Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] tick/nohz: Fix cpu_is_hotpluggable() by checking with nohz subsystem

[Joel Fernandes]

On Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 09:34:35PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> Le Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 05:33:07PM +0000, Joel Fernandes (Google) a écrit :
> > For CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL systems, the tick_do_timer_cpu cannot be offlined.
> > However, cpu_is_hotpluggable() still returns true for those CPUs. This causes
> > torture tests that do offlining to end up trying to offline this CPU causing
> > test failures. Such failure happens on all architectures.
> 
> It might be worth noting that hotplug failure is fine on hotplug testing.
> The issue here is the repetitive error message in the logs.
> 
> Other than that:
> 
> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you, below is the reworded update. Let me know if any other comment.

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From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] tick/nohz: Fix cpu_is_hotpluggable() by checking with nohz
 subsystem

For CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL systems, the tick_do_timer_cpu cannot be offlined.
However, cpu_is_hotpluggable() still returns true for those CPUs. This causes
torture tests that do offlining to end up trying to offline this CPU causing
test failures. Such failure happens on all architectures.

Fix the repeated error messages thrown as a result (even if the hotplug
errors are harmless), by asking the opinion of the nohz subsystem on whether
the CPU can be hotplugged.

[ Apply Frederic Weisbecker feedback on refactoring tick_nohz_cpu_down(). ]

For drivers/base/ portion:
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: rcu <rcu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 2987557f52b9 ("driver-core/cpu: Expose hotpluggability to the rest of the kernel")
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/base/cpu.c       |  3 ++-
 include/linux/tick.h     |  2 ++
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 11 ++++++++---
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
index 182c6122f815..c1815b9dae68 100644
--- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
+++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ static const struct attribute_group *cpu_root_attr_groups[] = {
 bool cpu_is_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
-	return dev && container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev)->hotpluggable;
+	return dev && container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev)->hotpluggable
+		&& tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(cpu);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_is_hotpluggable);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tick.h b/include/linux/tick.h
index bfd571f18cfd..9459fef5b857 100644
--- a/include/linux/tick.h
+++ b/include/linux/tick.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ extern void tick_nohz_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit);
 extern void tick_nohz_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit);
+extern bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu);
 
 /*
  * The below are tick_nohz_[set,clear]_dep() wrappers that optimize off-cases
@@ -280,6 +281,7 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_full_add_cpus_to(struct cpumask *mask) { }
 
 static inline void tick_nohz_dep_set_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_nohz_dep_clear_cpu(int cpu, enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu) { return true; }
 
 static inline void tick_dep_set(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear(enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index ba2ac1469d47..a46506f7ec6d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ void __init tick_nohz_full_setup(cpumask_var_t cpumask)
 	tick_nohz_full_running = true;
 }
 
-static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
+bool tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	/*
 	 * The tick_do_timer_cpu CPU handles housekeeping duty (unbound
@@ -540,8 +540,13 @@ static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
 	 * CPUs. It must remain online when nohz full is enabled.
 	 */
 	if (tick_nohz_full_running && tick_do_timer_cpu == cpu)
-		return -EBUSY;
-	return 0;
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int tick_nohz_cpu_down(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	return tick_nohz_cpu_hotpluggable(cpu) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
 }
 
 void __init tick_nohz_init(void)
-- 
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