From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 07/44] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify sighand locking in run_posix_cpu_timers()
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:25:01 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1908211523580.2223@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190821120912.GD16213@lenoir>
On Wed, 21 Aug 2019, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 04:31:48PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > run_posix_cpu_timers() is called from the timer interrupt. The posix timer
> > expiry always affects the current task which got interrupted.
> >
> > sighand locking is only racy when done on a foreign task, which must use
> > lock_task_sighand(). But in case of run_posix_cpu_timers() that's
> > pointless.
> >
> > sighand of a task can only be dropped or changed by the task itself. Drop
> > happens in do_exit()
>
> Well, that's only in case of autoreap. Otherwise this is dropped by the reaper.
Right, but in the reaper case the task cannot be on the CPU running and
being interrupted by the tick. I might be missing something subtle though.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-21 13:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-19 14:31 [patch 00/44] posix-cpu-timers: Cleanup and consolidation Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 01/44] posix-timers: Cleanup forward declarations and includes Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 12:20 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-20 13:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 13:48 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 2:12 ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 02/44] alarmtimers: Avoid rtc.h include Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 13:49 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 2:12 ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 03/44] posix-timer: Use a callback for cancel synchronization Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 2:21 ` Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-20 13:08 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 13:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 2:12 ` [tip: timers/core] posix-timers: Use a callback for cancel synchronization on PREEMPT_RT tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 04/44] posix-cpu-timers: Fixup stale comment Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 14:26 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-20 17:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 20:48 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-20 21:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 22:56 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-21 13:31 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 15:51 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 2:12 ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 05/44] posix-cpu-timers: Sanitize bogus WARNONS Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 11:34 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 2:12 ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 06/44] posix-cpu-timers: Remove tsk argument from run_posix_cpu_timers() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 11:36 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-23 2:12 ` [tip: timers/core] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 07/44] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify sighand locking in run_posix_cpu_timers() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-21 12:09 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-21 13:25 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2019-08-21 15:42 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2019-08-21 17:13 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 08/44] posix-cpu-timers: Provide task validation functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 09/44] posix-cpu-timers: Use common permission check in posix_cpu_clock_get() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 10/44] posix-cpu-timers: Use common permission check in posix_cpu_timer_create() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 11/44] posix-cpu-timers: Provide quick sample function for itimer Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 12/44] itimers: Use quick sample function Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 13/44] posix-cpu-timers: Sample directly in timer check Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 14/44] posix-cpu-timers: Rename thread_group_cputimer() and make it static Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 15/44] posix-cpu-timer: Comsolidate thread group sample code Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 19:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 16/44] posix-cpu-timers: Use clock ID in posix_cpu_timer_set() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 17/44] posix-cpu-timers: Use clock ID in posix_cpu_timer_get() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:31 ` [patch 18/44] posix-cpu-timers: Use clock ID in posix_cpu_timer_rearm() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 19/44] posix-cpu-timer: Remove pointless return value check Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 20/44] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify sample functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 21/44] posix-cpu-timers: Get rid of pointer indirection Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 22/44] posix-cpu-timers: Sample task times once in expiry check Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 23/44] posix-cpu-timers: Move prof/virt_ticks into caller Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 24/44] posix-cpu-timers: Create a container struct Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 25/44] sched: Move struct task_cputime to types.h Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 26/44] posix-cpu-timers: Move expiry cache into struct posix_cputimers Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 27/44] posix-cpu-timers: Provide array based access to expiry cache Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 19:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-08-20 20:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 28/44] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify timer queueing Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 29/44] posix-cpu-timers: Simplify set_process_cpu_timer() Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 30/44] posix-cpu-timers: Switch check_*_timers() to array cache Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 31/44] posix-cpu-timers: Remove the odd field rename defines Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 32/44] posix-cpu-timers: Provide array based sample functions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 33/44] posix-cpu-timers: Make expiry checks array based Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 34/44] posix-cpu-timers: Remove cputime_expires Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 35/44] posix-cpu-timers: Switch thread group sampling to array Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 36/44] posix-cpu-timers: Get rid of zero checks Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 37/44] posix-cpu-timers: Consolidate timer expiry further Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 38/44] posix-cpu-timers: Respect INFINITY for hard RTTIME limit Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 20:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-08-19 20:29 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 39/44] posix-cpu-timers: Get rid of 64bit divisions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 40/44] posix-cpu-timers: Remove pointless comparisions Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 20:10 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 41/44] posix-cpu-timers: Deduplicate rlimit handling Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 42/44] posix-cpu-timers: Move state tracking to struct posix_cputimers Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 19:13 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-08-19 20:29 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 43/44] posix-cpu-timers: Utilize timerqueue for storage Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 14:32 ` [patch 44/44] posix-cpu-timers: Expire timers directly Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-19 19:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2019-08-20 13:07 ` Thomas Gleixner
2019-08-20 2:18 ` [patch 00/44] posix-cpu-timers: Cleanup and consolidation Christoph Hellwig
2019-08-20 13:09 ` Thomas Gleixner
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