[PATCH 1/4] kthread, sched: Fix kthread_parkme() (again...)

[Peter Zijlstra]

Gaurav reports that commit:

   85f1abe0019f ("kthread, sched/wait: Fix kthread_parkme() completion issue")

isn't working for him. Because of the following race:

> controller Thread                               CPUHP Thread
> takedown_cpu
> kthread_park
> kthread_parkme
> Set KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK
>                                                 smpboot_thread_fn
>                                                 set Task interruptible
> 
> 
> wake_up_process
>  if (!(p->state & state))
>                 goto out;
>   
>                                                 Kthread_parkme
>                                                 SET TASK_PARKED
>                                                 schedule
>                                                 raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock)
> ttwu_remote
> waiting for __task_rq_lock
>                                                 context_switch
>        
>                                                 finish_lock_switch
> 
> 
>        
>                                                 Case TASK_PARKED
>                                                 kthread_park_complete
> 
>      
> SET Running

Furthermore, Oleg noticed that the whole scheduler TASK_PARKED
handling is buggered because the TASK_DEAD thing is done with
preemption disabled, the current code can still complete early on
preemption :/

So basically revert that earlier fix and go with a variant of the
alternative mentioned in the commit. Promote TASK_PARKED to special
state to avoid the store-store issue on task->state leading to the
WARN in kthread_unpark() -> __kthread_bind().

But in addition, add wait_task_inactive() to kthread_park() to ensure
the task really is PARKED when we return from kthread_park(). This
avoids the whole kthread still gets migrated nonsense -- although it
would be really good to get this done differently.

Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Gaurav Kohli <gkohli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 85f1abe0019f ("kthread, sched/wait: Fix kthread_parkme() completion issue")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/kthread.h |    1 -
 include/linux/sched.h   |    2 +-
 kernel/kthread.c        |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 kernel/sched/core.c     |   31 +++++++++++--------------------
 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_str
 int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k);
 void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *k);
 void kthread_parkme(void);
-void kthread_park_complete(struct task_struct *k);
 
 int kthreadd(void *unused);
 extern struct task_struct *kthreadd_task;
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct task_group;
  * the comment with set_special_state().
  */
 #define is_special_task_state(state)				\
-	((state) & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED | TASK_DEAD))
+	((state) & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED | TASK_PARKED | TASK_DEAD))
 
 #define __set_current_state(state_value)			\
 	do {							\
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -177,9 +177,20 @@ void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_str
 static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self)
 {
 	for (;;) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_PARKED);
+		/*
+		 * TASK_PARKED is a special state; we must serialize against
+		 * possible pending wakeups to avoid store-store collisions on
+		 * task->state.
+		 *
+		 * Such a collision might possibly result in the task state
+		 * changin from TASK_PARKED and us failing the
+		 * wait_task_inactive() in kthread_park().
+		 */
+		set_special_state(TASK_PARKED);
 		if (!test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &self->flags))
 			break;
+
+		complete_all(&self->parked);
 		schedule();
 	}
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
@@ -191,11 +202,6 @@ void kthread_parkme(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_parkme);
 
-void kthread_park_complete(struct task_struct *k)
-{
-	complete_all(&to_kthread(k)->parked);
-}
-
 static int kthread(void *_create)
 {
 	/* Copy data: it's on kthread's stack */
@@ -461,6 +467,9 @@ void kthread_unpark(struct task_struct *
 
 	reinit_completion(&kthread->parked);
 	clear_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
+	/*
+	 * __kthread_parkme() will either see !SHOULD_PARK or get the wakeup.
+	 */
 	wake_up_state(k, TASK_PARKED);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kthread_unpark);
@@ -487,7 +496,16 @@ int kthread_park(struct task_struct *k)
 	set_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &kthread->flags);
 	if (k != current) {
 		wake_up_process(k);
+		/*
+		 * Wait for __kthread_parkme() to complete(), this means we
+		 * _will_ have TASK_PARKED and are about to call schedule().
+		 */
 		wait_for_completion(&kthread->parked);
+		/*
+		 * Now wait for that schedule() to complete and the task to
+		 * get scheduled out.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!wait_task_inactive(k, TASK_PARKED));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
  */
 #include "sched.h"
 
-#include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/nospec.h>
 
 #include <asm/switch_to.h>
@@ -2701,28 +2700,20 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(str
 		membarrier_mm_sync_core_before_usermode(mm);
 		mmdrop(mm);
 	}
-	if (unlikely(prev_state & (TASK_DEAD|TASK_PARKED))) {
-		switch (prev_state) {
-		case TASK_DEAD:
-			if (prev->sched_class->task_dead)
-				prev->sched_class->task_dead(prev);
-
-			/*
-			 * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this
-			 * task and put them back on the free list.
-			 */
-			kprobe_flush_task(prev);
+	if (unlikely(prev_state == TASK_DEAD)) {
+		if (prev->sched_class->task_dead)
+			prev->sched_class->task_dead(prev);
 
-			/* Task is done with its stack. */
-			put_task_stack(prev);
+		/*
+		 * Remove function-return probe instances associated with this
+		 * task and put them back on the free list.
+		 */
+		kprobe_flush_task(prev);
 
-			put_task_struct(prev);
-			break;
+		/* Task is done with its stack. */
+		put_task_stack(prev);
 
-		case TASK_PARKED:
-			kthread_park_complete(prev);
-			break;
-		}
+		put_task_struct(prev);
 	}
 
 	tick_nohz_task_switch();