Re: [PATCH] fix might sleep oops in irq affinity callback hook

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>]

* Joe Korty | 2013-08-22 15:01:03 [-0400]:

>Hi Sebastian,
Hi Joe,

>For the rt kernel, I get the message only for the first
>time the affinity for some SFC IRQ is changed.  Subsequent
>changes of the _same_ IRQ do not have the callback invoked.
>If I go and change some other SFC IRQ that will also invoke
>the callback the first time only.

I forget to remove that item from the list so your observing was
correct. Thanks for testing.
I'm going to tae that one, as it seems to work:

--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ struct irq_affinity_notify {
 	unsigned int irq;
 	struct kref kref;
 	struct work_struct work;
+	struct list_head list;
 	void (*notify)(struct irq_affinity_notify *, const cpumask_t *mask);
 	void (*release)(struct kref *ref);
 };
--- a/kernel/irq/manage.c
+++ b/kernel/irq/manage.c
@@ -164,6 +164,62 @@ int irq_do_set_affinity(struct irq_data
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+static void _irq_affinity_notify(struct irq_affinity_notify *notify);
+static struct task_struct *set_affinity_helper;
+static LIST_HEAD(affinity_list);
+static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(affinity_list_lock);
+
+static int set_affinity_thread(void *unused)
+{
+	while (1) {
+		struct irq_affinity_notify *notify;
+		int empty;
+
+		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&affinity_list_lock);
+		empty = list_empty(&affinity_list);
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&affinity_list_lock);
+
+		if (empty)
+			schedule();
+		if (kthread_should_stop())
+			break;
+		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+try_next:
+		notify = NULL;
+
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&affinity_list_lock);
+		if (!list_empty(&affinity_list)) {
+			notify = list_first_entry(&affinity_list,
+					struct irq_affinity_notify, list);
+			list_del_init(&notify->list);
+		}
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&affinity_list_lock);
+
+		if (!notify)
+			continue;
+		_irq_affinity_notify(notify);
+		goto try_next;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void init_helper_thread(void)
+{
+	if (set_affinity_helper)
+		return;
+	set_affinity_helper = kthread_run(set_affinity_thread, NULL,
+			"affinity-cb");
+	WARN_ON(IS_ERR(set_affinity_helper));
+}
+#else
+
+static inline void init_helper_thread(void) { }
+
+#endif
+
 int __irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq_data *data, const struct cpumask *mask)
 {
 	struct irq_chip *chip = irq_data_get_irq_chip(data);
@@ -182,7 +238,17 @@ int __irq_set_affinity_locked(struct irq
 
 	if (desc->affinity_notify) {
 		kref_get(&desc->affinity_notify->kref);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT_FULL
+		raw_spin_lock(&affinity_list_lock);
+		if (list_empty(&desc->affinity_notify->list))
+			list_add_tail(&affinity_list,
+					&desc->affinity_notify->list);
+		raw_spin_unlock(&affinity_list_lock);
+		wake_up_process(set_affinity_helper);
+#else
 		schedule_work(&desc->affinity_notify->work);
+#endif
 	}
 	irqd_set(data, IRQD_AFFINITY_SET);
 
@@ -223,10 +289,8 @@ int irq_set_affinity_hint(unsigned int i
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(irq_set_affinity_hint);
 
-static void irq_affinity_notify(struct work_struct *work)
+static void _irq_affinity_notify(struct irq_affinity_notify *notify)
 {
-	struct irq_affinity_notify *notify =
-		container_of(work, struct irq_affinity_notify, work);
 	struct irq_desc *desc = irq_to_desc(notify->irq);
 	cpumask_var_t cpumask;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -248,6 +312,13 @@ out:
 	kref_put(&notify->kref, notify->release);
 }
 
+static void irq_affinity_notify(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct irq_affinity_notify *notify =
+		container_of(work, struct irq_affinity_notify, work);
+	_irq_affinity_notify(notify);
+}
+
 /**
  *	irq_set_affinity_notifier - control notification of IRQ affinity changes
  *	@irq:		Interrupt for which to enable/disable notification
@@ -277,6 +348,8 @@ irq_set_affinity_notifier(unsigned int i
 		notify->irq = irq;
 		kref_init(&notify->kref);
 		INIT_WORK(&notify->work, irq_affinity_notify);
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&notify->list);
+		init_helper_thread();
 	}
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&desc->lock, flags);

>Regards,
>Joe

Sebastian