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From: Michael Bohan <mbohan@codeaurora.org>
To: tglx@linutronix.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-msm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] hrtimer: Prevent enqueue of hrtimer on dead CPU
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:07:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1365628068-32738-3-git-send-email-mbohan@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1365628068-32738-1-git-send-email-mbohan@codeaurora.org>

When switching the hrtimer cpu_base, we briefly allow for
preemption to become enabled by unlocking the cpu_base lock.
During this time, the CPU corresponding to the new cpu_base
that was selected may in fact go offline. In this scenario, the
hrtimer is enqueued to a CPU that's not online, and therefore
it never fires.

As an example, consider this example:

CPU #0                          CPU #1
----                            ----
...                             hrtimer_start()
                                 lock_hrtimer_base()
                                 switch_hrtimer_base()
                                  cpu = hrtimer_get_target() -> 1
                                  spin_unlock(&cpu_base->lock)
                                <migrate thread to CPU #0>
                                <offline>
spin_lock(&new_base->lock)
this_cpu = 0
cpu != this_cpu
enqueue_hrtimer(cpu_base #1)

To prevent this scenario, verify that the CPU corresponding to
the new cpu_base is indeed online before selecting it in
hrtimer_switch_base(). If it's not online, fallback to using the
base of the current CPU.

Signed-off-by: Michael Bohan <mbohan@codeaurora.org>
---
 kernel/hrtimer.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 3f0bce9..54c5d98 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ again:
 
 		this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
 
-		if (cpu != this_cpu && hrtimer_check_target(timer, new_base)) {
+		if (cpu != this_cpu && (hrtimer_check_target(timer, new_base)
+			|| !cpu_online(cpu))) {
 			raw_spin_unlock(&new_base->cpu_base->lock);
 			raw_spin_lock(&base->cpu_base->lock);
 			cpu = smp_processor_id();
-- 
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-04-10 21:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-10 21:07 [PATCH 0/2] hrtimer preemption bug fixes Michael Bohan
2013-04-10 21:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] hrtimer: Consider preemption when migrating hrtimer cpu_bases Michael Bohan
2013-04-18  9:40   ` Thomas Gleixner
2013-04-19  1:37     ` Michael Bohan
2013-04-10 21:07 ` Michael Bohan [this message]
2013-04-18  9:44   ` [PATCH 2/2] hrtimer: Prevent enqueue of hrtimer on dead CPU Thomas Gleixner

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