[RFC][PATCH 10/18] sched: Also serialize ttwu_local() with p->pi_lock

[Peter Zijlstra]

Since we now serialize ttwu() using p->pi_lock, we also need to
serialize ttwu_local() using that, otherwise, once we drop the
rq->lock from ttwu() it can race with ttwu_local().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/sched.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/sched.c
@@ -2513,9 +2513,9 @@ static int try_to_wake_up(struct task_st
  * try_to_wake_up_local - try to wake up a local task with rq lock held
  * @p: the thread to be awakened
  *
- * Put @p on the run-queue if it's not alredy there.  The caller must
+ * Put @p on the run-queue if it's not alredy there. The caller must
  * ensure that this_rq() is locked, @p is bound to this_rq() and not
- * the current task.  this_rq() stays locked over invocation.
+ * the current task.
  */
 static void try_to_wake_up_local(struct task_struct *p)
 {
@@ -2523,16 +2523,21 @@ static void try_to_wake_up_local(struct 
 
 	BUG_ON(rq != this_rq());
 	BUG_ON(p == current);
-	lockdep_assert_held(&rq->lock);
+
+	raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&p->pi_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
 
 	if (!(p->state & TASK_NORMAL))
-		return;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (!p->on_rq)
 		activate_task(rq, p, ENQUEUE_WAKEUP);
 
 	ttwu_post_activation(p, rq, 0);
 	ttwu_stat(rq, p, smp_processor_id(), 0);
+out:
+	raw_spin_unlock(&p->pi_lock);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3925,6 +3930,7 @@ pick_next_task(struct rq *rq)
  */
 asmlinkage void __sched schedule(void)
 {
+	struct task_struct *to_wakeup = NULL;
 	struct task_struct *prev, *next;
 	unsigned long *switch_count;
 	struct rq *rq;
@@ -3958,21 +3964,21 @@ asmlinkage void __sched schedule(void)
 			 * task to maintain concurrency.  If so, wake
 			 * up the task.
 			 */
-			if (prev->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER) {
-				struct task_struct *to_wakeup;
-
+			if (prev->flags & PF_WQ_WORKER)
 				to_wakeup = wq_worker_sleeping(prev, cpu);
-				if (to_wakeup)
-					try_to_wake_up_local(to_wakeup);
-			}
 			deactivate_task(rq, prev, DEQUEUE_SLEEP);
 			prev->on_rq = 0;
 		}
 		switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * All three: try_to_wake_up_local(), pre_schedule() and idle_balance()
+	 * can drop rq->lock.
+	 */
+	if (to_wakeup)
+		try_to_wake_up_local(to_wakeup);
 	pre_schedule(rq, prev);
-
 	if (unlikely(!rq->nr_running))
 		idle_balance(cpu, rq);
 


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