Re: [PATCH v2] sched/core: Fix RQCF_ACT_SKIP leak

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 05:00:03PM +0800, Hao Jia wrote:
> Igor Raits and Bagas Sanjaya report a RQCF_ACT_SKIP leak warning.
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a5dd536d-041a-2ce9-f4b7-64d8d85c86dc@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> This warning may be triggered in the following situations:
> 
>     CPU0                                      CPU1
> 
> __schedule()
>   *rq->clock_update_flags <<= 1;*   unregister_fair_sched_group()
>   pick_next_task_fair+0x4a/0x410      destroy_cfs_bandwidth()
>     newidle_balance+0x115/0x3e0       for_each_possible_cpu(i) *i=0*
>       rq_unpin_lock(this_rq, rf)      __cfsb_csd_unthrottle()
>       raw_spin_rq_unlock(this_rq)
>                                       rq_lock(*CPU0_rq*, &rf)
>                                       rq_clock_start_loop_update()
>                                       rq->clock_update_flags & RQCF_ACT_SKIP <--
>       raw_spin_rq_lock(this_rq)
> 
> The purpose of RQCF_ACT_SKIP is to skip the update rq clock,
> but the update is very early in __schedule(), but we clear
> RQCF_*_SKIP very late, causing it to span that gap above
> and triggering this warning.
> 
> In __schedule() we can clear the RQCF_*_SKIP flag immediately
> after update_rq_clock() to avoid this RQCF_ACT_SKIP leak warning.
> And set rq->clock_update_flags to RQCF_UPDATED to avoid
> rq->clock_update_flags < RQCF_ACT_SKIP warning that may be triggered later.
> 

Thanks!