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Ingo Molnar fe19159225 Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to pick up fixes before applying new changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-10-06 17:05:36 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra 95913d9791 sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch()
So the problem this patch is trying to address is as follows:

        CPU0                            CPU1

        context_switch(A, B)
                                        ttwu(A)
                                          LOCK A->pi_lock
                                          A->on_cpu == 0
        finish_task_switch(A)
          prev_state = A->state  <-.
          WMB                      |
          A->on_cpu = 0;           |
          UNLOCK rq0->lock         |
                                   |    context_switch(C, A)
                                   `--  A->state = TASK_DEAD
          prev_state == TASK_DEAD
            put_task_struct(A)
                                        context_switch(A, C)
                                        finish_task_switch(A)
                                          A->state == TASK_DEAD
                                            put_task_struct(A)

The argument being that the WMB will allow the load of A->state on CPU0
to cross over and observe CPU1's store of A->state, which will then
result in a double-drop and use-after-free.

Now the comment states (and this was true once upon a long time ago)
that we need to observe A->state while holding rq->lock because that
will order us against the wakeup; however the wakeup will not in fact
acquire (that) rq->lock; it takes A->pi_lock these days.

We can obviously fix this by upgrading the WMB to an MB, but that is
expensive, so we'd rather avoid that.

The alternative this patch takes is: smp_store_release(&A->on_cpu, 0),
which avoids the MB on some archs, but not important ones like ARM.

Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.1+
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: manfred@colorfullife.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Fixes: e4a52bcb9a ("sched: Remove rq->lock from the first half of ttwu()")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150929124509.GG3816@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-10-06 17:05:17 +02:00
Juri Lelli 2726d6ce38 sched/deadline: Unify dl_time_before() usage
Move dl_time_before() static definition in include/linux/sched/deadline.h
so that it can be used by different parties without being re-defined.

Reported-by: Luca Abeni <luca.abeni@unitn.it>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441188096-23021-3-git-send-email-juri.lelli@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-23 09:51:25 +02:00
Henrik Austad 20f9cd2acb sched/core: Make policy-testing consistent
Most of the policy-tests are done via the <class>_policy() helpers with
the notable exception of idle. A new wrapper for valid_policy() has also
been added to improve readability  in set_load_weight().

This commit does not change the logical behavior of the scheduler core.

Signed-off-by: Henrik Austad <henrik@austad.us>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441810841-4756-1-git-send-email-henrik@austad.us
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-18 09:23:13 +02:00
Dietmar Eggemann e3279a2e6d sched/fair: Make utilization tracking CPU scale-invariant
Besides the existing frequency scale-invariance correction factor, apply
CPU scale-invariance correction factor to utilization tracking to
compensate for any differences in compute capacity. This could be due to
micro-architectural differences (i.e. instructions per seconds) between
cpus in HMP systems (e.g. big.LITTLE), and/or differences in the current
maximum frequency supported by individual cpus in SMP systems. In the
existing implementation utilization isn't comparable between cpus as it
is relative to the capacity of each individual CPU.

Each segment of the sched_avg.util_sum geometric series is now scaled
by the CPU performance factor too so the sched_avg.util_avg of each
sched entity will be invariant from the particular CPU of the HMP/SMP
system on which the sched entity is scheduled.

With this patch, the utilization of a CPU stays relative to the max CPU
performance of the fastest CPU in the system.

In contrast to utilization (sched_avg.util_sum), load
(sched_avg.load_sum) should not be scaled by compute capacity. The
utilization metric is based on running time which only makes sense when
cpus are _not_ fully utilized (utilization cannot go beyond 100% even if
more tasks are added), where load is runnable time which isn't limited
by the capacity of the CPU and therefore is a better metric for
overloaded scenarios. If we run two nice-0 busy loops on two cpus with
different compute capacity their load should be similar since their
compute demands are the same. We have to assume that the compute demand
of any task running on a fully utilized CPU (no spare cycles = 100%
utilization) is high and the same no matter of the compute capacity of
its current CPU, hence we shouldn't scale load by CPU capacity.

Signed-off-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/55CE7409.1000700@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-13 09:52:56 +02:00
Morten Rasmussen 8cd5601c50 sched/fair: Convert arch_scale_cpu_capacity() from weak function to #define
Bring arch_scale_cpu_capacity() in line with the recent change of its
arch_scale_freq_capacity() sibling in commit dfbca41f34 ("sched:
Optimize freq invariant accounting") from weak function to #define to
allow inlining of the function.

While at it, remove the ARCH_CAPACITY sched_feature as well. With the
change to #define there isn't a straightforward way to allow runtime
switch between an arch implementation and the default implementation of
arch_scale_cpu_capacity() using sched_feature. The default was to use
the arch-specific implementation, but only the arm architecture provides
one and that is essentially equivalent to the default implementation.

Signed-off-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <Dietmar.Eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <Juri.Lelli@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: daniel.lezcano@linaro.org
Cc: mturquette@baylibre.com
Cc: pang.xunlei@zte.com.cn
Cc: rjw@rjwysocki.net
Cc: sgurrappadi@nvidia.com
Cc: vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Cc: yuyang.du@intel.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439569394-11974-3-git-send-email-morten.rasmussen@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-13 09:52:55 +02:00
Srikar Dronamraju 2a595721a1 sched/numa: Convert sched_numa_balancing to a static_branch
Variable sched_numa_balancing toggles numa_balancing feature. Hence
moving from a simple read mostly variable to a more apt static_branch.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439310261-16124-1-git-send-email-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-13 09:52:54 +02:00
Srikar Dronamraju c3b9bc5bbf sched/numa: Disable sched_numa_balancing on UMA systems
Commit 2a1ed24 ("sched/numa: Prefer NUMA hotness over cache hotness")
sets sched feature NUMA to true. However this can enable NUMA hinting
faults on a UMA system.

This commit ensures that NUMA hinting faults occur only on a NUMA system
by setting/resetting sched_numa_balancing.

This commit:

  - Makes sched_numa_balancing common to CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG and
    !CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG. Earlier it was only in !CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG.

  - Checks for sched_numa_balancing instead of sched_feat(NUMA).

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439290813-6683-3-git-send-email-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-13 09:52:53 +02:00
Srikar Dronamraju 78a9c54649 sched/numa: Rename numabalancing_enabled to sched_numa_balancing
Simple rename of the 'numabalancing_enabled' variable to 'sched_numa_balancing'.
No functional changes.

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439290813-6683-2-git-send-email-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-13 09:52:52 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra bc54da2176 sched/core: Remove unused argument from sched_class::task_move_group
The previous patches made the second argument go unused, remove it.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@lge.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-09-13 09:52:50 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra c5b2803840 sched: Make sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() unconditional
Give every class a set_cpus_allowed() method, this enables some small
optimization in the RT,DL implementation by avoiding a double
cpumask_weight() call.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: dedekind1@gmail.com
Cc: juri.lelli@arm.com
Cc: mgorman@suse.de
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150515154833.614517487@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-12 12:06:09 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra 3c8e479355 sched: Remove finish_arch_switch()
One less arch hook..

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-04 09:38:33 +02:00
Yuyang Du 139622343e sched/fair: Provide runnable_load_avg back to cfs_rq
The cfs_rq's load_avg is composed of runnable_load_avg and blocked_load_avg.
Before this series, sometimes the runnable_load_avg is used, and sometimes
the load_avg is used. Completely replacing all uses of runnable_load_avg
with load_avg may be too big a leap, i.e., the blocked_load_avg is concerned
to result in overrated load. Therefore, we get runnable_load_avg back.

The new cfs_rq's runnable_load_avg is improved to be updated with all of the
runnable sched_eneities at the same time, so the one sched_entity updated and
the others stale problem is solved.

Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: arjan@linux.intel.com
Cc: bsegall@google.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: fengguang.wu@intel.com
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Cc: morten.rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: pjt@google.com
Cc: rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Cc: vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1436918682-4971-7-git-send-email-yuyang.du@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-03 12:24:31 +02:00
Yuyang Du 540247fb5d sched/fair: Init cfs_rq's sched_entity load average
The runnable load and utilization averages of cfs_rq's sched_entity
were not initiated. Like done to a task, give new cfs_rq' sched_entity
start values to heavy its load in infant time.

Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: arjan@linux.intel.com
Cc: bsegall@google.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: fengguang.wu@intel.com
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Cc: morten.rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: pjt@google.com
Cc: rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Cc: vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1436918682-4971-5-git-send-email-yuyang.du@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-03 12:24:29 +02:00
Yuyang Du 9d89c257df sched/fair: Rewrite runnable load and utilization average tracking
The idea of runnable load average (let runnable time contribute to weight)
was proposed by Paul Turner and Ben Segall, and it is still followed by
this rewrite. This rewrite aims to solve the following issues:

1. cfs_rq's load average (namely runnable_load_avg and blocked_load_avg) is
   updated at the granularity of an entity at a time, which results in the
   cfs_rq's load average is stale or partially updated: at any time, only
   one entity is up to date, all other entities are effectively lagging
   behind. This is undesirable.

   To illustrate, if we have n runnable entities in the cfs_rq, as time
   elapses, they certainly become outdated:

     t0: cfs_rq { e1_old, e2_old, ..., en_old }

   and when we update:

     t1: update e1, then we have cfs_rq { e1_new, e2_old, ..., en_old }

     t2: update e2, then we have cfs_rq { e1_old, e2_new, ..., en_old }

     ...

   We solve this by combining all runnable entities' load averages together
   in cfs_rq's avg, and update the cfs_rq's avg as a whole. This is based
   on the fact that if we regard the update as a function, then:

   w * update(e) = update(w * e) and

   update(e1) + update(e2) = update(e1 + e2), then

   w1 * update(e1) + w2 * update(e2) = update(w1 * e1 + w2 * e2)

   therefore, by this rewrite, we have an entirely updated cfs_rq at the
   time we update it:

     t1: update cfs_rq { e1_new, e2_new, ..., en_new }

     t2: update cfs_rq { e1_new, e2_new, ..., en_new }

     ...

2. cfs_rq's load average is different between top rq->cfs_rq and other
   task_group's per CPU cfs_rqs in whether or not blocked_load_average
   contributes to the load.

   The basic idea behind runnable load average (the same for utilization)
   is that the blocked state is taken into account as opposed to only
   accounting for the currently runnable state. Therefore, the average
   should include both the runnable/running and blocked load averages.
   This rewrite does that.

   In addition, we also combine runnable/running and blocked averages
   of all entities into the cfs_rq's average, and update it together at
   once. This is based on the fact that:

     update(runnable) + update(blocked) = update(runnable + blocked)

   This significantly reduces the code as we don't need to separately
   maintain/update runnable/running load and blocked load.

3. How task_group entities' share is calculated is complex and imprecise.

   We reduce the complexity in this rewrite to allow a very simple rule:
   the task_group's load_avg is aggregated from its per CPU cfs_rqs's
   load_avgs. Then group entity's weight is simply proportional to its
   own cfs_rq's load_avg / task_group's load_avg. To illustrate,

   if a task_group has { cfs_rq1, cfs_rq2, ..., cfs_rqn }, then,

   task_group_avg = cfs_rq1_avg + cfs_rq2_avg + ... + cfs_rqn_avg, then

   cfs_rqx's entity's share = cfs_rqx_avg / task_group_avg * task_group's share

To sum up, this rewrite in principle is equivalent to the current one, but
fixes the issues described above. Turns out, it significantly reduces the
code complexity and hence increases clarity and efficiency. In addition,
the new averages are more smooth/continuous (no spurious spikes and valleys)
and updated more consistently and quickly to reflect the load dynamics.

As a result, we have less load tracking overhead, better performance,
and especially better power efficiency due to more balanced load.

Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: arjan@linux.intel.com
Cc: bsegall@google.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: fengguang.wu@intel.com
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Cc: morten.rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: pjt@google.com
Cc: rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Cc: vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1436918682-4971-3-git-send-email-yuyang.du@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-03 12:21:29 +02:00
Yuyang Du cd126afe83 sched/fair: Remove rq's runnable avg
The current rq->avg is not used at all since its merge into the kernel,
and the code is in the scheduler's hot path, so remove it.

Tested-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: arjan@linux.intel.com
Cc: bsegall@google.com
Cc: fengguang.wu@intel.com
Cc: len.brown@intel.com
Cc: morten.rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: pjt@google.com
Cc: rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Cc: vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1436918682-4971-2-git-send-email-yuyang.du@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-03 12:21:28 +02:00
Linus Torvalds 22a093b2fb Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Debug info and other statistics fixes and related enhancements"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched/numa: Fix numa balancing stats in /proc/pid/sched
  sched/numa: Show numa_group ID in /proc/sched_debug task listings
  sched/debug: Move print_cfs_rq() declaration to kernel/sched/sched.h
  sched/stat: Expose /proc/pid/schedstat if CONFIG_SCHED_INFO=y
  sched/stat: Simplify the sched_info accounting dependency
2015-07-04 08:56:53 -07:00
Srikar Dronamraju 397f2378f1 sched/numa: Fix numa balancing stats in /proc/pid/sched
Commit 44dba3d5d6 ("sched: Refactor task_struct to use
numa_faults instead of numa_* pointers") modified the way
tsk->numa_faults stats are accounted.

However that commit never touched show_numa_stats() that is displayed
in /proc/pid/sched and thus the numbers displayed in /proc/pid/sched
don't match the actual numbers.

Fix it by making sure that /proc/pid/sched reflects the task
fault numbers. Also add group fault stats too.

Also couple of more modifications are added here:

1. Format changes:

  - Previously we would list two entries per node, one for private
    and one for shared. Also the home node info was listed in each entry.

  - Now preferred node, total_faults and current node are
    displayed separately.

  - Now there is one entry per node, that lists private,shared task and
    group faults.

2. Unit changes:

  - p->numa_pages_migrated was getting reset after every read of
    /proc/pid/sched. It's more useful to have absolute numbers since
    differential migrations between two accesses can be more easily
    calculated.

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Iulia Manda <iulia.manda21@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1435252903-1081-4-git-send-email-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-07-04 10:04:33 +02:00
Srikar Dronamraju 6b55c9654f sched/debug: Move print_cfs_rq() declaration to kernel/sched/sched.h
Currently print_cfs_rq() is declared in include/linux/sched.h.
However it's not used outside kernel/sched. Hence move the
declaration to kernel/sched/sched.h

Also some functions are only available for CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y.
Hence move the declarations to within the #ifdef.

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Iulia Manda <iulia.manda21@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1435252903-1081-2-git-send-email-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-07-04 10:04:31 +02:00
Linus Torvalds 98ec21a018 Merge branch 'sched-hrtimers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This series of scheduler updates depends on sched/core and timers/core
  branches, which are already in your tree:

   - Scheduler balancing overhaul to plug a hard to trigger race which
     causes an oops in the balancer (Peter Zijlstra)

   - Lockdep updates which are related to the balancing updates (Peter
     Zijlstra)"

* 'sched-hrtimers-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched,lockdep: Employ lock pinning
  lockdep: Implement lock pinning
  lockdep: Simplify lock_release()
  sched: Streamline the task migration locking a little
  sched: Move code around
  sched,dl: Fix sched class hopping CBS hole
  sched, dl: Convert switched_{from, to}_dl() / prio_changed_dl() to balance callbacks
  sched,dl: Remove return value from pull_dl_task()
  sched, rt: Convert switched_{from, to}_rt() / prio_changed_rt() to balance callbacks
  sched,rt: Remove return value from pull_rt_task()
  sched: Allow balance callbacks for check_class_changed()
  sched: Use replace normalize_task() with __sched_setscheduler()
  sched: Replace post_schedule with a balance callback list
2015-06-24 15:09:40 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 43224b96af Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull timer updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A rather largish update for everything time and timer related:

   - Cache footprint optimizations for both hrtimers and timer wheel

   - Lower the NOHZ impact on systems which have NOHZ or timer migration
     disabled at runtime.

   - Optimize run time overhead of hrtimer interrupt by making the clock
     offset updates smarter

   - hrtimer cleanups and removal of restrictions to tackle some
     problems in sched/perf

   - Some more leap second tweaks

   - Another round of changes addressing the 2038 problem

   - First step to change the internals of clock event devices by
     introducing the necessary infrastructure

   - Allow constant folding for usecs/msecs_to_jiffies()

   - The usual pile of clockevent/clocksource driver updates

  The hrtimer changes contain updates to sched, perf and x86 as they
  depend on them plus changes all over the tree to cleanup API changes
  and redundant code, which got copied all over the place.  The y2038
  changes touch s390 to remove the last non 2038 safe code related to
  boot/persistant clock"

* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (114 commits)
  clocksource: Increase dependencies of timer-stm32 to limit build wreckage
  timer: Minimize nohz off overhead
  timer: Reduce timer migration overhead if disabled
  timer: Stats: Simplify the flags handling
  timer: Replace timer base by a cpu index
  timer: Use hlist for the timer wheel hash buckets
  timer: Remove FIFO "guarantee"
  timers: Sanitize catchup_timer_jiffies() usage
  hrtimer: Allow hrtimer::function() to free the timer
  seqcount: Introduce raw_write_seqcount_barrier()
  seqcount: Rename write_seqcount_barrier()
  hrtimer: Fix hrtimer_is_queued() hole
  hrtimer: Remove HRTIMER_STATE_MIGRATE
  selftest: Timers: Avoid signal deadlock in leap-a-day
  timekeeping: Copy the shadow-timekeeper over the real timekeeper last
  clockevents: Check state instead of mode in suspend/resume path
  selftests: timers: Add leap-second timer edge testing to leap-a-day.c
  ntp: Do leapsecond adjustment in adjtimex read path
  time: Prevent early expiry of hrtimers[CLOCK_REALTIME] at the leap second edge
  ntp: Introduce and use SECS_PER_DAY macro instead of 86400
  ...
2015-06-22 18:57:44 -07:00
Wanpeng Li 178a4d23e4 sched/deadline: Drop duplicate init_sched_dl_class() declaration
There are two init_sched_dl_class() declarations, this patch drops
the duplicate.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1431496867-4194-5-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-06-19 10:06:47 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra cbce1a6867 sched,lockdep: Employ lock pinning
Employ the new lockdep lock pinning annotation to ensure no
'accidental' lock-breaks happen with rq->lock.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: ktkhai@parallels.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: juri.lelli@gmail.com
Cc: pang.xunlei@linaro.org
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150611124744.003233193@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2015-06-19 00:25:27 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra e3fca9e7cb sched: Replace post_schedule with a balance callback list
Generalize the post_schedule() stuff into a balance callback list.
This allows us to more easily use it outside of schedule() and cross
sched_class.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: ktkhai@parallels.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: juri.lelli@gmail.com
Cc: pang.xunlei@linaro.org
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150611124742.424032725@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2015-06-19 00:25:26 +02:00
Thomas Gleixner 624bbdfac9 Merge branch 'timers/core' into sched/hrtimers
Merge sched/core and timers/core so we can apply the sched balancing
patch queue, which depends on both.
2015-06-19 00:17:47 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra 4cfafd3082 sched,perf: Fix periodic timers
In the below two commits (see Fixes) we have periodic timers that can
stop themselves when they're no longer required, but need to be
(re)-started when their idle condition changes.

Further complications is that we want the timer handler to always do
the forward such that it will always correctly deal with the overruns,
and we do not want to race such that the handler has already decided
to stop, but the (external) restart sees the timer still active and we
end up with a 'lost' timer.

The problem with the current code is that the re-start can come before
the callback does the forward, at which point the forward from the
callback will WARN about forwarding an enqueued timer.

Now, conceptually its easy to detect if you're before or after the fwd
by comparing the expiration time against the current time. Of course,
that's expensive (and racy) because we don't have the current time.

Alternatively one could cache this state inside the timer, but then
everybody pays the overhead of maintaining this extra state, and that
is undesired.

The only other option that I could see is the external timer_active
variable, which I tried to kill before. I would love a nicer interface
for this seemingly simple 'problem' but alas.

Fixes: 272325c482 ("perf: Fix mux_interval hrtimer wreckage")
Fixes: 77a4d1a1b9 ("sched: Cleanup bandwidth timers")
Cc: pjt@google.com
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: klamm@yandex-team.ru
Cc: mingo@kernel.org
Cc: bsegall@google.com
Cc: hpa@zytor.com
Cc: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150514102311.GX21418@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
2015-05-18 17:17:42 +02:00
Jason Low 316c1608d1 sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE()
ACCESS_ONCE doesn't work reliably on non-scalar types. This patch removes
the rest of the existing usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler, and use
the new READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() APIs as appropriate.

Signed-off-by: Jason Low <jason.low2@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Aswin Chandramouleeswaran <aswin@hp.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Preeti U Murthy <preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Scott J Norton <scott.norton@hp.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1430251224-5764-2-git-send-email-jason.low2@hp.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra 3289bdb429 sched: Move the loadavg code to a more obvious location
I could not find the loadavg code.. turns out it was hidden in a file
called proc.c. It further got mingled up with the cruft per rq load
indexes (which we really want to get rid of).

Move the per rq load indexes into the fair.c load-balance code (that's
the only thing that uses them) and rename proc.c to loadavg.c so we
can find it again.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
[ Did minor cleanups to the code. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-05-08 12:04:12 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra 77a4d1a1b9 sched: Cleanup bandwidth timers
Roman reported a 3 cpu lockup scenario involving __start_cfs_bandwidth().

The more I look at that code the more I'm convinced its crack, that
entire __start_cfs_bandwidth() thing is brain melting, we don't need to
cancel a timer before starting it, *hrtimer_start*() will happily remove
the timer for you if its still enqueued.

Removing that, removes a big part of the problem, no more ugly cancel
loop to get stuck in.

So now, if I understand things right, the entire reason you have this
cfs_b->lock guarded ->timer_active nonsense is to make sure we don't
accidentally lose the timer.

It appears to me that it should be possible to guarantee that same by
unconditionally (re)starting the timer when !queued. Because regardless
what hrtimer::function will return, if we beat it to (re)enqueue the
timer, it doesn't matter.

Now, because hrtimers don't come with any serialization guarantees we
must ensure both handler and (re)start loop serialize their access to
the hrtimer to avoid both trying to forward the timer at the same
time.

Update the rt bandwidth timer to match.

This effectively reverts: 09dc4ab039 ("sched/fair: Fix
tg_set_cfs_bandwidth() deadlock on rq->lock").

Reported-by: Roman Gushchin <klamm@yandex-team.ru>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150415095011.804589208@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2015-04-22 17:06:53 +02:00
Abel Vesa 07c54f7a7f sched/core: Remove unused argument from init_[rt|dl]_rq()
Obviously, 'rq' is not used in these two functions, therefore,
there is no reason for it to be passed as an argument.

Signed-off-by: Abel Vesa <abelvesa@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425383427-26244-1-git-send-email-abelvesa@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-04-02 17:42:55 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra dfbca41f34 sched: Optimize freq invariant accounting
Currently the freq invariant accounting (in
__update_entity_runnable_avg() and sched_rt_avg_update()) get the
scale factor from a weak function call, this means that even for archs
that default on their implementation the compiler cannot see into this
function and optimize the extra scaling math away.

This is sad, esp. since its a 64-bit multiplication which can be quite
costly on some platforms.

So replace the weak function with #ifdef and __always_inline goo. This
is not quite as nice from an arch support PoV but should at least
result in compile time errors if done wrong.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: efault@gmx.de
Cc: kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150323131905.GF23123@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-03-27 09:36:08 +01:00
Vincent Guittot dc7ff76ead sched: Remove unused struct sched_group_capacity::capacity_orig
The 'struct sched_group_capacity::capacity_orig' field is no longer used
in the scheduler so we can remove it.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: efault@gmx.de
Cc: kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org
Cc: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425378903-5349-1-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-03-27 09:36:05 +01:00
Vincent Guittot ca6d75e690 sched: Add struct rq::cpu_capacity_orig
This new field 'cpu_capacity_orig' reflects the original capacity of a CPU
before being altered by rt tasks and/or IRQ

The cpu_capacity_orig will be used:

  - to detect when the capacity of a CPU has been noticeably reduced so we can
    trig load balance to look for a CPU with better capacity. As an example, we
    can detect when a CPU handles a significant amount of irq
    (with CONFIG_IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING) but this CPU is seen as an idle CPU by
    scheduler whereas CPUs, which are really idle, are available.

  - evaluate the available capacity for CFS tasks

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Cc: Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: efault@gmx.de
Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org
Cc: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425052454-25797-7-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-03-27 09:36:02 +01:00
Vincent Guittot b5b4860d1d sched: Make scale_rt invariant with frequency
The average running time of RT tasks is used to estimate the remaining compute
capacity for CFS tasks. This remaining capacity is the original capacity scaled
down by a factor (aka scale_rt_capacity). This estimation of available capacity
must also be invariant with frequency scaling.

A frequency scaling factor is applied on the running time of the RT tasks for
computing scale_rt_capacity.

In sched_rt_avg_update(), we now scale the RT execution time like below:

  rq->rt_avg += rt_delta * arch_scale_freq_capacity() >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT

Then, scale_rt_capacity can be summarized by:

  scale_rt_capacity = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE * available / total

with available = total - rq->rt_avg

This has been been optimized in current code by:

  scale_rt_capacity = available / (total >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT)

But we can also developed the equation like below:

  scale_rt_capacity = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE - ((rq->rt_avg << SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT) / total)

and we can optimize the equation by removing SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT shift in
the computation of rq->rt_avg and scale_rt_capacity().

so rq->rt_avg += rt_delta * arch_scale_freq_capacity()
and
scale_rt_capacity = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE - (rq->rt_avg / total)

arch_scale_frequency_capacity() will be called in the hot path of the scheduler
which implies to have a short and efficient function.

As an example, arch_scale_frequency_capacity() should return a cached value that
is updated periodically outside of the hot path.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Cc: Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: efault@gmx.de
Cc: kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org
Cc: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425052454-25797-6-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-03-27 09:36:01 +01:00
Vincent Guittot 36ee28e45d sched: Add sched_avg::utilization_avg_contrib
Add new statistics which reflect the average time a task is running on the CPU
and the sum of these running time of the tasks on a runqueue. The latter is
named utilization_load_avg.

This patch is based on the usage metric that was proposed in the 1st
versions of the per-entity load tracking patchset by Paul Turner
<pjt@google.com> but that has be removed afterwards. This version differs from
the original one in the sense that it's not linked to task_group.

The rq's utilization_load_avg will be used to check if a rq is overloaded or
not instead of trying to compute how many tasks a group of CPUs can handle.

Rename runnable_avg_period into avg_period as it is now used with both
runnable_avg_sum and running_avg_sum.

Add some descriptions of the variables to explain their differences.

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Morten.Rasmussen@arm.com
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: dietmar.eggemann@arm.com
Cc: efault@gmx.de
Cc: kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org
Cc: nicolas.pitre@linaro.org
Cc: preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425052454-25797-2-git-send-email-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-03-27 09:35:57 +01:00
Steven Rostedt b6366f048e sched/rt: Use IPI to trigger RT task push migration instead of pulling
When debugging the latencies on a 40 core box, where we hit 300 to
500 microsecond latencies, I found there was a huge contention on the
runqueue locks.

Investigating it further, running ftrace, I found that it was due to
the pulling of RT tasks.

The test that was run was the following:

 cyclictest --numa -p95 -m -d0 -i100

This created a thread on each CPU, that would set its wakeup in iterations
of 100 microseconds. The -d0 means that all the threads had the same
interval (100us). Each thread sleeps for 100us and wakes up and measures
its latencies.

cyclictest is maintained at:
 git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clrkwllms/rt-tests.git

What happened was another RT task would be scheduled on one of the CPUs
that was running our test, when the other CPU tests went to sleep and
scheduled idle. This caused the "pull" operation to execute on all
these CPUs. Each one of these saw the RT task that was overloaded on
the CPU of the test that was still running, and each one tried
to grab that task in a thundering herd way.

To grab the task, each thread would do a double rq lock grab, grabbing
its own lock as well as the rq of the overloaded CPU. As the sched
domains on this box was rather flat for its size, I saw up to 12 CPUs
block on this lock at once. This caused a ripple affect with the
rq locks especially since the taking was done via a double rq lock, which
means that several of the CPUs had their own rq locks held while trying
to take this rq lock. As these locks were blocked, any wakeups or load
balanceing on these CPUs would also block on these locks, and the wait
time escalated.

I've tried various methods to lessen the load, but things like an
atomic counter to only let one CPU grab the task wont work, because
the task may have a limited affinity, and we may pick the wrong
CPU to take that lock and do the pull, to only find out that the
CPU we picked isn't in the task's affinity.

Instead of doing the PULL, I now have the CPUs that want the pull to
send over an IPI to the overloaded CPU, and let that CPU pick what
CPU to push the task to. No more need to grab the rq lock, and the
push/pull algorithm still works fine.

With this patch, the latency dropped to just 150us over a 20 hour run.
Without the patch, the huge latencies would trigger in seconds.

I've created a new sched feature called RT_PUSH_IPI, which is enabled
by default.

When RT_PUSH_IPI is not enabled, the old method of grabbing the rq locks
and having the pulling CPU do the work is implemented. When RT_PUSH_IPI
is enabled, the IPI is sent to the overloaded CPU to do a push.

To enabled or disable this at run time:

 # mount -t debugfs nodev /sys/kernel/debug
 # echo RT_PUSH_IPI > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features
or
 # echo NO_RT_PUSH_IPI > /sys/kernel/debug/sched_features

Update: This original patch would send an IPI to all CPUs in the RT overload
list. But that could theoretically cause the reverse issue. That is, there
could be lots of overloaded RT queues and one CPU lowers its priority. It would
then send an IPI to all the overloaded RT queues and they could then all try
to grab the rq lock of the CPU lowering its priority, and then we have the
same problem.

The latest design sends out only one IPI to the first overloaded CPU. It tries to
push any tasks that it can, and then looks for the next overloaded CPU that can
push to the source CPU. The IPIs stop when all overloaded CPUs that have pushable
tasks that have priorities greater than the source CPU are covered. In case the
source CPU lowers its priority again, a flag is set to tell the IPI traversal to
restart with the first RT overloaded CPU after the source CPU.

Parts-suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Joern Engel <joern@purestorage.com>
Cc: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150318144946.2f3cc982@gandalf.local.home
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-03-23 10:55:22 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra 3960c8c0c7 sched: Make dl_task_time() use task_rq_lock()
Kirill reported that a dl task can be throttled and dequeued at the
same time. This happens, when it becomes throttled in schedule(),
which is called to go to sleep:

current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
schedule()
    deactivate_task()
        dequeue_task_dl()
            update_curr_dl()
                start_dl_timer()
            __dequeue_task_dl()
    prev->on_rq = 0;

This invalidates the assumption from commit 0f397f2c90 ("sched/dl:
Fix race in dl_task_timer()"):

  "The only reason we don't strictly need ->pi_lock now is because
   we're guaranteed to have p->state == TASK_RUNNING here and are
   thus free of ttwu races".

And therefore we have to use the full task_rq_lock() here.

This further amends the fact that we forgot to update the rq lock loop
for TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATE, from commit cca26e8009 ("sched: Teach
scheduler to understand TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATING state").

Reported-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@parallels.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150217123139.GN5029@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-02-18 14:27:30 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra 9edfbfed3f sched/core: Rework rq->clock update skips
The original purpose of rq::skip_clock_update was to avoid 'costly' clock
updates for back to back wakeup-preempt pairs. The big problem with it
has always been that the rq variable is unaware of the context and
causes indiscrimiate clock skips.

Rework the entire thing and create a sense of context by only allowing
schedule() to skip clock updates. (XXX can we measure the cost of the
added store?)

By ensuring only schedule can ever skip an update, we guarantee we're
never more than 1 tick behind on the update.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150105103554.432381549@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-01-14 13:34:20 +01:00
Peter Zijlstra cebde6d681 sched/core: Validate rq_clock*() serialization
rq->clock{,_task} are serialized by rq->lock, verify this.

One immediate fail is the usage in scale_rt_capability, so 'annotate'
that for now, there's more 'funny' there. Maybe change rq->lock into a
raw_seqlock_t?

(Only 32-bit is affected)

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150105103554.361872747@infradead.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: umgwanakikbuti@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-01-14 13:34:19 +01:00
Ingo Molnar e9ac5f0fa8 Merge branch 'sched/urgent' into sched/core, to pick up fixes before applying more changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-11-16 10:50:25 +01:00
Stanislaw Gruszka 6e998916df sched/cputime: Fix clock_nanosleep()/clock_gettime() inconsistency
Commit d670ec1317 "posix-cpu-timers: Cure SMP wobbles" fixes one glibc
test case in cost of breaking another one. After that commit, calling
clock_nanosleep(TIMER_ABSTIME, X) and then clock_gettime(&Y) can result
of Y time being smaller than X time.

Reproducer/tester can be found further below, it can be compiled and ran by:

	gcc -o tst-cpuclock2 tst-cpuclock2.c -pthread
	while ./tst-cpuclock2 ; do : ; done

This reproducer, when running on a buggy kernel, will complain
about "clock_gettime difference too small".

Issue happens because on start in thread_group_cputimer() we initialize
sum_exec_runtime of cputimer with threads runtime not yet accounted and
then add the threads runtime to running cputimer again on scheduler
tick, making it's sum_exec_runtime bigger than actual threads runtime.

KOSAKI Motohiro posted a fix for this problem, but that patch was never
applied: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/26/191 .

This patch takes different approach to cure the problem. It calls
update_curr() when cputimer starts, that assure we will have updated
stats of running threads and on the next schedule tick we will account
only the runtime that elapsed from cputimer start. That also assure we
have consistent state between cpu times of individual threads and cpu
time of the process consisted by those threads.

Full reproducer (tst-cpuclock2.c):

	#define _GNU_SOURCE
	#include <unistd.h>
	#include <sys/syscall.h>
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <time.h>
	#include <pthread.h>
	#include <stdint.h>
	#include <inttypes.h>

	/* Parameters for the Linux kernel ABI for CPU clocks.  */
	#define CPUCLOCK_SCHED          2
	#define MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK(pid, clock) \
		((~(clockid_t) (pid) << 3) | (clockid_t) (clock))

	static pthread_barrier_t barrier;

	/* Help advance the clock.  */
	static void *chew_cpu(void *arg)
	{
		pthread_barrier_wait(&barrier);
		while (1) ;

		return NULL;
	}

	/* Don't use the glibc wrapper.  */
	static int do_nanosleep(int flags, const struct timespec *req)
	{
		clockid_t clock_id = MAKE_PROCESS_CPUCLOCK(0, CPUCLOCK_SCHED);

		return syscall(SYS_clock_nanosleep, clock_id, flags, req, NULL);
	}

	static int64_t tsdiff(const struct timespec *before, const struct timespec *after)
	{
		int64_t before_i = before->tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + before->tv_nsec;
		int64_t after_i = after->tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + after->tv_nsec;

		return after_i - before_i;
	}

	int main(void)
	{
		int result = 0;
		pthread_t th;

		pthread_barrier_init(&barrier, NULL, 2);

		if (pthread_create(&th, NULL, chew_cpu, NULL) != 0) {
			perror("pthread_create");
			return 1;
		}

		pthread_barrier_wait(&barrier);

		/* The test.  */
		struct timespec before, after, sleeptimeabs;
		int64_t sleepdiff, diffabs;
		const struct timespec sleeptime = {.tv_sec = 0,.tv_nsec = 100000000 };

		/* The relative nanosleep.  Not sure why this is needed, but its presence
		   seems to make it easier to reproduce the problem.  */
		if (do_nanosleep(0, &sleeptime) != 0) {
			perror("clock_nanosleep");
			return 1;
		}

		/* Get the current time.  */
		if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &before) < 0) {
			perror("clock_gettime[2]");
			return 1;
		}

		/* Compute the absolute sleep time based on the current time.  */
		uint64_t nsec = before.tv_nsec + sleeptime.tv_nsec;
		sleeptimeabs.tv_sec = before.tv_sec + nsec / 1000000000;
		sleeptimeabs.tv_nsec = nsec % 1000000000;

		/* Sleep for the computed time.  */
		if (do_nanosleep(TIMER_ABSTIME, &sleeptimeabs) != 0) {
			perror("absolute clock_nanosleep");
			return 1;
		}

		/* Get the time after the sleep.  */
		if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID, &after) < 0) {
			perror("clock_gettime[3]");
			return 1;
		}

		/* The time after sleep should always be equal to or after the absolute sleep
		   time passed to clock_nanosleep.  */
		sleepdiff = tsdiff(&sleeptimeabs, &after);
		if (sleepdiff < 0) {
			printf("absolute clock_nanosleep woke too early: %" PRId64 "\n", sleepdiff);
			result = 1;

			printf("Before %llu.%09llu\n", before.tv_sec, before.tv_nsec);
			printf("After  %llu.%09llu\n", after.tv_sec, after.tv_nsec);
			printf("Sleep  %llu.%09llu\n", sleeptimeabs.tv_sec, sleeptimeabs.tv_nsec);
		}

		/* The difference between the timestamps taken before and after the
		   clock_nanosleep call should be equal to or more than the duration of the
		   sleep.  */
		diffabs = tsdiff(&before, &after);
		if (diffabs < sleeptime.tv_nsec) {
			printf("clock_gettime difference too small: %" PRId64 "\n", diffabs);
			result = 1;
		}

		pthread_cancel(th);

		return result;
	}

Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141112155843.GA24803@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-11-16 10:04:20 +01:00
Iulia Manda 44dba3d5d6 sched: Refactor task_struct to use numa_faults instead of numa_* pointers
This patch simplifies task_struct by removing the four numa_* pointers
in the same array and replacing them with the array pointer. By doing this,
on x86_64, the size of task_struct is reduced by 3 ulong pointers (24 bytes on
x86_64).

A new parameter is added to the task_faults_idx function so that it can return
an index to the correct offset, corresponding with the old precalculated
pointers.

All of the code in sched/ that depended on task_faults_idx and numa_* was
changed in order to match the new logic.

Signed-off-by: Iulia Manda <iulia.manda21@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: mgorman@suse.de
Cc: dave@stgolabs.net
Cc: riel@redhat.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141031001331.GA30662@winterfell
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-11-04 07:17:57 +01:00
Wanpeng Li acb32132ec sched/deadline: Add deadline rq status print
This patch add deadline rq status print.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Cc: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@parallels.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1414708776-124078-3-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-11-04 07:17:54 +01:00
Kirill Tkhai 67dfa1b756 sched/deadline: Implement cancel_dl_timer() to use in switched_from_dl()
Currently used hrtimer_try_to_cancel() is racy:

raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock)
...                            dl_task_timer                 raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock)
...                               raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock)   ...
   switched_from_dl()             ...                        ...
      hrtimer_try_to_cancel()     ...                        ...
   switched_to_fair()             ...                        ...
...                               ...                        ...
...                               ...                        ...
raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock)        ...                        (asquired)
...                               ...                        ...
...                               ...                        ...
do_exit()                         ...                        ...
   schedule()                     ...                        ...
      raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock)    ...                        raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock)
      ...                         ...                        ...
      raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock)  ...                        raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock)
      ...                         ...                        (asquired)
      put_task_struct()           ...                        ...
          free_task_struct()      ...                        ...
      ...                         ...                        raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock)
...                               (asquired)                 ...
...                               ...                        ...
...                               (use after free)           ...

So, let's implement 100% guaranteed way to cancel the timer and let's
be sure we are safe even in very unlikely situations.

rq unlocking does not limit the area of switched_from_dl() use, because
this has already been possible in pull_dl_task() below.

Let's consider the safety of of this unlocking. New code in the patch
is working when hrtimer_try_to_cancel() fails. This means the callback
is running. In this case hrtimer_cancel() is just waiting till the
callback is finished. Two

1) Since we are in switched_from_dl(), new class is not dl_sched_class and
new prio is not less MAX_DL_PRIO. So, the callback returns early; it's
right after !dl_task() check. After that hrtimer_cancel() returns back too.

The above is:

raw_spin_lock(rq->lock);                  ...
...                                       dl_task_timer()
...                                          raw_spin_lock(rq->lock);
   switched_from_dl()                        ...
       hrtimer_try_to_cancel()               ...
          raw_spin_unlock(rq->lock);         ...
          hrtimer_cancel()                   ...
          ...                                raw_spin_unlock(rq->lock);
          ...                                return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
          ...                             ...
          raw_spin_lock(rq->lock);        ...

2) But the below is also possible:
                                   dl_task_timer()
                                      raw_spin_lock(rq->lock);
                                      ...
                                      raw_spin_unlock(rq->lock);
raw_spin_lock(rq->lock);              ...
   switched_from_dl()                 ...
       hrtimer_try_to_cancel()        ...
       ...                            return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
       raw_spin_unlock(rq->lock);  ...
       hrtimer_cancel();           ...
       raw_spin_lock(rq->lock);    ...

In this case hrtimer_cancel() returns immediately. Very unlikely case,
just to mention.

Nobody can manipulate the task, because check_class_changed() is
always called with pi_lock locked. Nobody can force the task to
participate in (concurrent) priority inheritance schemes (the same reason).

All concurrent task operations require pi_lock, which is held by us.
No deadlocks with dl_task_timer() are possible, because it returns
right after !dl_task() check (it does nothing).

If we receive a new dl_task during the time of unlocked rq, we just
don't have to do pull_dl_task() in switched_from_dl() further.

Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@parallels.com>
[ Added comments]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1414420852.19914.186.camel@tkhai
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-11-04 07:17:50 +01:00
Juri Lelli 7f51412a41 sched/deadline: Fix bandwidth check/update when migrating tasks between exclusive cpusets
Exclusive cpusets are the only way users can restrict SCHED_DEADLINE tasks
affinity (performing what is commonly called clustered scheduling).
Unfortunately, such thing is currently broken for two reasons:

 - No check is performed when the user tries to attach a task to
   an exlusive cpuset (recall that exclusive cpusets have an
   associated maximum allowed bandwidth).

 - Bandwidths of source and destination cpusets are not correctly
   updated after a task is migrated between them.

This patch fixes both things at once, as they are opposite faces
of the same coin.

The check is performed in cpuset_can_attach(), as there aren't any
points of failure after that function. The updated is split in two
halves. We first reserve bandwidth in the destination cpuset, after
we pass the check in cpuset_can_attach(). And we then release
bandwidth from the source cpuset when the task's affinity is
actually changed. Even if there can be time windows when sched_setattr()
may erroneously fail in the source cpuset, we are fine with it, as
we can't perfom an atomic update of both cpusets at once.

Reported-by: Daniel Wagner <daniel.wagner@bmw-carit.de>
Reported-by: Vincent Legout <vincent@legout.info>
Signed-off-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Dario Faggioli <raistlin@linux.it>
Cc: Michael Trimarchi <michael@amarulasolutions.com>
Cc: Fabio Checconi <fchecconi@gmail.com>
Cc: michael@amarulasolutions.com
Cc: luca.abeni@unitn.it
Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1411118561-26323-3-git-send-email-juri.lelli@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-10-28 10:47:58 +01:00
Rik van Riel e3fe70b1f7 sched/numa: Classify the NUMA topology of a system
Smaller NUMA systems tend to have all NUMA nodes directly connected
to each other. This includes the degenerate case of a system with just
one node, ie. a non-NUMA system.

Larger systems can have two kinds of NUMA topology, which affects how
tasks and memory should be placed on the system.

On glueless mesh systems, nodes that are not directly connected to
each other will bounce traffic through intermediary nodes. Task groups
can be run closer to each other by moving tasks from a node to an
intermediary node between it and the task's preferred node.

On NUMA systems with backplane controllers, the intermediary hops
are incapable of running programs. This creates "islands" of nodes
that are at an equal distance to anywhere else in the system.

Each kind of topology requires a slightly different placement
algorithm; this patch provides the mechanism to detect the kind
of NUMA topology of a system.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Chegu Vinod <chegu_vinod@hp.com>
[ Changed to use kernel/sched/sched.h ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: mgorman@suse.de
Cc: chegu_vinod@hp.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1413530994-9732-3-git-send-email-riel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-10-28 10:47:48 +01:00
Rik van Riel 9942f79baa sched/numa: Export info needed for NUMA balancing on complex topologies
Export some information that is necessary to do placement of
tasks on systems with multi-level NUMA topologies.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: mgorman@suse.de
Cc: chegu_vinod@hp.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1413530994-9732-2-git-send-email-riel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-10-28 10:47:47 +01:00
Linus Torvalds 0429fbc0bd Merge branch 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu
Pull percpu consistent-ops changes from Tejun Heo:
 "Way back, before the current percpu allocator was implemented, static
  and dynamic percpu memory areas were allocated and handled separately
  and had their own accessors.  The distinction has been gone for many
  years now; however, the now duplicate two sets of accessors remained
  with the pointer based ones - this_cpu_*() - evolving various other
  operations over time.  During the process, we also accumulated other
  inconsistent operations.

  This pull request contains Christoph's patches to clean up the
  duplicate accessor situation.  __get_cpu_var() uses are replaced with
  with this_cpu_ptr() and __this_cpu_ptr() with raw_cpu_ptr().

  Unfortunately, the former sometimes is tricky thanks to C being a bit
  messy with the distinction between lvalues and pointers, which led to
  a rather ugly solution for cpumask_var_t involving the introduction of
  this_cpu_cpumask_var_ptr().

  This converts most of the uses but not all.  Christoph will follow up
  with the remaining conversions in this merge window and hopefully
  remove the obsolete accessors"

* 'for-3.18-consistent-ops' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu: (38 commits)
  irqchip: Properly fetch the per cpu offset
  percpu: Resolve ambiguities in __get_cpu_var/cpumask_var_t -fix
  ia64: sn_nodepda cannot be assigned to after this_cpu conversion. Use __this_cpu_write.
  percpu: Resolve ambiguities in __get_cpu_var/cpumask_var_t
  Revert "powerpc: Replace __get_cpu_var uses"
  percpu: Remove __this_cpu_ptr
  clocksource: Replace __this_cpu_ptr with raw_cpu_ptr
  sparc: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  avr32: Replace __get_cpu_var with __this_cpu_write
  blackfin: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  tile: Use this_cpu_ptr() for hardware counters
  tile: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  powerpc: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  alpha: Replace __get_cpu_var
  ia64: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  s390: cio driver &__get_cpu_var replacements
  s390: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  mips: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
  MIPS: Replace __get_cpu_var uses in FPU emulator.
  arm: Replace __this_cpu_ptr with raw_cpu_ptr
  ...
2014-10-15 07:48:18 +02:00
Peter Zijlstra c55f5158f5 sched, mips, ia64: Remove __ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW
Kirill found that there's a subtle race in the
__ARCH_WANT_UNLOCKED_CTXSW code, and instead of fixing it, remove the
entire exception because neither arch that uses it seems to actually
still require it.

Boot tested on mips64el (qemu) only.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@yandex.ru>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Cc: James Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@imgtec.com>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@imgtec.com>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: linux@roeck-us.net
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140923150641.GH3312@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-09-24 14:47:05 +02:00
Daniel Lezcano 442bf3aaf5 sched: Let the scheduler see CPU idle states
When the cpu enters idle, it stores the cpuidle state pointer in its
struct rq instance which in turn could be used to make a better decision
when balancing tasks.

As soon as the cpu exits its idle state, the struct rq reference is
cleared.

There are a couple of situations where the idle state pointer could be changed
while it is being consulted:

1. For x86/acpi with dynamic c-states, when a laptop switches from battery
   to AC that could result on removing the deeper idle state. The acpi driver
   triggers:
	'acpi_processor_cst_has_changed'
		'cpuidle_pause_and_lock'
			'cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler'
				'kick_all_cpus_sync'.

All cpus will exit their idle state and the pointed object will be set to
NULL.

2. The cpuidle driver is unloaded. Logically that could happen but not
in practice because the drivers are always compiled in and 95% of them are
not coded to unregister themselves.  In any case, the unloading code must
call 'cpuidle_unregister_device', that calls 'cpuidle_pause_and_lock'
leading to 'kick_all_cpus_sync' as mentioned above.

A race can happen if we use the pointer and then one of these two scenarios
occurs at the same moment.

In order to be safe, the idle state pointer stored in the rq must be
used inside a rcu_read_lock section where we are protected with the
'rcu_barrier' in the 'cpuidle_uninstall_idle_handler' function. The
idle_get_state() and idle_put_state() accessors should be used to that
effect.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linaro-kernel@lists.linaro.org
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2014-09-24 14:46:58 +02:00