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<title>linux-stable.git/kernel/sched/rt.c, branch v6.11</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<title>sysctl: treewide: constify the ctl_table argument of proc_handlers</title>
<updated>2024-07-24T18:59:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Granados</name>
<email>j.granados@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-07-24T18:59:29+00:00</published>
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const qualify the struct ctl_table argument in the proc_handler function
signatures. This is a prerequisite to moving the static ctl_table
structs into .rodata data which will ensure that proc_handler function
pointers cannot be modified.

This patch has been generated by the following coccinelle script:

```
  virtual patch

  @r1@
  identifier ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  identifier func !~ "appldata_(timer|interval)_handler|sched_(rt|rr)_handler|rds_tcp_skbuf_handler|proc_sctp_do_(hmac_alg|rto_min|rto_max|udp_port|alpha_beta|auth|probe_interval)";
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

  @r2@
  identifier func, ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
  { ... }

  @r3@
  identifier func;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *
  + const struct ctl_table *
    ,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);

  @r4@
  identifier func, ctl;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);

  @r5@
  identifier func, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *
  + const struct ctl_table *
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

```

* Code formatting was adjusted in xfs_sysctl.c to comply with code
  conventions. The xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler,
  xfs_panic_mask_proc_handler and xfs_deprecated_dointvec_minmax where
  adjusted.

* The ctl_table argument in proc_watchdog_common was const qualified.
  This is called from a proc_handler itself and is calling back into
  another proc_handler, making it necessary to change it as part of the
  proc_handler migration.

Co-developed-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Co-developed-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
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const qualify the struct ctl_table argument in the proc_handler function
signatures. This is a prerequisite to moving the static ctl_table
structs into .rodata data which will ensure that proc_handler function
pointers cannot be modified.

This patch has been generated by the following coccinelle script:

```
  virtual patch

  @r1@
  identifier ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  identifier func !~ "appldata_(timer|interval)_handler|sched_(rt|rr)_handler|rds_tcp_skbuf_handler|proc_sctp_do_(hmac_alg|rto_min|rto_max|udp_port|alpha_beta|auth|probe_interval)";
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

  @r2@
  identifier func, ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
  { ... }

  @r3@
  identifier func;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *
  + const struct ctl_table *
    ,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);

  @r4@
  identifier func, ctl;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *ctl
  + const struct ctl_table *ctl
    ,int , void *, size_t *, loff_t *);

  @r5@
  identifier func, write, buffer, lenp, ppos;
  @@

  int func(
  - struct ctl_table *
  + const struct ctl_table *
    ,int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);

```

* Code formatting was adjusted in xfs_sysctl.c to comply with code
  conventions. The xfs_stats_clear_proc_handler,
  xfs_panic_mask_proc_handler and xfs_deprecated_dointvec_minmax where
  adjusted.

* The ctl_table argument in proc_watchdog_common was const qualified.
  This is called from a proc_handler itself and is calling back into
  another proc_handler, making it necessary to change it as part of the
  proc_handler migration.

Co-developed-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh &lt;linux@weissschuh.net&gt;
Co-developed-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Fix spelling in comments</title>
<updated>2024-05-27T15:00:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-27T14:54:52+00:00</published>
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Do a spell-checking pass.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Do a spell-checking pass.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>scheduler: Remove the now superfluous sentinel elements from ctl_table array</title>
<updated>2024-04-24T07:43:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joel Granados</name>
<email>j.granados@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-06-27T13:30:21+00:00</published>
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This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which
will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)

rm sentinel element from ctl_table arrays

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
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This commit comes at the tail end of a greater effort to remove the
empty elements at the end of the ctl_table arrays (sentinels) which
will reduce the overall build time size of the kernel and run time
memory bloat by ~64 bytes per sentinel (further information Link :
https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZO5Yx5JFogGi%2FcBo@bombadil.infradead.org/)

rm sentinel element from ctl_table arrays

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joel Granados &lt;j.granados@samsung.com&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Unify runtime accounting across classes</title>
<updated>2023-11-15T08:57:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-04T10:59:18+00:00</published>
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All classes use sched_entity::exec_start to track runtime and have
copies of the exact same code around to compute runtime.

Collapse all that.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld &lt;pauld@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/54d148a144f26d9559698c4dd82d8859038a7380.1699095159.git.bristot@kernel.org
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All classes use sched_entity::exec_start to track runtime and have
copies of the exact same code around to compute runtime.

Collapse all that.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira &lt;bristot@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Phil Auld &lt;pauld@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) &lt;rostedt@goodmis.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/54d148a144f26d9559698c4dd82d8859038a7380.1699095159.git.bristot@kernel.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched: Fix stop_one_cpu_nowait() vs hotplug</title>
<updated>2023-10-13T07:56:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-10T18:57:39+00:00</published>
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Kuyo reported sporadic failures on a sched_setaffinity() vs CPU
hotplug stress-test -- notably affine_move_task() remains stuck in
wait_for_completion(), leading to a hung-task detector warning.

Specifically, it was reported that stop_one_cpu_nowait(.fn =
migration_cpu_stop) returns false -- this stopper is responsible for
the matching complete().

The race scenario is:

	CPU0					CPU1

					// doing _cpu_down()

  __set_cpus_allowed_ptr()
    task_rq_lock();
					takedown_cpu()
					  stop_machine_cpuslocked(take_cpu_down..)

					&lt;PREEMPT: cpu_stopper_thread()
					  MULTI_STOP_PREPARE
					  ...
    __set_cpus_allowed_ptr_locked()
      affine_move_task()
        task_rq_unlock();

  &lt;PREEMPT: cpu_stopper_thread()\&gt;
    ack_state()
					  MULTI_STOP_RUN
					    take_cpu_down()
					      __cpu_disable();
					      stop_machine_park();
						stopper-&gt;enabled = false;
					 /&gt;
   /&gt;
	stop_one_cpu_nowait(.fn = migration_cpu_stop);
          if (stopper-&gt;enabled) // false!!!

That is, by doing stop_one_cpu_nowait() after dropping rq-lock, the
stopper thread gets a chance to preempt and allows the cpu-down for
the target CPU to complete.

OTOH, since stop_one_cpu_nowait() / cpu_stop_queue_work() needs to
issue a wakeup, it must not be ran under the scheduler locks.

Solve this apparent contradiction by keeping preemption disabled over
the unlock + queue_stopper combination:

	preempt_disable();
	task_rq_unlock(...);
	if (!stop_pending)
	  stop_one_cpu_nowait(...)
	preempt_enable();

This respects the lock ordering contraints while still avoiding the
above race. That is, if we find the CPU is online under rq-lock, the
targeted stop_one_cpu_nowait() must succeed.

Apply this pattern to all similar stop_one_cpu_nowait() invocations.

Fixes: 6d337eab041d ("sched: Fix migrate_disable() vs set_cpus_allowed_ptr()")
Reported-by: "Kuyo Chang (張建文)" &lt;Kuyo.Chang@mediatek.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: "Kuyo Chang (張建文)" &lt;Kuyo.Chang@mediatek.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231010200442.GA16515@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
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Kuyo reported sporadic failures on a sched_setaffinity() vs CPU
hotplug stress-test -- notably affine_move_task() remains stuck in
wait_for_completion(), leading to a hung-task detector warning.

Specifically, it was reported that stop_one_cpu_nowait(.fn =
migration_cpu_stop) returns false -- this stopper is responsible for
the matching complete().

The race scenario is:

	CPU0					CPU1

					// doing _cpu_down()

  __set_cpus_allowed_ptr()
    task_rq_lock();
					takedown_cpu()
					  stop_machine_cpuslocked(take_cpu_down..)

					&lt;PREEMPT: cpu_stopper_thread()
					  MULTI_STOP_PREPARE
					  ...
    __set_cpus_allowed_ptr_locked()
      affine_move_task()
        task_rq_unlock();

  &lt;PREEMPT: cpu_stopper_thread()\&gt;
    ack_state()
					  MULTI_STOP_RUN
					    take_cpu_down()
					      __cpu_disable();
					      stop_machine_park();
						stopper-&gt;enabled = false;
					 /&gt;
   /&gt;
	stop_one_cpu_nowait(.fn = migration_cpu_stop);
          if (stopper-&gt;enabled) // false!!!

That is, by doing stop_one_cpu_nowait() after dropping rq-lock, the
stopper thread gets a chance to preempt and allows the cpu-down for
the target CPU to complete.

OTOH, since stop_one_cpu_nowait() / cpu_stop_queue_work() needs to
issue a wakeup, it must not be ran under the scheduler locks.

Solve this apparent contradiction by keeping preemption disabled over
the unlock + queue_stopper combination:

	preempt_disable();
	task_rq_unlock(...);
	if (!stop_pending)
	  stop_one_cpu_nowait(...)
	preempt_enable();

This respects the lock ordering contraints while still avoiding the
above race. That is, if we find the CPU is online under rq-lock, the
targeted stop_one_cpu_nowait() must succeed.

Apply this pattern to all similar stop_one_cpu_nowait() invocations.

Fixes: 6d337eab041d ("sched: Fix migrate_disable() vs set_cpus_allowed_ptr()")
Reported-by: "Kuyo Chang (張建文)" &lt;Kuyo.Chang@mediatek.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: "Kuyo Chang (張建文)" &lt;Kuyo.Chang@mediatek.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231010200442.GA16515@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
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<entry>
<title>sched/topology: Consolidate and clean up access to a CPU's max compute capacity</title>
<updated>2023-10-09T10:59:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vincent Guittot</name>
<email>vincent.guittot@linaro.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-09T10:36:16+00:00</published>
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Remove the rq::cpu_capacity_orig field and use arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
instead.

The scheduler uses 3 methods to get access to a CPU's max compute capacity:

 - arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu) which is the default way to get a CPU's capacity.

 - cpu_capacity_orig field which is periodically updated with
   arch_scale_cpu_capacity().

 - capacity_orig_of(cpu) which encapsulates rq-&gt;cpu_capacity_orig.

There is no real need to save the value returned by arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
in struct rq. arch_scale_cpu_capacity() returns:

 - either a per_cpu variable.

 - or a const value for systems which have only one capacity.

Remove rq::cpu_capacity_orig and use arch_scale_cpu_capacity() everywhere.

No functional changes.

Some performance tests on Arm64:

  - small SMP device (hikey): no noticeable changes
  - HMP device (RB5):         hackbench shows minor improvement (1-2%)
  - large smp (thx2):         hackbench and tbench shows minor improvement (1%)

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009103621.374412-2-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
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Remove the rq::cpu_capacity_orig field and use arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
instead.

The scheduler uses 3 methods to get access to a CPU's max compute capacity:

 - arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpu) which is the default way to get a CPU's capacity.

 - cpu_capacity_orig field which is periodically updated with
   arch_scale_cpu_capacity().

 - capacity_orig_of(cpu) which encapsulates rq-&gt;cpu_capacity_orig.

There is no real need to save the value returned by arch_scale_cpu_capacity()
in struct rq. arch_scale_cpu_capacity() returns:

 - either a per_cpu variable.

 - or a const value for systems which have only one capacity.

Remove rq::cpu_capacity_orig and use arch_scale_cpu_capacity() everywhere.

No functional changes.

Some performance tests on Arm64:

  - small SMP device (hikey): no noticeable changes
  - HMP device (RB5):         hackbench shows minor improvement (1-2%)
  - large smp (thx2):         hackbench and tbench shows minor improvement (1%)

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot &lt;vincent.guittot@linaro.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann &lt;dietmar.eggemann@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231009103621.374412-2-vincent.guittot@linaro.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/rt: Change the type of 'sysctl_sched_rt_period' from 'unsigned int' to 'int'</title>
<updated>2023-10-09T10:44:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yajun Deng</name>
<email>yajun.deng@linux.dev</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-08T02:15:38+00:00</published>
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Doing this matches the natural type of 'int' based calculus
in sched_rt_handler(), and also enables the adding in of a
correct upper bounds check on the sysctl interface.

[ mingo: Rewrote the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng &lt;yajun.deng@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231008021538.3063250-1-yajun.deng@linux.dev
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Doing this matches the natural type of 'int' based calculus
in sched_rt_handler(), and also enables the adding in of a
correct upper bounds check on the sysctl interface.

[ mingo: Rewrote the changelog. ]

Signed-off-by: Yajun Deng &lt;yajun.deng@linux.dev&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231008021538.3063250-1-yajun.deng@linux.dev
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/rt: Disallow writing invalid values to sched_rt_period_us</title>
<updated>2023-10-02T13:15:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Cyril Hrubis</name>
<email>chrubis@suse.cz</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-02T11:55:51+00:00</published>
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The validation of the value written to sched_rt_period_us was broken
because:

  - the sysclt_sched_rt_period is declared as unsigned int
  - parsed by proc_do_intvec()
  - the range is asserted after the value parsed by proc_do_intvec()

Because of this negative values written to the file were written into a
unsigned integer that were later on interpreted as large positive
integers which did passed the check:

  if (sysclt_sched_rt_period &lt;= 0)
	return EINVAL;

This commit fixes the parsing by setting explicit range for both
perid_us and runtime_us into the sched_rt_sysctls table and processes
the values with proc_dointvec_minmax() instead.

Alternatively if we wanted to use full range of unsigned int for the
period value we would have to split the proc_handler and use
proc_douintvec() for it however even the
Documentation/scheduller/sched-rt-group.rst describes the range as 1 to
INT_MAX.

As far as I can tell the only problem this causes is that the sysctl
file allows writing negative values which when read back may confuse
userspace.

There is also a LTP test being submitted for these sysctl files at:

  http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ltp/patch/20230901144433.2526-1-chrubis@suse.cz/

Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis &lt;chrubis@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231002115553.3007-2-chrubis@suse.cz
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The validation of the value written to sched_rt_period_us was broken
because:

  - the sysclt_sched_rt_period is declared as unsigned int
  - parsed by proc_do_intvec()
  - the range is asserted after the value parsed by proc_do_intvec()

Because of this negative values written to the file were written into a
unsigned integer that were later on interpreted as large positive
integers which did passed the check:

  if (sysclt_sched_rt_period &lt;= 0)
	return EINVAL;

This commit fixes the parsing by setting explicit range for both
perid_us and runtime_us into the sched_rt_sysctls table and processes
the values with proc_dointvec_minmax() instead.

Alternatively if we wanted to use full range of unsigned int for the
period value we would have to split the proc_handler and use
proc_douintvec() for it however even the
Documentation/scheduller/sched-rt-group.rst describes the range as 1 to
INT_MAX.

As far as I can tell the only problem this causes is that the sysctl
file allows writing negative values which when read back may confuse
userspace.

There is also a LTP test being submitted for these sysctl files at:

  http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/ltp/patch/20230901144433.2526-1-chrubis@suse.cz/

Signed-off-by: Cyril Hrubis &lt;chrubis@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231002115553.3007-2-chrubis@suse.cz
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<title>sched/rt: Make rt_rq-&gt;pushable_tasks updates drive rto_mask</title>
<updated>2023-09-25T08:25:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Valentin Schneider</name>
<email>vschneid@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-08-11T11:20:44+00:00</published>
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Sebastian noted that the rto_push_work IRQ work can be queued for a CPU
that has an empty pushable_tasks list, which means nothing useful will be
done in the IPI other than queue the work for the next CPU on the rto_mask.

rto_push_irq_work_func() only operates on tasks in the pushable_tasks list,
but the conditions for that irq_work to be queued (and for a CPU to be
added to the rto_mask) rely on rq_rt-&gt;nr_migratory instead.

nr_migratory is increased whenever an RT task entity is enqueued and it has
nr_cpus_allowed &gt; 1. Unlike the pushable_tasks list, nr_migratory includes a
rt_rq's current task. This means a rt_rq can have a migratible current, N
non-migratible queued tasks, and be flagged as overloaded / have its CPU
set in the rto_mask, despite having an empty pushable_tasks list.

Make an rt_rq's overload logic be driven by {enqueue,dequeue}_pushable_task().
Since rt_rq-&gt;{rt_nr_migratory,rt_nr_total} become unused, remove them.

Note that the case where the current task is pushed away to make way for a
migration-disabled task remains unchanged: the migration-disabled task has
to be in the pushable_tasks list in the first place, which means it has
nr_cpus_allowed &gt; 1.

Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230811112044.3302588-1-vschneid@redhat.com
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Sebastian noted that the rto_push_work IRQ work can be queued for a CPU
that has an empty pushable_tasks list, which means nothing useful will be
done in the IPI other than queue the work for the next CPU on the rto_mask.

rto_push_irq_work_func() only operates on tasks in the pushable_tasks list,
but the conditions for that irq_work to be queued (and for a CPU to be
added to the rto_mask) rely on rq_rt-&gt;nr_migratory instead.

nr_migratory is increased whenever an RT task entity is enqueued and it has
nr_cpus_allowed &gt; 1. Unlike the pushable_tasks list, nr_migratory includes a
rt_rq's current task. This means a rt_rq can have a migratible current, N
non-migratible queued tasks, and be flagged as overloaded / have its CPU
set in the rto_mask, despite having an empty pushable_tasks list.

Make an rt_rq's overload logic be driven by {enqueue,dequeue}_pushable_task().
Since rt_rq-&gt;{rt_nr_migratory,rt_nr_total} become unused, remove them.

Note that the case where the current task is pushed away to make way for a
migration-disabled task remains unchanged: the migration-disabled task has
to be in the pushable_tasks list in the first place, which means it has
nr_cpus_allowed &gt; 1.

Reported-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider &lt;vschneid@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior &lt;bigeasy@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230811112044.3302588-1-vschneid@redhat.com
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sched/fair: Rename check_preempt_curr() to wakeup_preempt()</title>
<updated>2023-09-19T08:40:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ingo Molnar</name>
<email>mingo@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-19T08:38:21+00:00</published>
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The name is a bit opaque - make it clear that this is about wakeup
preemption.

Also rename the -&gt;check_preempt_curr() methods similarly.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
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The name is a bit opaque - make it clear that this is about wakeup
preemption.

Also rename the -&gt;check_preempt_curr() methods similarly.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
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