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* [PATCH] fix problem with reschenduling in rest_init (2.6.35-rc3)
@ 2010-06-23 20:11 Ilya Loginov
  2010-06-24 13:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 15+ messages in thread
From: Ilya Loginov @ 2010-06-23 20:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: torvalds; +Cc: linux-kernel

	There is a bug in rest_init function. The problem is that kernel_init
thread starts before initialization of kthreadd_task when
CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY is enabled.

kernel_init thread do wake_up_process(kthreadd_task) and I have kernel Oops in
try_to_wake_up when I try to get p->state.

	I found this problem on 2.6.34 on FPGA. It is very slow, and
find_task_by_pid is done after reschenduling. I have no this problem on
2.6.35-rc3 because kernel code is moved. But if I write simple loop like
	volatile int tmp;
	for(i = 0; i < preset_lpj; i++)
		tmp++;
right after kernel_thread(kernel_init,.... , I have this problem on
2.6.35-rc3 too.

	I understand that real problem is reschenduling in init code, but
I have no ability to fix it.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Loginov <isloginov@gmail.com>
---
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 3bdb152..9febd69 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -428,12 +428,12 @@ static noinline void __init_refok rest_init(void)
 	int pid;
 
 	rcu_scheduler_starting();
-	kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_SIGHAND);
 	numa_default_policy();
 	pid = kernel_thread(kthreadd, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	kthreadd_task = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
+	kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_SIGHAND);
 	unlock_kernel();
 
 	/*

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2010-06-23 20:11 [PATCH] fix problem with reschenduling in rest_init (2.6.35-rc3) Ilya Loginov
2010-06-24 13:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-24 13:23   ` Ilya Loginov
2010-06-24 14:08     ` Илья Логинов
2010-06-28  9:01     ` [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-28 11:53       ` [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd -v2 Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-28 14:19         ` Ingo Molnar
2010-06-28 14:51           ` [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd -v3 Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-28 15:03             ` Linus Torvalds
2010-06-28 16:23             ` Randy Dunlap
2010-06-28 20:24             ` [tip:sched/urgent] init, sched: Fix race between init and kthreadd tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-30  8:32             ` [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd -v3 Ilya Loginov
2010-06-30  8:37               ` [PATCH] init: Fix comment Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-30  8:45                 ` [tip:sched/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-28 20:06         ` [PATCH] init: Fix race between init and kthreadd -v2 Ilya Loginov

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