Re: [PATCH] sched: tg_set_cfs_bandwidth() causes rq->lock deadlock

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:43:14AM -0700, bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I just did notice however that sched_cfs_period_timer reads
> cfs_b->period without any locks, which can in fact race with an update
> to period (and isn't fixed by this patch). If this write doesn't happen
> to be atomic (which is certainly not guaranteed, and is entirely
> plausible on say 32-bit x86, much less other archs), we could read a
> partially written value and move the timer incorrectly. Pulling the
> lock/unlock out of do_sched_cfs_period_timer should fix this easily
> enough.
> 
> unthrottle_offline_cfs_rqs could cause similar issues with its unlocked
> read of quota, and can also be easily fixed.

Ben, will you send patches for this?

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