[RFC][PATCH 7/7] sched: Debug nested sleeps

[Peter Zijlstra]

Validate we call might_sleep() with TASK_RUNNING, which catches places
where we nest blocking primitives, eg. mutex usage in a wait loop.

Since all blocking is arranged through task_struct::state, nesting
this is going to cause two distinct issues:

 - the inner primitive will set TASK_RUNNING and the outer will not
   block

 - the outer sets !TASK_RUNNING and the inner expects to be called
   with TASK_RUNNING and blocks forever (mutex_lock).

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/sched.h |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/sched/core.c   |   13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -241,6 +241,43 @@ extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!
 				((task->state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) != 0 && \
 				 (task->flags & PF_FROZEN) == 0)
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
+
+#define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)			\
+	do {							\
+		(tsk)->task_state_change = _THIS_IP_;		\
+		(tsk)->state = (state_value);			\
+	} while (0)
+#define set_task_state(tsk, state_value)			\
+	do {							\
+		(tsk)->task_state_change = _THIS_IP_;		\
+		set_mb((tsk)->state, (state_value));		\
+	} while (0)
+
+/*
+ * set_current_state() includes a barrier so that the write of current->state
+ * is correctly serialised wrt the caller's subsequent test of whether to
+ * actually sleep:
+ *
+ *	set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ *	if (do_i_need_to_sleep())
+ *		schedule();
+ *
+ * If the caller does not need such serialisation then use __set_current_state()
+ */
+#define __set_current_state(state_value)			\
+	do {							\
+		current->task_state_change = _THIS_IP_;		\
+		current->state = (state_value);			\
+	} while (0)
+#define set_current_state(state_value)				\
+	do {							\
+		current->task_state_change = _THIS_IP_;		\
+		set_mb(current->state, (state_value));		\
+	} while (0)
+
+#else
+
 #define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
 	do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)
 #define set_task_state(tsk, state_value)		\
@@ -257,11 +294,13 @@ extern char ___assert_task_state[1 - 2*!
  *
  * If the caller does not need such serialisation then use __set_current_state()
  */
-#define __set_current_state(state_value)			\
+#define __set_current_state(state_value)		\
 	do { current->state = (state_value); } while (0)
-#define set_current_state(state_value)		\
+#define set_current_state(state_value)			\
 	set_mb(current->state, (state_value))
 
+#endif
+
 /* Task command name length */
 #define TASK_COMM_LEN 16
 
@@ -1650,6 +1689,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	unsigned int	sequential_io;
 	unsigned int	sequential_io_avg;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
+	unsigned long	task_state_change;
+#endif
 };
 
 /* Future-safe accessor for struct task_struct's cpus_allowed. */
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7077,6 +7077,19 @@ void __might_sleep(const char *file, int
 {
 	static unsigned long prev_jiffy;	/* ratelimiting */
 
+	/*
+	 * Blocking primitives will set (and therefore destroy) current->state,
+	 * since we will exit with TASK_RUNNING make sure we enter with it,
+	 * otherwise we will destroy state.
+	 */
+	if (WARN(current->state != TASK_RUNNING,
+			"do not call blocking ops when !TASK_RUNNING; "
+			"state=%lx set at [<%p>] %pS\n",
+			current->state,
+			(void *)current->task_state_change,
+			(void *)current->task_state_change))
+		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
 	rcu_sleep_check(); /* WARN_ON_ONCE() by default, no rate limit reqd. */
 	if ((preempt_count_equals(preempt_offset) && !irqs_disabled() &&
 	     !is_idle_task(current)) ||


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