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Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks

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On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 11:28:28 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> When we warn about a preempt_count leak; reset the preempt_count to
> the known good value such that the problem does not ripple forward.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> ---
>  kernel/exit.c       |    4 +++-
>  kernel/sched/core.c |    4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/kernel/exit.c
> +++ b/kernel/exit.c
> @@ -706,10 +706,12 @@ void do_exit(long code)
>  	smp_mb();
>  	raw_spin_unlock_wait(&tsk->pi_lock);
>  
> -	if (unlikely(in_atomic()))
> +	if (unlikely(in_atomic())) {
>  		pr_info("note: %s[%d] exited with preempt_count %d\n",
>  			current->comm, task_pid_nr(current),
>  			preempt_count());
> +		preempt_count_set(PREEMPT_ENABLED);
> +	}

Looks good.

>  
>  	/* sync mm's RSS info before statistics gathering */
>  	if (tsk->mm)
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -2960,8 +2960,10 @@ static inline void schedule_debug(struct
>  	 * schedule() atomically, we ignore that path. Otherwise whine
>  	 * if we are scheduling when we should not.
>  	 */
> -	if (unlikely(in_atomic_preempt_off() && prev->state != TASK_DEAD))
> +	if (unlikely(in_atomic_preempt_off() && prev->state != TASK_DEAD)) {
>  		__schedule_bug(prev);
> +		preempt_count_set(PREEMPT_DISABLED);
> +	}

Of course, if this was not a preemption leak, but something that called
schedule within a preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() section, when it
returns, preemption will be enabled, right?

-- Steve


>  	rcu_sleep_check();
>  
>  	profile_hit(SCHED_PROFILING, __builtin_return_address(0));
> 

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[RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-09-29 11:50 +0200
  [tip:sched/core] sched/core: Robustify preemption leak checks tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-09-29 12:40 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 15:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-09-29 16:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 16:40 +0200
  Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-09-29 17:10 +0200
    Re: [RFC][PATCH 03/11] sched: Robustify preemption leak checks Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-09-29 17:30 +0200

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