expected 0” is a result of how the test has been written, it bails out
> on the first failure, which happens with CPU ID 0.
> 
> Smaller systems can use a smaller count than 2000 to reproduce this.  It
> also happens sporadically when running the glibc test suite itself
> (which is why it took further testing to reveal this issue).
> 
> I can reproduce this with the Debian 4.19.118-2+deb10u1 kernel, the
> Fedora 5.6.19-300.fc32 kernel, and the Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel
> 4.18.0-193.el8 (all x86_64).
> 
> As to the cause, I'd guess that the exit path in the sched_setaffinity
> system call fails to update the rseq area, so that userspace can observe
> the outdated CPU ID there.

Hi Florian,

We have a similar test in Linux, see tools/testing/selftests/rseq/basic_test.c.
That test does not trigger this issue, even when executed repeatedly.

I'll investigate further what is happening within the glibc test.

Thanks,

Mathieu


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