From: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, frederic@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, cai@lca.pw,
mgorman@techsingularity.net
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/7] sched: Fix smp_call_function_single_async() usage for ILB
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 16:26:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jhjr1v2iwz7.mognet@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200526161907.778543557@infradead.org>
On 26/05/20 17:10, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> The recent commit: 90b5363acd47 ("sched: Clean up scheduler_ipi()")
> got smp_call_function_single_async() subtly wrong. Even though it will
> return -EBUSY when trying to re-use a csd, that condition is not
> atomic and still requires external serialization.
>
> The change in kick_ilb() got this wrong.
>
> While on first reading kick_ilb() has an atomic test-and-set that
> appears to serialize the use, the matching 'release' is not in the
> right place to actually guarantee this serialization.
>
I got confused the first time I read through that, and had the same
thoughts as Vincent; reading Frederic's reply and the thread
helped. Could we mention the tick softirq vs ilb kick race
thing in the changelog?
Otherwise the change looks okay, I couldn't convince myself there were
more gaps left to fill.
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
> Rework the nohz_idle_balance() trigger so that the release is in the
> IPI callback and thus guarantees the required serialization for the
> CSD.
>
> Fixes: 90b5363acd47 ("sched: Clean up scheduler_ipi()")
> Reported-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-29 15:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-26 16:10 [RFC][PATCH 0/7] Fix the scheduler-IPI mess Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:10 ` [RFC][PATCH 1/7] sched: Fix smp_call_function_single_async() usage for ILB Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 23:56 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-27 10:23 ` Vincent Guittot
2020-05-27 11:28 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-27 12:07 ` Vincent Guittot
2020-05-29 15:26 ` Valentin Schneider [this message]
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-01 11:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-26 16:10 ` [RFC][PATCH 2/7] smp: Optimize flush_smp_call_function_queue() Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-28 12:28 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 3/7] smp: Move irq_work_run() out of flush_smp_call_function_queue() Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-29 13:04 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/7] smp: Optimize send_call_function_single_ipi() Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 9:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 10:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 15:56 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-27 16:35 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 17:12 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-27 19:39 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-28 1:35 ` Joel Fernandes
2020-05-28 8:59 ` [tip: core/rcu] rcu: Allow for smp_call_function() running callbacks from idle tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-21 16:56 ` [RFC][PATCH 4/7] smp: Optimize send_call_function_single_ipi() Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-22 0:20 ` Paul E. McKenney
2021-01-22 8:31 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-01-22 15:35 ` Paul E. McKenney
2020-05-29 13:01 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 5/7] irq_work, smp: Allow irq_work on call_single_queue Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-28 23:40 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-05-29 13:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 9:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 15:02 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-05 16:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 15:24 ` Kees Cook
2020-06-10 13:24 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 6/7] sched: Add rq::ttwu_pending Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-26 16:11 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/7] sched: Replace rq::wake_list Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-29 15:10 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2020-06-01 9:52 ` [tip: sched/core] " tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-02 15:16 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2020-06-04 14:18 ` [RFC][PATCH 7/7] " Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 0:24 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-05 7:41 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 16:15 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-06 23:13 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-09 20:21 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-09 21:25 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-09 21:38 ` Eric Biggers
2020-06-09 22:06 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-09 23:03 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-10 9:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-18 17:57 ` Steven Rostedt
2020-06-18 19:06 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-09 22:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 8:10 ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-06-05 13:33 ` Guenter Roeck
2020-06-05 14:09 ` Peter Zijlstra
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