kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> > No, that code is correct, provided (current->state == TASK_RUNNING)
> > on entry. If it isn't, there's a race window which can cause
> > lost wakeups. As a check you could add:
> >
> > if ((current->state & (TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE|TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE)) == 0)
> > BUG();
>
> Though it really cannot happen and really happens, as we have seen... 8)
>
> In any case, Andrew, where is the race, when we enter in sleeping state?
> Wakeup is not lost, it is just not required when we are not going
> to schedule and force task to running state.
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
add_wait_queue(...);
/* window here */
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
schedule();
If there's a wakeup by another CPU (or this CPU in an interrupt) in
that window, current->state will get switched to TASK_RUNNING.
Then it's immediately overwritten and we go to sleep. Lost wakeup.
> I still do not see how it is possible that task runs in sleeping state.
> Apparently, set_current_state is forgotten somewhere. Do you see, where? 8)
Nope. Is Jorge running SMP?
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