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Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks
Date 2016-06-23 13:20 +0200
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 02:01:40PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> @@ -8219,6 +8254,19 @@ static int cpu_cgroup_can_attach(struct
>  		if (task->sched_class != &fair_sched_class)
>  			return -EINVAL;
>  #endif
> +		/*
> +		 * Serialize against wake_up_new_task() such
> +		 * that if its running, we're sure to observe
> +		 * its full state.
> +		 */
> +		raw_spin_unlock_wait(&task->pi_lock);
> +		/*
> +		 * Avoid calling sched_move_task() before wake_up_new_task()
> +		 * has happened. This would lead to problems with PELT. See
> +		 * XXX.
> +		 */
> +		if (task->state == TASK_NEW)
> +			return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  	return 0;
>  }

So I think that's backwards; we want:

		if (task->state == TASK_NEW)
			return -EINVAL;
		raw_spin_unlock_wait(&task->pi_lock);

Because failing the attach is 'safe', but if we do not observe NEW we
must be absolutely sure to observe the full wakeup_new.

But since its not critical I'll change it to more obvious code:

		raw_spin_lock_irq(&task->pi_lock);
		if (task->state == TASK_NEW)
			ret = -EINVAL;
		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&task->pi_lock);

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[PATCH 0/4] sched/fair: Fix PELT wobblies Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 14:10 +0200
  [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 14:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-17 16:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 16:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 18:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-17 18:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 18:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@intel.com> - 2016-06-20 09:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-20 11:30 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-20 12:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-20 12:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-21 13:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-21 14:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-21 14:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-21 15:10 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> - 2016-06-20 14:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-20 14:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> - 2016-06-20 17:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-21 10:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Yuyang Du <yuyang.du@intel.com> - 2016-06-21 14:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-24 15:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-21 15:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-22 13:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-21 16:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> - 2016-06-23 17:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 19:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-20 16:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 4/4] sched,fair: Fix PELT integrity for new tasks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-23 13:20 +0200
  [PATCH 2/4] sched/fair: Fix PELT integrity for new groups Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 14:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/4] sched/fair: Fix PELT integrity for new groups Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-17 16:00 +0200
  [PATCH 3/4] sched,cgroup: Fix cpu_cgroup_fork() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 14:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 3/4] sched,cgroup: Fix cpu_cgroup_fork() Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> - 2016-06-17 16:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 3/4] sched,cgroup: Fix cpu_cgroup_fork() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-06-17 16:10 +0200

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