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From: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
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	kernel-team@android.com
Subject: [PATCH v25 5/9] sched/locking: Add special p->blocked_on==PROXY_WAKING value for proxy return-migration
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:30:06 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260313023022.2902479-6-jstultz@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260313023022.2902479-1-jstultz@google.com>

As we add functionality to proxy execution, we may migrate a
donor task to a runqueue where it can't run due to cpu affinity.
Thus, we must be careful to ensure we return-migrate the task
back to a cpu in its cpumask when it becomes unblocked.

Peter helpfully provided the following example with pictures:
"Suppose we have a ww_mutex cycle:

                  ,-+-* Mutex-1 <-.
        Task-A ---' |             | ,-- Task-B
                    `-> Mutex-2 *-+-'

Where Task-A holds Mutex-1 and tries to acquire Mutex-2, and
where Task-B holds Mutex-2 and tries to acquire Mutex-1.

Then the blocked_on->owner chain will go in circles.

        Task-A  -> Mutex-2
          ^          |
          |          v
        Mutex-1 <- Task-B

We need two things:

 - find_proxy_task() to stop iterating the circle;

 - the woken task to 'unblock' and run, such that it can
   back-off and re-try the transaction.

Now, the current code [without this patch] does:
        __clear_task_blocked_on();
        wake_q_add();

And surely clearing ->blocked_on is sufficient to break the
cycle.

Suppose it is Task-B that is made to back-off, then we have:

  Task-A -> Mutex-2 -> Task-B (no further blocked_on)

and it would attempt to run Task-B. Or worse, it could directly
pick Task-B and run it, without ever getting into
find_proxy_task().

Now, here is a problem because Task-B might not be runnable on
the CPU it is currently on; and because !task_is_blocked() we
don't get into the proxy paths, so nobody is going to fix this
up.

Ideally we would have dequeued Task-B alongside of clearing
->blocked_on, but alas, [the lock ordering prevents us from
getting the task_rq_lock() and] spoils things."

Thus we need more than just a binary concept of the task being
blocked on a mutex or not.

So allow setting blocked_on to PROXY_WAKING as a special value
which specifies the task is no longer blocked, but needs to
be evaluated for return migration *before* it can be run.

This will then be used in a later patch to handle proxy
return-migration.

Reviewed-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@google.com>
---
v15:
* Split blocked_on_state into its own patch later in the
  series, as the tri-state isn't necessary until we deal
  with proxy/return migrations
v16:
* Handle case where task in the chain is being set as
  BO_WAKING by another cpu (usually via ww_mutex die code).
  Make sure we release the rq lock so the wakeup can
  complete.
* Rework to use guard() in find_proxy_task() as suggested
  by Peter
v18:
* Add initialization of blocked_on_state for init_task
v19:
* PREEMPT_RT build fixups and rework suggested by
  K Prateek Nayak
v20:
* Simplify one of the blocked_on_state changes to avoid extra
  PREMEPT_RT conditionals
v21:
* Slight reworks due to avoiding nested blocked_lock locking
* Be consistent in use of blocked_on_state helper functions
* Rework calls to proxy_deactivate() to do proper locking
  around blocked_on_state changes that we were cheating in
  previous versions.
* Minor cleanups, some comment improvements
v22:
* Re-order blocked_on_state helpers to try to make it clearer
  the set_task_blocked_on() and clear_task_blocked_on() are
  the main enter/exit states and the blocked_on_state helpers
  help manage the transition states within. Per feedback from
  K Prateek Nayak.
* Rework blocked_on_state to be defined within
  CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC as suggested by K Prateek Nayak.
* Reworked empty stub functions to just take one line as
  suggestd by K Prateek
* Avoid using gotos out of a guard() scope, as highlighted by
  K Prateek, and instead rework logic to break and switch()
  on an action value.
v23:
* Big rework to using PROXY_WAKING instead of blocked_on_state
  as suggested by Peter.
* Reworked commit message to include Peter's nice diagrams and
  example for why this extra state is necessary.

Cc: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
Cc: Qais Yousef <qyousef@layalina.io>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Zimuzo Ezeozue <zezeozue@google.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Metin Kaya <Metin.Kaya@arm.com>
Cc: Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@gmail.com>
Cc: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>
Cc: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Cc: kuyo chang <kuyo.chang@mediatek.com>
Cc: hupu <hupu.gm@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel-team@android.com
---
 include/linux/sched.h     | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/locking/mutex.c    |  2 +-
 kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h | 16 ++++++------
 kernel/sched/core.c       | 16 ++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index f9924ec02c4f2..24b7b4a48ce03 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -2180,10 +2180,20 @@ extern int __cond_resched_rwlock_write(rwlock_t *lock) __must_hold(lock);
 })
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
+
+/*
+ * With proxy exec, if a task has been proxy-migrated, it may be a donor
+ * on a cpu that it can't actually run on. Thus we need a special state
+ * to denote that the task is being woken, but that it needs to be
+ * evaluated for return-migration before it is run. So if the task is
+ * blocked_on PROXY_WAKING, return migrate it before running it.
+ */
+#define PROXY_WAKING ((struct mutex *)(-1L))
+
 static inline struct mutex *__get_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	lockdep_assert_held_once(&p->blocked_lock);
-	return p->blocked_on;
+	return p->blocked_on == PROXY_WAKING ? NULL : p->blocked_on;
 }
 
 static inline void __set_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
@@ -2211,7 +2221,7 @@ static inline void __clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *
 	 * blocked_on relationships, but make sure we are not
 	 * clearing the relationship with a different lock.
 	 */
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(m && p->blocked_on && p->blocked_on != m);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(m && p->blocked_on && p->blocked_on != m && p->blocked_on != PROXY_WAKING);
 	p->blocked_on = NULL;
 }
 
@@ -2220,6 +2230,35 @@ static inline void clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
 	guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&p->blocked_lock);
 	__clear_task_blocked_on(p, m);
 }
+
+static inline void __set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
+{
+	/* Currently we serialize blocked_on under the task::blocked_lock */
+	lockdep_assert_held_once(&p->blocked_lock);
+
+	if (!sched_proxy_exec()) {
+		__clear_task_blocked_on(p, m);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* Don't set PROXY_WAKING if blocked_on was already cleared */
+	if (!p->blocked_on)
+		return;
+	/*
+	 * There may be cases where we set PROXY_WAKING on tasks that were
+	 * already set to waking, but make sure we are not changing
+	 * the relationship with a different lock.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(m && p->blocked_on != m && p->blocked_on != PROXY_WAKING);
+	p->blocked_on = PROXY_WAKING;
+}
+
+static inline void set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct mutex *m)
+{
+	guard(raw_spinlock_irqsave)(&p->blocked_lock);
+	__set_task_blocked_on_waking(p, m);
+}
+
 #else
 static inline void __clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
 {
@@ -2228,6 +2267,14 @@ static inline void __clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mute
 static inline void clear_task_blocked_on(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
 {
 }
+
+static inline void __set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void set_task_blocked_on_waking(struct task_struct *p, struct rt_mutex *m)
+{
+}
 #endif /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT */
 
 static __always_inline bool need_resched(void)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mutex.c b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
index 4aa79bcab08c7..7d359647156df 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/mutex.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/mutex.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ static noinline void __sched __mutex_unlock_slowpath(struct mutex *lock, unsigne
 		next = waiter->task;
 
 		debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
-		clear_task_blocked_on(next, lock);
+		set_task_blocked_on_waking(next, lock);
 		wake_q_add(&wake_q, next);
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h b/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
index e4a81790ea7dd..5cd9dfa4b31e6 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/ww_mutex.h
@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ __ww_mutex_die(struct MUTEX *lock, struct MUTEX_WAITER *waiter,
 		debug_mutex_wake_waiter(lock, waiter);
 #endif
 		/*
-		 * When waking up the task to die, be sure to clear the
-		 * blocked_on pointer. Otherwise we can see circular
-		 * blocked_on relationships that can't resolve.
+		 * When waking up the task to die, be sure to set the
+		 * blocked_on to PROXY_WAKING. Otherwise we can see
+		 * circular blocked_on relationships that can't resolve.
 		 */
-		clear_task_blocked_on(waiter->task, lock);
+		set_task_blocked_on_waking(waiter->task, lock);
 		wake_q_add(wake_q, waiter->task);
 	}
 
@@ -339,15 +339,15 @@ static bool __ww_mutex_wound(struct MUTEX *lock,
 		 */
 		if (owner != current) {
 			/*
-			 * When waking up the task to wound, be sure to clear the
-			 * blocked_on pointer. Otherwise we can see circular
-			 * blocked_on relationships that can't resolve.
+			 * When waking up the task to wound, be sure to set the
+			 * blocked_on to PROXY_WAKING. Otherwise we can see
+			 * circular blocked_on relationships that can't resolve.
 			 *
 			 * NOTE: We pass NULL here instead of lock, because we
 			 * are waking the mutex owner, who may be currently
 			 * blocked on a different mutex.
 			 */
-			clear_task_blocked_on(owner, NULL);
+			set_task_blocked_on_waking(owner, NULL);
 			wake_q_add(wake_q, owner);
 		}
 		return true;
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 0bb7272106c9e..7212a439124a9 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -4242,6 +4242,13 @@ int try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
 		ttwu_queue(p, cpu, wake_flags);
 	}
 out:
+	/*
+	 * For now, if we've been woken up, clear the task->blocked_on
+	 * regardless if it was set to a mutex or PROXY_WAKING so the
+	 * task can run. We will need to be more careful later when
+	 * properly handling proxy migration
+	 */
+	clear_task_blocked_on(p, NULL);
 	if (success)
 		ttwu_stat(p, task_cpu(p), wake_flags);
 
@@ -6600,6 +6607,10 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *donor, struct rq_flags *rf)
 
 	/* Follow blocked_on chain. */
 	for (p = donor; (mutex = p->blocked_on); p = owner) {
+		/* if its PROXY_WAKING, resched_idle so ttwu can complete */
+		if (mutex == PROXY_WAKING)
+			return proxy_resched_idle(rq);
+
 		/*
 		 * By taking mutex->wait_lock we hold off concurrent mutex_unlock()
 		 * and ensure @owner sticks around.
@@ -6620,6 +6631,11 @@ find_proxy_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *donor, struct rq_flags *rf)
 
 		owner = __mutex_owner(mutex);
 		if (!owner) {
+			/*
+			 * If there is no owner, clear blocked_on
+			 * and return p so it can run and try to
+			 * acquire the lock
+			 */
 			__clear_task_blocked_on(p, mutex);
 			return p;
 		}
-- 
2.53.0.880.g73c4285caa-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-13  2:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-13  2:30 [PATCH v25 0/9] Simple Donor Migration for Proxy Execution John Stultz
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 1/9] sched: Make class_schedulers avoid pushing current, and get rid of proxy_tag_curr() John Stultz
2026-03-13 13:48   ` Juri Lelli
2026-03-13 17:53     ` John Stultz
2026-03-15 16:26   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-17  4:49     ` John Stultz
2026-03-17  5:41       ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-17  6:04         ` John Stultz
2026-03-17  7:52           ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-17 18:35             ` John Stultz
2026-03-18 13:36           ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-18 13:52             ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-18 17:55               ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-18 20:30             ` John Stultz
2026-03-18 20:34               ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-18 20:35                 ` John Stultz
2026-03-18 12:55         ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-18 18:01           ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 2/9] sched: Minimise repeated sched_proxy_exec() checking John Stultz
2026-03-15 17:01   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 3/9] locking: Add task::blocked_lock to serialize blocked_on state John Stultz
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 4/9] sched: Fix modifying donor->blocked on without proper locking John Stultz
2026-03-13  2:30 ` John Stultz [this message]
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 6/9] sched: Add assert_balance_callbacks_empty helper John Stultz
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 7/9] sched: Add logic to zap balance callbacks if we pick again John Stultz
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 8/9] sched: Move attach_one_task and attach_task helpers to sched.h John Stultz
2026-03-15 16:34   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-16 23:34     ` John Stultz
2026-03-17  2:29       ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-13  2:30 ` [PATCH v25 9/9] sched: Handle blocked-waiter migration (and return migration) John Stultz
2026-03-15 17:38   ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-18 19:07     ` John Stultz
2026-03-18  6:35   ` Juri Lelli
2026-03-18  6:56     ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-03-18 10:16       ` Juri Lelli
2026-03-18 12:59   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-19 12:49   ` Peter Zijlstra
2026-03-19 21:26     ` John Stultz

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