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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-06-19 09:51:00 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-06-19 09:51:00 -0500
commit727c3991dfdb3ff104e33307e287692ef01daec9 (patch)
tree0935860d3cedaba1e41c6abb9e937c64057d1d8c /kernel
parent4afb65156a79c59fbdbc10abb0bf06ff83f73e23 (diff)
parent04193d590b390ec7a0592630f46d559ec6564ba1 (diff)
Merge tag 'sched-urgent-2022-06-19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull scheduler fix from Thomas Gleixner: "A single scheduler fix plugging a race between sched_setscheduler() and balance_push(). sched_setscheduler() spliced the balance callbacks accross a lock break which makes it possible for an interleaving schedule() to observe an empty list" * tag 'sched-urgent-2022-06-19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched: Fix balance_push() vs __sched_setscheduler()
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c36
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/sched.h5
2 files changed, 38 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index bfa7452ca92e..da0bf6fe9ecd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4798,25 +4798,55 @@ static void do_balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq, struct callback_head *head)
static void balance_push(struct rq *rq);
+/*
+ * balance_push_callback is a right abuse of the callback interface and plays
+ * by significantly different rules.
+ *
+ * Where the normal balance_callback's purpose is to be ran in the same context
+ * that queued it (only later, when it's safe to drop rq->lock again),
+ * balance_push_callback is specifically targeted at __schedule().
+ *
+ * This abuse is tolerated because it places all the unlikely/odd cases behind
+ * a single test, namely: rq->balance_callback == NULL.
+ */
struct callback_head balance_push_callback = {
.next = NULL,
.func = (void (*)(struct callback_head *))balance_push,
};
-static inline struct callback_head *splice_balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq)
+static inline struct callback_head *
+__splice_balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq, bool split)
{
struct callback_head *head = rq->balance_callback;
+ if (likely(!head))
+ return NULL;
+
lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
- if (head)
+ /*
+ * Must not take balance_push_callback off the list when
+ * splice_balance_callbacks() and balance_callbacks() are not
+ * in the same rq->lock section.
+ *
+ * In that case it would be possible for __schedule() to interleave
+ * and observe the list empty.
+ */
+ if (split && head == &balance_push_callback)
+ head = NULL;
+ else
rq->balance_callback = NULL;
return head;
}
+static inline struct callback_head *splice_balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq)
+{
+ return __splice_balance_callbacks(rq, true);
+}
+
static void __balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq)
{
- do_balance_callbacks(rq, splice_balance_callbacks(rq));
+ do_balance_callbacks(rq, __splice_balance_callbacks(rq, false));
}
static inline void balance_callbacks(struct rq *rq, struct callback_head *head)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 01259611beb9..47b89a0fc6e5 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1693,6 +1693,11 @@ queue_balance_callback(struct rq *rq,
{
lockdep_assert_rq_held(rq);
+ /*
+ * Don't (re)queue an already queued item; nor queue anything when
+ * balance_push() is active, see the comment with
+ * balance_push_callback.
+ */
if (unlikely(head->next || rq->balance_callback == &balance_push_callback))
return;