[tip:sched/core] sched: Clarify ordering between task_rq_lock() and move_queued_task()

[tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra]

Commit-ID:  74b8a4cb6ce3685049ee124243a52238c5cabe55
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/74b8a4cb6ce3685049ee124243a52238c5cabe55
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:07:38 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:27:28 +0100

sched: Clarify ordering between task_rq_lock() and move_queued_task()

There was a wee bit of confusion around the exact ordering here;
clarify things.

Reported-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150217121258.GM5029@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 1f37fe7..fd0a6ed 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -341,6 +341,22 @@ static struct rq *task_rq_lock(struct task_struct *p, unsigned long *flags)
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, *flags);
 		rq = task_rq(p);
 		raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
+		/*
+		 *	move_queued_task()		task_rq_lock()
+		 *
+		 *	ACQUIRE (rq->lock)
+		 *	[S] ->on_rq = MIGRATING		[L] rq = task_rq()
+		 *	WMB (__set_task_cpu())		ACQUIRE (rq->lock);
+		 *	[S] ->cpu = new_cpu		[L] task_rq()
+		 *					[L] ->on_rq
+		 *	RELEASE (rq->lock)
+		 *
+		 * If we observe the old cpu in task_rq_lock, the acquire of
+		 * the old rq->lock will fully serialize against the stores.
+		 *
+		 * If we observe the new cpu in task_rq_lock, the acquire will
+		 * pair with the WMB to ensure we must then also see migrating.
+		 */
 		if (likely(rq == task_rq(p) && !task_on_rq_migrating(p)))
 			return rq;
 		raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
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