Re: [patch 00/12] futex: Cure robust/PI futex exit races

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > On Fri, 8 Nov 2019, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Unpatched 5.4-rc6:
> >
> > FAIL: nptl/tst-thread-affinity-pthread
> > original exit status 1
> > info: Detected CPU set size (in bits): 225
> > info: Maximum test CPU: 255
> > error: pthread_create for thread 253 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> Huh.  Reverting your patches (at commit 26bc672134241a080a83b2ab9aa8abede8d30e1c)
> fixes the test for me.
> 
> > TBH, the futex changes have absolutely nothing to do with that resource
> > fail.
> 
> I suspect that there are some changes to task exit latency, which
> triggers the latent resource management bug.

Right, and depending on which hardware you run, this changes. On the big
testbox I use the failure is also bouncing around between thread 252 and
254.

Thanks,

	tglx