[ANNOUNCE] v4.11.9-rt7

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Tue Jul 11 2017 - 12:15:55 EST


Dear RT folks!

I'm pleased to announce the v4.11.9-rt7 patch set.

Changes since v4.11.9-rt6:

- Alex Shi fixed a "scheduling while atomic" bug on arm64 in the
CPU idle code.

- Vikram Mulukutla reported a problem where a parked CPU-hotplug
thread was still on the runqueue. Patched by Thomas Gleixner.

Known issues
- CPU hotplug got a little better but can deadlock.

The delta patch against v4.11.9-rt6 is appended below and can be found here:

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/4.11/incr/patch-4.11.9-rt6-rt7.patch.xz

You can get this release via the git tree at:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git v4.11.9-rt7

The RT patch against v4.11.9 can be found here:

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/4.11/older/patch-4.11.9-rt7.patch.xz

The split quilt queue is available at:

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/4.11/older/patches-4.11.9-rt7.tar.xz

Sebastian
diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -627,13 +627,25 @@ void cpu_hotplug_enable(void)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_hotplug_enable);
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */

-/* Notifier wrappers for transitioning to state machine */
+static void __cpuhp_kick_ap_work(struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st);

static int bringup_wait_for_ap(unsigned int cpu)
{
struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st = per_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state, cpu);

+ /* Wait for the CPU to reach CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE */
wait_for_completion(&st->done);
+ BUG_ON(!cpu_online(cpu));
+
+ /* Unpark the stopper thread and the hotplug thread of the target cpu */
+ stop_machine_unpark(cpu);
+ kthread_unpark(st->thread);
+
+ /* Should we go further up ? */
+ if (st->target > CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE) {
+ __cpuhp_kick_ap_work(st);
+ wait_for_completion(&st->done);
+ }
return st->result;
}

@@ -654,9 +666,7 @@ static int bringup_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
irq_unlock_sparse();
if (ret)
return ret;
- ret = bringup_wait_for_ap(cpu);
- BUG_ON(!cpu_online(cpu));
- return ret;
+ return bringup_wait_for_ap(cpu);
}

/*
@@ -1181,31 +1191,20 @@ void notify_cpu_starting(unsigned int cpu)
}

/*
- * Called from the idle task. We need to set active here, so we can kick off
- * the stopper thread and unpark the smpboot threads. If the target state is
- * beyond CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE we kick cpuhp thread and let it bring up the
- * cpu further.
+ * Called from the idle task. Wake up the controlling task which brings the
+ * stopper and the hotplug thread of the upcoming CPU up and then delegates
+ * the rest of the online bringup to the hotplug thread.
*/
void cpuhp_online_idle(enum cpuhp_state state)
{
struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st = this_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state);
- unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();

/* Happens for the boot cpu */
if (state != CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE)
return;

st->state = CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE;
-
- /* Unpark the stopper thread and the hotplug thread of this cpu */
- stop_machine_unpark(cpu);
- kthread_unpark(st->thread);
-
- /* Should we go further up ? */
- if (st->target > CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE)
- __cpuhp_kick_ap_work(st);
- else
- complete(&st->done);
+ complete(&st->done);
}

/* Requires cpu_add_remove_lock to be held */
diff --git a/kernel/cpu_pm.c b/kernel/cpu_pm.c
--- a/kernel/cpu_pm.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu_pm.c
@@ -22,14 +22,13 @@
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/syscore_ops.h>

-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
-static RAW_NOTIFIER_HEAD(cpu_pm_notifier_chain);
+static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(cpu_pm_notifier_chain);

static int cpu_pm_notify(enum cpu_pm_event event, int nr_to_call, int *nr_calls)
{
int ret;

- ret = __raw_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_pm_notifier_chain, event, NULL,
+ ret = __atomic_notifier_call_chain(&cpu_pm_notifier_chain, event, NULL,
nr_to_call, nr_calls);

return notifier_to_errno(ret);
@@ -47,14 +46,7 @@ static int cpu_pm_notify(enum cpu_pm_event event, int nr_to_call, int *nr_calls)
*/
int cpu_pm_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
- unsigned long flags;
- int ret;
-
- write_lock_irqsave(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock, flags);
- ret = raw_notifier_chain_register(&cpu_pm_notifier_chain, nb);
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock, flags);
-
- return ret;
+ return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&cpu_pm_notifier_chain, nb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_pm_register_notifier);

@@ -69,14 +61,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_pm_register_notifier);
*/
int cpu_pm_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
- unsigned long flags;
- int ret;
-
- write_lock_irqsave(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock, flags);
- ret = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&cpu_pm_notifier_chain, nb);
- write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock, flags);
-
- return ret;
+ return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&cpu_pm_notifier_chain, nb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_pm_unregister_notifier);

@@ -100,7 +85,6 @@ int cpu_pm_enter(void)
int nr_calls;
int ret = 0;

- read_lock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
ret = cpu_pm_notify(CPU_PM_ENTER, -1, &nr_calls);
if (ret)
/*
@@ -108,7 +92,6 @@ int cpu_pm_enter(void)
* PM entry who are notified earlier to prepare for it.
*/
cpu_pm_notify(CPU_PM_ENTER_FAILED, nr_calls - 1, NULL);
- read_unlock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);

return ret;
}
@@ -128,13 +111,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_pm_enter);
*/
int cpu_pm_exit(void)
{
- int ret;
-
- read_lock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
- ret = cpu_pm_notify(CPU_PM_EXIT, -1, NULL);
- read_unlock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
-
- return ret;
+ return cpu_pm_notify(CPU_PM_EXIT, -1, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_pm_exit);

@@ -159,7 +136,6 @@ int cpu_cluster_pm_enter(void)
int nr_calls;
int ret = 0;

- read_lock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
ret = cpu_pm_notify(CPU_CLUSTER_PM_ENTER, -1, &nr_calls);
if (ret)
/*
@@ -167,7 +143,6 @@ int cpu_cluster_pm_enter(void)
* PM entry who are notified earlier to prepare for it.
*/
cpu_pm_notify(CPU_CLUSTER_PM_ENTER_FAILED, nr_calls - 1, NULL);
- read_unlock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);

return ret;
}
@@ -190,13 +165,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_cluster_pm_enter);
*/
int cpu_cluster_pm_exit(void)
{
- int ret;
-
- read_lock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
- ret = cpu_pm_notify(CPU_CLUSTER_PM_EXIT, -1, NULL);
- read_unlock(&cpu_pm_notifier_lock);
-
- return ret;
+ return cpu_pm_notify(CPU_CLUSTER_PM_EXIT, -1, NULL);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_cluster_pm_exit);

diff --git a/localversion-rt b/localversion-rt
--- a/localversion-rt
+++ b/localversion-rt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--rt6
+-rt7