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<title>nohz/full, sched/rt: Fix missed tick-reenabling bug in dequeue_task_rt()</title>
<updated>2022-08-17T12:23:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicolas Saenz Julienne</name>
<email>nsaenzju@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2022-06-28T09:22:59+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 5c66d1b9b30f737fcef85a0b75bfe0590e16b62a ]

dequeue_task_rt() only decrements 'rt_rq-&gt;rt_nr_running' after having
called sched_update_tick_dependency() preventing it from re-enabling the
tick on systems that no longer have pending SCHED_RT tasks but have
multiple runnable SCHED_OTHER tasks:

  dequeue_task_rt()
    dequeue_rt_entity()
      dequeue_rt_stack()
        dequeue_top_rt_rq()
	  sub_nr_running()	// decrements rq-&gt;nr_running
	    sched_update_tick_dependency()
	      sched_can_stop_tick()	// checks rq-&gt;rt.rt_nr_running,
	      ...
        __dequeue_rt_entity()
          dec_rt_tasks()	// decrements rq-&gt;rt.rt_nr_running
	  ...

Every other scheduler class performs the operation in the opposite
order, and sched_update_tick_dependency() expects the values to be
updated as such. So avoid the misbehaviour by inverting the order in
which the above operations are performed in the RT scheduler.

Fixes: 76d92ac305f2 ("sched: Migrate sched to use new tick dependency mask model")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne &lt;nsaenzju@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld &lt;pauld@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628092259.330171-1-nsaenzju@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 5c66d1b9b30f737fcef85a0b75bfe0590e16b62a ]

dequeue_task_rt() only decrements 'rt_rq-&gt;rt_nr_running' after having
called sched_update_tick_dependency() preventing it from re-enabling the
tick on systems that no longer have pending SCHED_RT tasks but have
multiple runnable SCHED_OTHER tasks:

  dequeue_task_rt()
    dequeue_rt_entity()
      dequeue_rt_stack()
        dequeue_top_rt_rq()
	  sub_nr_running()	// decrements rq-&gt;nr_running
	    sched_update_tick_dependency()
	      sched_can_stop_tick()	// checks rq-&gt;rt.rt_nr_running,
	      ...
        __dequeue_rt_entity()
          dec_rt_tasks()	// decrements rq-&gt;rt.rt_nr_running
	  ...

Every other scheduler class performs the operation in the opposite
order, and sched_update_tick_dependency() expects the values to be
updated as such. So avoid the misbehaviour by inverting the order in
which the above operations are performed in the RT scheduler.

Fixes: 76d92ac305f2 ("sched: Migrate sched to use new tick dependency mask model")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne &lt;nsaenzju@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld &lt;pauld@redhat.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220628092259.330171-1-nsaenzju@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/core: Avoid obvious double update_rq_clock warning</title>
<updated>2022-06-09T08:22:36+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hao Jia</name>
<email>jiahao.os@bytedance.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-04-30T08:58:42+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2679a83731d51a744657f718fc02c3b077e47562 ]

When we use raw_spin_rq_lock() to acquire the rq lock and have to
update the rq clock while holding the lock, the kernel may issue
a WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

Since we directly use raw_spin_rq_lock() to acquire rq lock instead of
rq_lock(), there is no corresponding change to rq-&gt;clock_update_flags.
In particular, we have obtained the rq lock of other CPUs, the
rq-&gt;clock_update_flags of this CPU may be RQCF_UPDATED at this time, and
then calling update_rq_clock() will trigger the WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

So we need to clear RQCF_UPDATED of rq-&gt;clock_update_flags to avoid
the WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

For the sched_rt_period_timer() and migrate_task_rq_dl() cases
we simply replace raw_spin_rq_lock()/raw_spin_rq_unlock() with
rq_lock()/rq_unlock().

For the {pull,push}_{rt,dl}_task() cases, we add the
double_rq_clock_clear_update() function to clear RQCF_UPDATED of
rq-&gt;clock_update_flags, and call double_rq_clock_clear_update()
before double_lock_balance()/double_rq_lock() returns to avoid the
WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

Some call trace reports:
Call Trace 1:
 &lt;IRQ&gt;
 sched_rt_period_timer+0x10f/0x3a0
 ? enqueue_top_rt_rq+0x110/0x110
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1a9/0x490
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x10b/0x240
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8a/0x250
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9a/0xd0
 &lt;/IRQ&gt;
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20

Call Trace 2:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 activate_task+0x8b/0x110
 push_rt_task.part.108+0x241/0x2c0
 push_rt_tasks+0x15/0x30
 finish_task_switch+0xaa/0x2e0
 ? __switch_to+0x134/0x420
 __schedule+0x343/0x8e0
 ? hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x101/0x340
 schedule+0x4e/0xb0
 do_nanosleep+0x8e/0x160
 hrtimer_nanosleep+0x89/0x120
 ? hrtimer_init_sleeper+0x90/0x90
 __x64_sys_nanosleep+0x96/0xd0
 do_syscall_64+0x34/0x90
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Call Trace 3:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 deactivate_task+0x93/0xe0
 pull_rt_task+0x33e/0x400
 balance_rt+0x7e/0x90
 __schedule+0x62f/0x8e0
 do_task_dead+0x3f/0x50
 do_exit+0x7b8/0xbb0
 do_group_exit+0x2d/0x90
 get_signal+0x9df/0x9e0
 ? preempt_count_add+0x56/0xa0
 ? __remove_hrtimer+0x35/0x70
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x36/0x720
 ? nanosleep_copyout+0x39/0x50
 ? do_nanosleep+0x131/0x160
 ? audit_filter_inodes+0xf5/0x120
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x10f/0x1e0
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x30
 do_syscall_64+0x40/0x90
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Call Trace 4:
 update_rq_clock+0x128/0x1a0
 migrate_task_rq_dl+0xec/0x310
 set_task_cpu+0x84/0x1e4
 try_to_wake_up+0x1d8/0x5c0
 wake_up_process+0x1c/0x30
 hrtimer_wakeup+0x24/0x3c
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x114/0x270
 hrtimer_interrupt+0xe8/0x244
 arch_timer_handler_phys+0x30/0x50
 handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x88/0x140
 generic_handle_domain_irq+0x40/0x60
 gic_handle_irq+0x48/0xe0
 call_on_irq_stack+0x2c/0x60
 do_interrupt_handler+0x80/0x84

Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG when compiling the kernel
2. echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once
   echo "WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK" &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/sched/features
   echo "NO_RT_PUSH_IPI" &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/sched/features
3. Run some rt/dl tasks that periodically work and sleep, e.g.
Create 2*n rt or dl (90% running) tasks via rt-app (on a system
with n CPUs), and Dietmar Eggemann reports Call Trace 4 when running
on PREEMPT_RT kernel.

Signed-off-by: Hao Jia &lt;jiahao.os@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220430085843.62939-2-jiahao.os@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2679a83731d51a744657f718fc02c3b077e47562 ]

When we use raw_spin_rq_lock() to acquire the rq lock and have to
update the rq clock while holding the lock, the kernel may issue
a WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

Since we directly use raw_spin_rq_lock() to acquire rq lock instead of
rq_lock(), there is no corresponding change to rq-&gt;clock_update_flags.
In particular, we have obtained the rq lock of other CPUs, the
rq-&gt;clock_update_flags of this CPU may be RQCF_UPDATED at this time, and
then calling update_rq_clock() will trigger the WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

So we need to clear RQCF_UPDATED of rq-&gt;clock_update_flags to avoid
the WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

For the sched_rt_period_timer() and migrate_task_rq_dl() cases
we simply replace raw_spin_rq_lock()/raw_spin_rq_unlock() with
rq_lock()/rq_unlock().

For the {pull,push}_{rt,dl}_task() cases, we add the
double_rq_clock_clear_update() function to clear RQCF_UPDATED of
rq-&gt;clock_update_flags, and call double_rq_clock_clear_update()
before double_lock_balance()/double_rq_lock() returns to avoid the
WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK warning.

Some call trace reports:
Call Trace 1:
 &lt;IRQ&gt;
 sched_rt_period_timer+0x10f/0x3a0
 ? enqueue_top_rt_rq+0x110/0x110
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x1a9/0x490
 hrtimer_interrupt+0x10b/0x240
 __sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x8a/0x250
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x9a/0xd0
 &lt;/IRQ&gt;
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x12/0x20

Call Trace 2:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 activate_task+0x8b/0x110
 push_rt_task.part.108+0x241/0x2c0
 push_rt_tasks+0x15/0x30
 finish_task_switch+0xaa/0x2e0
 ? __switch_to+0x134/0x420
 __schedule+0x343/0x8e0
 ? hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x101/0x340
 schedule+0x4e/0xb0
 do_nanosleep+0x8e/0x160
 hrtimer_nanosleep+0x89/0x120
 ? hrtimer_init_sleeper+0x90/0x90
 __x64_sys_nanosleep+0x96/0xd0
 do_syscall_64+0x34/0x90
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Call Trace 3:
 &lt;TASK&gt;
 deactivate_task+0x93/0xe0
 pull_rt_task+0x33e/0x400
 balance_rt+0x7e/0x90
 __schedule+0x62f/0x8e0
 do_task_dead+0x3f/0x50
 do_exit+0x7b8/0xbb0
 do_group_exit+0x2d/0x90
 get_signal+0x9df/0x9e0
 ? preempt_count_add+0x56/0xa0
 ? __remove_hrtimer+0x35/0x70
 arch_do_signal_or_restart+0x36/0x720
 ? nanosleep_copyout+0x39/0x50
 ? do_nanosleep+0x131/0x160
 ? audit_filter_inodes+0xf5/0x120
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x10f/0x1e0
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x30
 do_syscall_64+0x40/0x90
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Call Trace 4:
 update_rq_clock+0x128/0x1a0
 migrate_task_rq_dl+0xec/0x310
 set_task_cpu+0x84/0x1e4
 try_to_wake_up+0x1d8/0x5c0
 wake_up_process+0x1c/0x30
 hrtimer_wakeup+0x24/0x3c
 __hrtimer_run_queues+0x114/0x270
 hrtimer_interrupt+0xe8/0x244
 arch_timer_handler_phys+0x30/0x50
 handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x88/0x140
 generic_handle_domain_irq+0x40/0x60
 gic_handle_irq+0x48/0xe0
 call_on_irq_stack+0x2c/0x60
 do_interrupt_handler+0x80/0x84

Steps to reproduce:
1. Enable CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG when compiling the kernel
2. echo 1 &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/clear_warn_once
   echo "WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK" &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/sched/features
   echo "NO_RT_PUSH_IPI" &gt; /sys/kernel/debug/sched/features
3. Run some rt/dl tasks that periodically work and sleep, e.g.
Create 2*n rt or dl (90% running) tasks via rt-app (on a system
with n CPUs), and Dietmar Eggemann reports Call Trace 4 when running
on PREEMPT_RT kernel.

Signed-off-by: Hao Jia &lt;jiahao.os@bytedance.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220430085843.62939-2-jiahao.os@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/rt: Plug rt_mutex_setprio() vs push_rt_task() race</title>
<updated>2022-04-08T12:23:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Valentin Schneider</name>
<email>valentin.schneider@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-01-27T15:40:59+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 49bef33e4b87b743495627a529029156c6e09530 ]

John reported that push_rt_task() can end up invoking
find_lowest_rq(rq-&gt;curr) when curr is not an RT task (in this case a CFS
one), which causes mayhem down convert_prio().

This can happen when current gets demoted to e.g. CFS when releasing an
rt_mutex, and the local CPU gets hit with an rto_push_work irqwork before
getting the chance to reschedule. Exactly who triggers this work isn't
entirely clear to me - switched_from_rt() only invokes rt_queue_pull_task()
if there are no RT tasks on the local RQ, which means the local CPU can't
be in the rto_mask.

My current suspected sequence is something along the lines of the below,
with the demoted task being current.

  mark_wakeup_next_waiter()
    rt_mutex_adjust_prio()
      rt_mutex_setprio() // deboost originally-CFS task
	check_class_changed()
	  switched_from_rt() // Only rt_queue_pull_task() if !rq-&gt;rt.rt_nr_running
	  switched_to_fair() // Sets need_resched
      __balance_callbacks() // if pull_rt_task(), tell_cpu_to_push() can't select local CPU per the above
      raw_spin_rq_unlock(rq)

       // need_resched is set, so task_woken_rt() can't
       // invoke push_rt_tasks(). Best I can come up with is
       // local CPU has rt_nr_migratory &gt;= 2 after the demotion, so stays
       // in the rto_mask, and then:

       &lt;some other CPU running rto_push_irq_work_func() queues rto_push_work on this CPU&gt;
	 push_rt_task()
	   // breakage follows here as rq-&gt;curr is CFS

Move an existing check to check rq-&gt;curr vs the next pushable task's
priority before getting anywhere near find_lowest_rq(). While at it, add an
explicit sched_class of rq-&gt;curr check prior to invoking
find_lowest_rq(rq-&gt;curr). Align the DL logic to also reschedule regardless
of next_task's migratability.

Fixes: a7c81556ec4d ("sched: Fix migrate_disable() vs rt/dl balancing")
Reported-by: John Keeping &lt;john@metanate.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;valentin.schneider@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: John Keeping &lt;john@metanate.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220127154059.974729-1-valentin.schneider@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 49bef33e4b87b743495627a529029156c6e09530 ]

John reported that push_rt_task() can end up invoking
find_lowest_rq(rq-&gt;curr) when curr is not an RT task (in this case a CFS
one), which causes mayhem down convert_prio().

This can happen when current gets demoted to e.g. CFS when releasing an
rt_mutex, and the local CPU gets hit with an rto_push_work irqwork before
getting the chance to reschedule. Exactly who triggers this work isn't
entirely clear to me - switched_from_rt() only invokes rt_queue_pull_task()
if there are no RT tasks on the local RQ, which means the local CPU can't
be in the rto_mask.

My current suspected sequence is something along the lines of the below,
with the demoted task being current.

  mark_wakeup_next_waiter()
    rt_mutex_adjust_prio()
      rt_mutex_setprio() // deboost originally-CFS task
	check_class_changed()
	  switched_from_rt() // Only rt_queue_pull_task() if !rq-&gt;rt.rt_nr_running
	  switched_to_fair() // Sets need_resched
      __balance_callbacks() // if pull_rt_task(), tell_cpu_to_push() can't select local CPU per the above
      raw_spin_rq_unlock(rq)

       // need_resched is set, so task_woken_rt() can't
       // invoke push_rt_tasks(). Best I can come up with is
       // local CPU has rt_nr_migratory &gt;= 2 after the demotion, so stays
       // in the rto_mask, and then:

       &lt;some other CPU running rto_push_irq_work_func() queues rto_push_work on this CPU&gt;
	 push_rt_task()
	   // breakage follows here as rq-&gt;curr is CFS

Move an existing check to check rq-&gt;curr vs the next pushable task's
priority before getting anywhere near find_lowest_rq(). While at it, add an
explicit sched_class of rq-&gt;curr check prior to invoking
find_lowest_rq(rq-&gt;curr). Align the DL logic to also reschedule regardless
of next_task's migratability.

Fixes: a7c81556ec4d ("sched: Fix migrate_disable() vs rt/dl balancing")
Reported-by: John Keeping &lt;john@metanate.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;valentin.schneider@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Tested-by: John Keeping &lt;john@metanate.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220127154059.974729-1-valentin.schneider@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/rt: Try to restart rt period timer when rt runtime exceeded</title>
<updated>2022-01-27T10:03:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Li Hua</name>
<email>hucool.lihua@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-12-03T03:36:18+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 9b58e976b3b391c0cf02e038d53dd0478ed3013c ]

When rt_runtime is modified from -1 to a valid control value, it may
cause the task to be throttled all the time. Operations like the following
will trigger the bug. E.g:

  1. echo -1 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us
  2. Run a FIFO task named A that executes while(1)
  3. echo 950000 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us

When rt_runtime is -1, The rt period timer will not be activated when task
A enqueued. And then the task will be throttled after setting rt_runtime to
950,000. The task will always be throttled because the rt period timer is
not activated.

Fixes: d0b27fa77854 ("sched: rt-group: synchonised bandwidth period")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot &lt;hulkci@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Li Hua &lt;hucool.lihua@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211203033618.11895-1-hucool.lihua@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 9b58e976b3b391c0cf02e038d53dd0478ed3013c ]

When rt_runtime is modified from -1 to a valid control value, it may
cause the task to be throttled all the time. Operations like the following
will trigger the bug. E.g:

  1. echo -1 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us
  2. Run a FIFO task named A that executes while(1)
  3. echo 950000 &gt; /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us

When rt_runtime is -1, The rt period timer will not be activated when task
A enqueued. And then the task will be throttled after setting rt_runtime to
950,000. The task will always be throttled because the rt period timer is
not activated.

Fixes: d0b27fa77854 ("sched: rt-group: synchonised bandwidth period")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot &lt;hulkci@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Li Hua &lt;hucool.lihua@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211203033618.11895-1-hucool.lihua@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/fair: Prevent dead task groups from regaining cfs_rq's</title>
<updated>2021-11-25T08:48:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mathias Krause</name>
<email>minipli@grsecurity.net</email>
</author>
<published>2021-11-03T19:06:13+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b027789e5e50494c2325cc70c8642e7fd6059479 ]

Kevin is reporting crashes which point to a use-after-free of a cfs_rq
in update_blocked_averages(). Initial debugging revealed that we've
live cfs_rq's (on_list=1) in an about to be kfree()'d task group in
free_fair_sched_group(). However, it was unclear how that can happen.

His kernel config happened to lead to a layout of struct sched_entity
that put the 'my_q' member directly into the middle of the object
which makes it incidentally overlap with SLUB's freelist pointer.
That, in combination with SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED's freelist pointer
mangling, leads to a reliable access violation in form of a #GP which
made the UAF fail fast.

Michal seems to have run into the same issue[1]. He already correctly
diagnosed that commit a7b359fc6a37 ("sched/fair: Correctly insert
cfs_rq's to list on unthrottle") is causing the preconditions for the
UAF to happen by re-adding cfs_rq's also to task groups that have no
more running tasks, i.e. also to dead ones. His analysis, however,
misses the real root cause and it cannot be seen from the crash
backtrace only, as the real offender is tg_unthrottle_up() getting
called via sched_cfs_period_timer() via the timer interrupt at an
inconvenient time.

When unregister_fair_sched_group() unlinks all cfs_rq's from the dying
task group, it doesn't protect itself from getting interrupted. If the
timer interrupt triggers while we iterate over all CPUs or after
unregister_fair_sched_group() has finished but prior to unlinking the
task group, sched_cfs_period_timer() will execute and walk the list of
task groups, trying to unthrottle cfs_rq's, i.e. re-add them to the
dying task group. These will later -- in free_fair_sched_group() -- be
kfree()'ed while still being linked, leading to the fireworks Kevin
and Michal are seeing.

To fix this race, ensure the dying task group gets unlinked first.
However, simply switching the order of unregistering and unlinking the
task group isn't sufficient, as concurrent RCU walkers might still see
it, as can be seen below:

    CPU1:                                      CPU2:
      :                                        timer IRQ:
      :                                          do_sched_cfs_period_timer():
      :                                            :
      :                                            distribute_cfs_runtime():
      :                                              rcu_read_lock();
      :                                              :
      :                                              unthrottle_cfs_rq():
    sched_offline_group():                             :
      :                                                walk_tg_tree_from(…,tg_unthrottle_up,…):
      list_del_rcu(&amp;tg-&gt;list);                           :
 (1)  :                                                  list_for_each_entry_rcu(child, &amp;parent-&gt;children, siblings)
      :                                                    :
 (2)  list_del_rcu(&amp;tg-&gt;siblings);                         :
      :                                                    tg_unthrottle_up():
      unregister_fair_sched_group():                         struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = tg-&gt;cfs_rq[cpu_of(rq)];
        :                                                    :
        list_del_leaf_cfs_rq(tg-&gt;cfs_rq[cpu]);               :
        :                                                    :
        :                                                    if (!cfs_rq_is_decayed(cfs_rq) || cfs_rq-&gt;nr_running)
 (3)    :                                                        list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
      :                                                      :
      :                                                    :
      :                                                  :
      :                                                :
      :                                              :
 (4)  :                                              rcu_read_unlock();

CPU 2 walks the task group list in parallel to sched_offline_group(),
specifically, it'll read the soon to be unlinked task group entry at
(1). Unlinking it on CPU 1 at (2) therefore won't prevent CPU 2 from
still passing it on to tg_unthrottle_up(). CPU 1 now tries to unlink
all cfs_rq's via list_del_leaf_cfs_rq() in
unregister_fair_sched_group().  Meanwhile CPU 2 will re-add some of
these at (3), which is the cause of the UAF later on.

To prevent this additional race from happening, we need to wait until
walk_tg_tree_from() has finished traversing the task groups, i.e.
after the RCU read critical section ends in (4). Afterwards we're safe
to call unregister_fair_sched_group(), as each new walk won't see the
dying task group any more.

On top of that, we need to wait yet another RCU grace period after
unregister_fair_sched_group() to ensure print_cfs_stats(), which might
run concurrently, always sees valid objects, i.e. not already free'd
ones.

This patch survives Michal's reproducer[2] for 8h+ now, which used to
trigger within minutes before.

  [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211011172236.11223-1-mkoutny@suse.com/
  [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211102160228.GA57072@blackbody.suse.cz/

Fixes: a7b359fc6a37 ("sched/fair: Correctly insert cfs_rq's to list on unthrottle")
[peterz: shuffle code around a bit]
Reported-by: Kevin Tanguy &lt;kevin.tanguy@corp.ovh.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause &lt;minipli@grsecurity.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b027789e5e50494c2325cc70c8642e7fd6059479 ]

Kevin is reporting crashes which point to a use-after-free of a cfs_rq
in update_blocked_averages(). Initial debugging revealed that we've
live cfs_rq's (on_list=1) in an about to be kfree()'d task group in
free_fair_sched_group(). However, it was unclear how that can happen.

His kernel config happened to lead to a layout of struct sched_entity
that put the 'my_q' member directly into the middle of the object
which makes it incidentally overlap with SLUB's freelist pointer.
That, in combination with SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED's freelist pointer
mangling, leads to a reliable access violation in form of a #GP which
made the UAF fail fast.

Michal seems to have run into the same issue[1]. He already correctly
diagnosed that commit a7b359fc6a37 ("sched/fair: Correctly insert
cfs_rq's to list on unthrottle") is causing the preconditions for the
UAF to happen by re-adding cfs_rq's also to task groups that have no
more running tasks, i.e. also to dead ones. His analysis, however,
misses the real root cause and it cannot be seen from the crash
backtrace only, as the real offender is tg_unthrottle_up() getting
called via sched_cfs_period_timer() via the timer interrupt at an
inconvenient time.

When unregister_fair_sched_group() unlinks all cfs_rq's from the dying
task group, it doesn't protect itself from getting interrupted. If the
timer interrupt triggers while we iterate over all CPUs or after
unregister_fair_sched_group() has finished but prior to unlinking the
task group, sched_cfs_period_timer() will execute and walk the list of
task groups, trying to unthrottle cfs_rq's, i.e. re-add them to the
dying task group. These will later -- in free_fair_sched_group() -- be
kfree()'ed while still being linked, leading to the fireworks Kevin
and Michal are seeing.

To fix this race, ensure the dying task group gets unlinked first.
However, simply switching the order of unregistering and unlinking the
task group isn't sufficient, as concurrent RCU walkers might still see
it, as can be seen below:

    CPU1:                                      CPU2:
      :                                        timer IRQ:
      :                                          do_sched_cfs_period_timer():
      :                                            :
      :                                            distribute_cfs_runtime():
      :                                              rcu_read_lock();
      :                                              :
      :                                              unthrottle_cfs_rq():
    sched_offline_group():                             :
      :                                                walk_tg_tree_from(…,tg_unthrottle_up,…):
      list_del_rcu(&amp;tg-&gt;list);                           :
 (1)  :                                                  list_for_each_entry_rcu(child, &amp;parent-&gt;children, siblings)
      :                                                    :
 (2)  list_del_rcu(&amp;tg-&gt;siblings);                         :
      :                                                    tg_unthrottle_up():
      unregister_fair_sched_group():                         struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = tg-&gt;cfs_rq[cpu_of(rq)];
        :                                                    :
        list_del_leaf_cfs_rq(tg-&gt;cfs_rq[cpu]);               :
        :                                                    :
        :                                                    if (!cfs_rq_is_decayed(cfs_rq) || cfs_rq-&gt;nr_running)
 (3)    :                                                        list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
      :                                                      :
      :                                                    :
      :                                                  :
      :                                                :
      :                                              :
 (4)  :                                              rcu_read_unlock();

CPU 2 walks the task group list in parallel to sched_offline_group(),
specifically, it'll read the soon to be unlinked task group entry at
(1). Unlinking it on CPU 1 at (2) therefore won't prevent CPU 2 from
still passing it on to tg_unthrottle_up(). CPU 1 now tries to unlink
all cfs_rq's via list_del_leaf_cfs_rq() in
unregister_fair_sched_group().  Meanwhile CPU 2 will re-add some of
these at (3), which is the cause of the UAF later on.

To prevent this additional race from happening, we need to wait until
walk_tg_tree_from() has finished traversing the task groups, i.e.
after the RCU read critical section ends in (4). Afterwards we're safe
to call unregister_fair_sched_group(), as each new walk won't see the
dying task group any more.

On top of that, we need to wait yet another RCU grace period after
unregister_fair_sched_group() to ensure print_cfs_stats(), which might
run concurrently, always sees valid objects, i.e. not already free'd
ones.

This patch survives Michal's reproducer[2] for 8h+ now, which used to
trigger within minutes before.

  [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211011172236.11223-1-mkoutny@suse.com/
  [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211102160228.GA57072@blackbody.suse.cz/

Fixes: a7b359fc6a37 ("sched/fair: Correctly insert cfs_rq's to list on unthrottle")
[peterz: shuffle code around a bit]
Reported-by: Kevin Tanguy &lt;kevin.tanguy@corp.ovh.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause &lt;minipli@grsecurity.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched/rt: Fix RT utilization tracking during policy change</title>
<updated>2021-06-22T14:41:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vincent Donnefort</name>
<email>vincent.donnefort@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-21T10:37:51+00:00</published>
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RT keeps track of the utilization on a per-rq basis with the structure
avg_rt. This utilization is updated during task_tick_rt(),
put_prev_task_rt() and set_next_task_rt(). However, when the current
running task changes its policy, set_next_task_rt() which would usually
take care of updating the utilization when the rq starts running RT tasks,
will not see a such change, leaving the avg_rt structure outdated. When
that very same task will be dequeued later, put_prev_task_rt() will then
update the utilization, based on a wrong last_update_time, leading to a
huge spike in the RT utilization signal.

The signal would eventually recover from this issue after few ms. Even if
no RT tasks are run, avg_rt is also updated in __update_blocked_others().
But as the CPU capacity depends partly on the avg_rt, this issue has
nonetheless a significant impact on the scheduler.

Fix this issue by ensuring a load update when a running task changes
its policy to RT.

Fixes: 371bf427 ("sched/rt: Add rt_rq utilization tracking")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort &lt;vincent.donnefort@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1624271872-211872-2-git-send-email-vincent.donnefort@arm.com
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RT keeps track of the utilization on a per-rq basis with the structure
avg_rt. This utilization is updated during task_tick_rt(),
put_prev_task_rt() and set_next_task_rt(). However, when the current
running task changes its policy, set_next_task_rt() which would usually
take care of updating the utilization when the rq starts running RT tasks,
will not see a such change, leaving the avg_rt structure outdated. When
that very same task will be dequeued later, put_prev_task_rt() will then
update the utilization, based on a wrong last_update_time, leading to a
huge spike in the RT utilization signal.

The signal would eventually recover from this issue after few ms. Even if
no RT tasks are run, avg_rt is also updated in __update_blocked_others().
But as the CPU capacity depends partly on the avg_rt, this issue has
nonetheless a significant impact on the scheduler.

Fix this issue by ensuring a load update when a running task changes
its policy to RT.

Fixes: 371bf427 ("sched/rt: Add rt_rq utilization tracking")
Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort &lt;vincent.donnefort@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1624271872-211872-2-git-send-email-vincent.donnefort@arm.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Introduce sched_class::pick_task()</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T09:43:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-17T23:19:32+00:00</published>
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Because sched_class::pick_next_task() also implies
sched_class::set_next_task() (and possibly put_prev_task() and
newidle_balance) it is not state invariant. This makes it unsuitable
for remote task selection.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
[Vineeth: folded fixes]
Signed-off-by: Vineeth Remanan Pillai &lt;viremana@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Don Hiatt &lt;dhiatt@digitalocean.com&gt;
Tested-by: Hongyu Ning &lt;hongyu.ning@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210422123308.437092775@infradead.org
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Because sched_class::pick_next_task() also implies
sched_class::set_next_task() (and possibly put_prev_task() and
newidle_balance) it is not state invariant. This makes it unsuitable
for remote task selection.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
[Vineeth: folded fixes]
Signed-off-by: Vineeth Remanan Pillai &lt;viremana@linux.microsoft.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Don Hiatt &lt;dhiatt@digitalocean.com&gt;
Tested-by: Hongyu Ning &lt;hongyu.ning@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210422123308.437092775@infradead.org
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Wrap rq::lock access</title>
<updated>2021-05-12T09:43:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-17T23:19:31+00:00</published>
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In preparation of playing games with rq-&gt;lock, abstract the thing
using an accessor.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Don Hiatt &lt;dhiatt@digitalocean.com&gt;
Tested-by: Hongyu Ning &lt;hongyu.ning@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210422123308.136465446@infradead.org
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In preparation of playing games with rq-&gt;lock, abstract the thing
using an accessor.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Don Hiatt &lt;dhiatt@digitalocean.com&gt;
Tested-by: Hongyu Ning &lt;hongyu.ning@linux.intel.com&gt;
Tested-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210422123308.136465446@infradead.org
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Fix various typos</title>
<updated>2021-03-21T23:11:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-18T12:38:50+00:00</published>
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Fix ~42 single-word typos in scheduler code comments.

We have accumulated a few fun ones over the years. :-)

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Mike Galbraith &lt;efault@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Ben Segall &lt;bsegall@google.com&gt;
Cc: Mel Gorman &lt;mgorman@suse.de&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Fix ~42 single-word typos in scheduler code comments.

We have accumulated a few fun ones over the years. :-)

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Mike Galbraith &lt;efault@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: Juri Lelli &lt;juri.lelli@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Steven Rostedt &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Cc: Ben Segall &lt;bsegall@google.com&gt;
Cc: Mel Gorman &lt;mgorman@suse.de&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Use task_current() instead of 'rq-&gt;curr == p'</title>
<updated>2021-01-14T10:20:11+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hui Su</name>
<email>sh_def@163.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-30T17:32:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=65bcf072e20ed7597caa902f170f293662b0af3c'/>
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Use the task_current() function where appropriate.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Hui Su &lt;sh_def@163.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201030173223.GA52339@rlk
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Use the task_current() function where appropriate.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Hui Su &lt;sh_def@163.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201030173223.GA52339@rlk
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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