Re: INFO: rcu detected stall in do_idle

[luca abeni]

On Fri, 19 Oct 2018 13:39:42 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 01:08:11PM +0200, luca abeni wrote:
> > Ok, I see the issue now: the problem is that the "while
> > (dl_se->runtime <= 0)" loop is executed at replenishment time, but
> > the deadline should be postponed at enforcement time.
> > 
> > I mean: in update_curr_dl() we do:
> > 	dl_se->runtime -= scaled_delta_exec;
> > 	if (dl_runtime_exceeded(dl_se) || dl_se->dl_yielded) {
> > 		...
> > 		enqueue replenishment timer at dl_next_period(dl_se)
> > But dl_next_period() is based on a "wrong" deadline!
> > 
> > 
> > I think that inserting a
> >         while (dl_se->runtime <= -pi_se->dl_runtime) {
> >                 dl_se->deadline += pi_se->dl_period;
> >                 dl_se->runtime += pi_se->dl_runtime;
> >         }
> > immediately after "dl_se->runtime -= scaled_delta_exec;" would fix
> > the problem, no?  
> 
> That certainly makes sense to me.

Good; I'll try to work on this idea in the weekend.


			Thanks,
				Luca

> The only remaining issue would then
> be placing a limit on the amount of times we can take that loop;
> which, as you propose in a later email; can be done separately as a
> limit on runtime.