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From: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>,
	Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>,
	Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>,
	Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] sched/loadavg: Use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() for sample window
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:07:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170217120731.11868-3-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170217120731.11868-1-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>

'calc_load_update' is accessed without any kind of locking and there's
a clear assumption in the code that only a single value is read or
written.

Make this explicit by using READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(), and avoid
unintentionally seeing multiple values, or having the load/stores
split.

Technically the loads in calc_global_*() don't require this since
those are the only functions that update 'calc_load_update', but I've
added the READ_ONCE() for consistency.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Cc: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
---
 kernel/sched/loadavg.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/loadavg.c b/kernel/sched/loadavg.c
index ec91fcc09bfe..3f96a7d014ce 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/loadavg.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/loadavg.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static inline int calc_load_write_idx(void)
 	 * If the folding window started, make sure we start writing in the
 	 * next idle-delta.
 	 */
-	if (!time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update))
+	if (!time_before(jiffies, READ_ONCE(calc_load_update)))
 		idx++;
 
 	return idx & 1;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void calc_load_exit_idle(void)
 	/*
 	 * If we're still before the pending sample window, we're done.
 	 */
-	this_rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update;
+	this_rq->calc_load_update = READ_ONCE(calc_load_update);
 	if (time_before(jiffies, this_rq->calc_load_update))
 		return;
 
@@ -307,13 +307,15 @@ calc_load_n(unsigned long load, unsigned long exp,
  */
 static void calc_global_nohz(void)
 {
+	unsigned long sample_window;
 	long delta, active, n;
 
-	if (!time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update + 10)) {
+	sample_window = READ_ONCE(calc_load_update);
+	if (!time_before(jiffies, sample_window + 10)) {
 		/*
 		 * Catch-up, fold however many we are behind still
 		 */
-		delta = jiffies - calc_load_update - 10;
+		delta = jiffies - sample_window - 10;
 		n = 1 + (delta / LOAD_FREQ);
 
 		active = atomic_long_read(&calc_load_tasks);
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ static void calc_global_nohz(void)
 		avenrun[1] = calc_load_n(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active, n);
 		avenrun[2] = calc_load_n(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active, n);
 
-		calc_load_update += n * LOAD_FREQ;
+		WRITE_ONCE(calc_load_update, sample_window + n * LOAD_FREQ);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -351,9 +353,11 @@ static inline void calc_global_nohz(void) { }
  */
 void calc_global_load(unsigned long ticks)
 {
+	unsigned long sample_window;
 	long active, delta;
 
-	if (time_before(jiffies, calc_load_update + 10))
+	sample_window = READ_ONCE(calc_load_update);
+	if (time_before(jiffies, sample_window + 10))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -370,7 +374,7 @@ void calc_global_load(unsigned long ticks)
 	avenrun[1] = calc_load(avenrun[1], EXP_5, active);
 	avenrun[2] = calc_load(avenrun[2], EXP_15, active);
 
-	calc_load_update += LOAD_FREQ;
+	WRITE_ONCE(calc_load_update, sample_window + LOAD_FREQ);
 
 	/*
 	 * In case we idled for multiple LOAD_FREQ intervals, catch up in bulk.
-- 
2.10.0

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-02-17 12:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-17 12:07 [PATCH v2 0/2] sched/loadavg: Fix loadavg spikes and sprinkle {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() Matt Fleming
2017-02-17 12:07 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] sched/loadavg: Avoid loadavg spikes caused by delayed NO_HZ accounting Matt Fleming
2017-02-22 15:18   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2017-03-08  8:47   ` Wanpeng Li
2017-03-16 11:13   ` [tip:sched/core] " tip-bot for Matt Fleming
2017-02-17 12:07 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2017-03-16 11:13   ` [tip:sched/core] sched/loadavg: Use {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() for sample window tip-bot for Matt Fleming

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