Re: [PATCH 1/6] sched: Unbreak wakeups

[Will Deacon]

On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 03:12:26PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Remove broken task->state references and let wake_up_process() DTRT.
> 
> The anti-pattern in these patches breaks the ordering of ->state vs
> COND as described in the comment near set_current_state() and can lead
> to missed wakeups:
> 
> 	(OoO load, observes RUNNING)<-.
> 	for (;;) {                    |
> 	  t->state = UNINTERRUPTIBLE; |
> 	  smp_mb();          ,-----> ,' (OoO load, observed !COND)
>                              |       |
> 	                     |       |	COND = 1;
> 			     |	     `- if (t->state != RUNNING)
>                              |		  wake_up_process(t); // not done
> 	  if (COND) ---------'
> 	    break;
> 	  schedule(); // forever waiting
> 	}
> 	t->state = TASK_RUNNING;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c |    6 ++----
>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/max3420_udc.c    |   15 +++++----------
>  drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c          |    3 +--
>  kernel/softirq.c                        |    2 +-
>  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>

I couldn't spot any others.

Will