Re: [v3.10-rt / v3.12-rt] scheduling while atomic in cgroup code

From: Mike Galbraith
Date: Sat Jun 21 2014 - 04:10:35 EST


On Sat, 2014-06-21 at 07:55 +0400, Nikita Yushchenko wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Call Trace:
> [e22d5a90] [c0007ea8] show_stack+0x4c/0x168 (unreliable)
> [e22d5ad0] [c0618c04] __schedule_bug+0x94/0xb0
> [e22d5ae0] [c060b9ec] __schedule+0x530/0x550
> [e22d5bf0] [c060bacc] schedule+0x30/0xbc
> [e22d5c00] [c060ca24] rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x180/0x27c
> [e22d5c70] [c00b39dc] res_counter_uncharge_until+0x40/0xc4
> [e22d5ca0] [c013ca88] drain_stock.isra.20+0x54/0x98
> [e22d5cc0] [c01402ac] __mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x2e8/0xbac
> [e22d5d70] [c01410d4] mem_cgroup_charge_common+0x3c/0x70
> [e22d5d90] [c0117284] __do_fault+0x38c/0x510
> [e22d5df0] [c011a5f4] handle_pte_fault+0x98/0x858
> [e22d5e50] [c060ed08] do_page_fault+0x42c/0x6fc
> [e22d5f40] [c000f5b4] handle_page_fault+0xc/0x80
>
> What happens:
>
> - refill_stock() calls get_cpu_var() and thus disables preemption until
> matching put_cpu_var() is called,
>
> - then it calls drain_stock() -> res_counter_uncharge() ->
> res_counter_uncharge_until()
>
> - and here we have spin_lock(), which under RT can sleep. Thus we have
> sleeping with preemption disabled.
>
>
> Any ideas how to fix?

The below should work.. though not as well as turning it off.

mm, memcg: make refill_stock()/consume_stock() use get_cpu_light()

Nikita reported the following memcg scheduling while atomic bug:

Call Trace:
[e22d5a90] [c0007ea8] show_stack+0x4c/0x168 (unreliable)
[e22d5ad0] [c0618c04] __schedule_bug+0x94/0xb0
[e22d5ae0] [c060b9ec] __schedule+0x530/0x550
[e22d5bf0] [c060bacc] schedule+0x30/0xbc
[e22d5c00] [c060ca24] rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x180/0x27c
[e22d5c70] [c00b39dc] res_counter_uncharge_until+0x40/0xc4
[e22d5ca0] [c013ca88] drain_stock.isra.20+0x54/0x98
[e22d5cc0] [c01402ac] __mem_cgroup_try_charge+0x2e8/0xbac
[e22d5d70] [c01410d4] mem_cgroup_charge_common+0x3c/0x70
[e22d5d90] [c0117284] __do_fault+0x38c/0x510
[e22d5df0] [c011a5f4] handle_pte_fault+0x98/0x858
[e22d5e50] [c060ed08] do_page_fault+0x42c/0x6fc
[e22d5f40] [c000f5b4] handle_page_fault+0xc/0x80

What happens:

refill_stock()
get_cpu_var()
drain_stock()
res_counter_uncharge()
res_counter_uncharge_until()
spin_lock() <== boom

Fix it by replacing get/put_cpu_var() with get/put_cpu_light().

Reported-by: Nikita Yushchenko <nyushchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memcontrol.c | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -2398,16 +2398,18 @@ static bool consume_stock(struct mem_cgr
{
struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock;
bool ret = true;
+ int cpu;

if (nr_pages > CHARGE_BATCH)
return false;

- stock = &get_cpu_var(memcg_stock);
+ cpu = get_cpu_light();
+ stock = &per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);
if (memcg == stock->cached && stock->nr_pages >= nr_pages)
stock->nr_pages -= nr_pages;
else /* need to call res_counter_charge */
ret = false;
- put_cpu_var(memcg_stock);
+ put_cpu_light();
return ret;
}

@@ -2457,14 +2459,17 @@ static void __init memcg_stock_init(void
*/
static void refill_stock(struct mem_cgroup *memcg, unsigned int nr_pages)
{
- struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock = &get_cpu_var(memcg_stock);
+ struct memcg_stock_pcp *stock;
+ int cpu = get_cpu_light();
+
+ stock = &per_cpu(memcg_stock, cpu);

if (stock->cached != memcg) { /* reset if necessary */
drain_stock(stock);
stock->cached = memcg;
}
stock->nr_pages += nr_pages;
- put_cpu_var(memcg_stock);
+ put_cpu_light();
}

/*


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