Re: [PATCH 1/6] kill the broken and deadlockable cpuset_lock/cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked code

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 03/25, Miao Xie wrote:
>
> on 2010-3-15 17:10, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > This patch just states the fact the cpusets/cpuhotplug interaction is
> > broken and removes the deadlockable code which only pretends to work.
> >
> > - cpuset_lock() doesn't really work. It is needed for
> >   cpuset_cpus_allowed_locked() but we can't take this lock in
> >   try_to_wake_up()->select_fallback_rq() path.
> >
> > - cpuset_lock() is deadlockable. Suppose that a task T bound to CPU takes
> >   callback_mutex. If cpu_down(CPU) happens before T drops callback_mutex
> >   stop_machine() preempts T, then migration_call(CPU_DEAD) tries to take
> >   cpuset_lock() and hangs forever because CPU is already dead and thus
> >   T can't be scheduled.
>
> The problem what you said don't exist, because the kernel already move T to
> the active cpu when preparing to turn off a CPU.

we need cpuset_lock() to move T. please look at _cpu_down().

OK.

	A task T holds callback_mutex, and it is bound to CPU 1.

	_cpu_down(cpu => 1) is called by the task X.

	_cpu_down()->stop_machine() spawns rt-threads for each cpu,
	a thread running on CPU 1 preempts T and calls take_cpu_down()
	which removes CPU 1 from online/active masks.

	X continues, and does raw_notifier_call_chain(CPU_DEAD), this
	calls migration_call(CPU_DEAD), and _this_ is what move the
	tasks from the dead CPU.

	migration_call(CPU_DEAD) calls cpuset_lock() and deadlocks.

See?

Oleg.