[PATCH 20/23] rcutorture: Replace schedule_timeout*() 1-jiffy waits with HZ/20

Frederic Weisbecker
2023-10-10T12:01:47Z

From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org>

In the past, spinning on schedule_timeout* with a wait of 1 jiffy has
hung the kernel. See for example d52d3a2bf408 ("torture: Fix hang during
kthread shutdown phase").

This issue recently recurred in torture's stutter code. The result is
that the function instantly returns and never goes to sleep, preempting
whatever might otherwise make useful forward progress.

To prevent future issues, apply the commit-d52d3a2bf408 fix throughout
rcutorture, moving from a 1-jiffy wait to a 50-millisecond wait.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
---
kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index 7e82fb887d09..8136fec0310b 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_boost(void *arg)
mutex_unlock(&boost_mutex);
break;
}
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ / 20);
}

/* Go do the stutter. */
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@ checkwait: if (stutter_wait("rcu_torture_boost"))
/* Clean up and exit. */
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
torture_shutdown_absorb("rcu_torture_boost");
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ / 20);
}
torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_boost");
return 0;
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ rcu_torture_fqs(void *arg)
fqs_resume_time = jiffies + fqs_stutter * HZ;
while (time_before(jiffies, fqs_resume_time) &&
!kthread_should_stop()) {
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 20);
}
fqs_burst_remaining = fqs_duration;
while (fqs_burst_remaining > 0 &&
@@ -2899,7 +2899,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_fwd_prog(void *args)
WRITE_ONCE(rcu_fwd_seq, rcu_fwd_seq + 1);
} else {
while (READ_ONCE(rcu_fwd_seq) == oldseq && !torture_must_stop())
- schedule_timeout_interruptible(1);
+ schedule_timeout_interruptible(HZ / 20);
oldseq = READ_ONCE(rcu_fwd_seq);
}
pr_alert("%s: Starting forward-progress test %d\n", __func__, rfp->rcu_fwd_id);
@@ -3200,7 +3200,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_read_exit_child(void *trsp_in)
set_user_nice(current, MAX_NICE);
// Minimize time between reading and exiting.
while (!kthread_should_stop())
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ / 20);
(void)rcu_torture_one_read(trsp, -1);
return 0;
}
@@ -3248,7 +3248,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_read_exit(void *unused)
smp_mb(); // Store before wakeup.
wake_up(&read_exit_wq);
while (!torture_must_stop())
- schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(1);
+ schedule_timeout_uninterruptible(HZ / 20);
torture_kthread_stopping("rcu_torture_read_exit");
return 0;
}
--
2.34.1