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Re: [tip:sched/urgent] sched/clock: Fix clear_sched_clock_stable() preempt wobbly

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On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 02:10:47AM -0700, tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Commit-ID:  71fdb70eb48784c1f28cdf2e67c4c587dd7f2594
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/71fdb70eb48784c1f28cdf2e67c4c587dd7f2594
> Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:46:21 +0100
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> CommitDate: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 07:31:48 +0100
> 
> sched/clock: Fix clear_sched_clock_stable() preempt wobbly
> 
> Paul reported a problems with clear_sched_clock_stable(). Since we run
> all of __clear_sched_clock_stable() from workqueue context, there's a
> preempt problem.
> 
> Solve it by only running the static_key_disable() from workqueue.
> 
> Reported-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170313124621.GA3328@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

For whatever it is worth given that it is already in -tip:

Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>  kernel/sched/clock.c | 17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/clock.c b/kernel/sched/clock.c
> index a08795e..fec0f58 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/clock.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c
> @@ -141,7 +141,14 @@ static void __set_sched_clock_stable(void)
>  	tick_dep_clear(TICK_DEP_BIT_CLOCK_UNSTABLE);
>  }
> 
> -static void __clear_sched_clock_stable(struct work_struct *work)
> +static void __sched_clock_work(struct work_struct *work)
> +{
> +	static_branch_disable(&__sched_clock_stable);
> +}
> +
> +static DECLARE_WORK(sched_clock_work, __sched_clock_work);
> +
> +static void __clear_sched_clock_stable(void)
>  {
>  	struct sched_clock_data *scd = this_scd();
> 
> @@ -160,11 +167,11 @@ static void __clear_sched_clock_stable(struct work_struct *work)
>  			scd->tick_gtod, gtod_offset,
>  			scd->tick_raw,  raw_offset);
> 
> -	static_branch_disable(&__sched_clock_stable);
>  	tick_dep_set(TICK_DEP_BIT_CLOCK_UNSTABLE);
> -}
> 
> -static DECLARE_WORK(sched_clock_work, __clear_sched_clock_stable);
> +	if (sched_clock_stable())
> +		schedule_work(&sched_clock_work);
> +}
> 
>  void clear_sched_clock_stable(void)
>  {
> @@ -173,7 +180,7 @@ void clear_sched_clock_stable(void)
>  	smp_mb(); /* matches sched_clock_init_late() */
> 
>  	if (sched_clock_running == 2)
> -		schedule_work(&sched_clock_work);
> +		__clear_sched_clock_stable();
>  }
> 
>  void sched_clock_init_late(void)
> 

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[tip:sched/urgent] sched/clock: Fix clear_sched_clock_stable()  preempt wobbly tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2017-03-23 10:20 +0100
  Re: [tip:sched/urgent] sched/clock: Fix clear_sched_clock_stable()  preempt wobbly "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-03-23 18:00 +0100

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