From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, mingo@elte.hu,
peterz@infradead.org, awalls@radix.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jeff@garzik.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, jens.axboe@oracle.com,
rusty@rustcorp.com.au, cl@linux-foundation.org,
dhowells@redhat.com, arjan@linux.intel.com, avi@redhat.com,
johannes@sipsolutions.net, andi@firstfloor.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/43] stop_machine: reimplement without using workqueue
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:36:25 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B8BED09.7000904@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100301153750.GA11090@redhat.com>
Hello,
On 03/02/2010 12:37 AM, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>> Hmmm... I'm probably missing something but I don't see how
>> stop_machine_cpu_callback(CPU_POST_DEAD) depends on stop_cpu() thread
>> already parked in schedule(). Can you elaborate a bit?
>
> Suppose that, when stop_machine_cpu_callback(CPU_POST_DEAD) is called,
> that stop_cpu() thread T is still running and it is going to check state
> before schedule().
>
> CPU_POST_DEAD is called after cpu_hotplug_done(), another CPU can do
> stop_machine() and set STOPMACHINE_PREPARE.
>
> If T sees state == STOPMACHINE_PREPARE it will join the game, but it
> wasn't counted in thread_ack counter, it is not cpu-bound, etc.
Oh, I see. I was thinking get/put_online_cpus() block is exclusive
against cpu_maps_update_begin/done() instead of
cpu_hotplug_begin/done(). Will update and add comments.
Thanks.
--
tejun
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-01 16:28 UTC|newest]
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2010-02-26 12:22 [PATCHSET] workqueue: concurrency managed workqueue, take#4 Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 01/43] sched: consult online mask instead of active in select_fallback_rq() Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 02/43] sched: rename preempt_notifiers to sched_notifiers and refactor implementation Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 03/43] sched: refactor try_to_wake_up() Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 04/43] sched: implement __set_cpus_allowed() Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 05/43] sched: make sched_notifiers unconditional Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 06/43] sched: add wakeup/sleep sched_notifiers and allow NULL notifier ops Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 07/43] sched: implement try_to_wake_up_local() Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 12:33 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 14:22 ` Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 08/43] workqueue: change cancel_work_sync() to clear work->data Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 09/43] acpi: use queue_work_on() instead of binding workqueue worker to cpu0 Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 10/43] stop_machine: reimplement without using workqueue Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 14:11 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 15:07 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-01 15:37 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 16:36 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-03-01 16:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 18:02 ` Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 14:34 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 15:11 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-01 15:41 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 11/43] workqueue: misc/cosmetic updates Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 12/43] workqueue: merge feature parameters into flags Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 13/43] workqueue: define masks for work flags and conditionalize STATIC flags Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 14/43] workqueue: separate out process_one_work() Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 15/43] workqueue: temporarily disable workqueue tracing Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 16/43] workqueue: kill cpu_populated_map Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 16:00 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 15:32 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-01 15:50 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 16:19 ` Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 17/43] workqueue: update cwq alignement Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 17:12 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 16:40 ` Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 18/43] workqueue: reimplement workqueue flushing using color coded works Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 20:31 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 17:33 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-01 19:47 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 19/43] workqueue: introduce worker Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 20/43] workqueue: reimplement work flushing using linked works Tejun Heo
2010-03-01 14:53 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-03-01 18:00 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-01 18:51 ` Oleg Nesterov
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 21/43] workqueue: implement per-cwq active work limit Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:22 ` [PATCH 22/43] workqueue: reimplement workqueue freeze using max_active Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 23/43] workqueue: introduce global cwq and unify cwq locks Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 24/43] workqueue: implement worker states Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 25/43] workqueue: reimplement CPU hotplugging support using trustee Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 26/43] workqueue: make single thread workqueue shared worker pool friendly Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 27/43] workqueue: add find_worker_executing_work() and track current_cwq Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 28/43] workqueue: carry cpu number in work data once execution starts Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 7:08 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 29/43] workqueue: implement WQ_NON_REENTRANT Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 30/43] workqueue: use shared worklist and pool all workers per cpu Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 31/43] workqueue: implement concurrency managed dynamic worker pool Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 32/43] workqueue: increase max_active of keventd and kill current_is_keventd() Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 33/43] workqueue: add system_wq, system_long_wq and system_nrt_wq Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 34/43] workqueue: implement DEBUGFS/workqueue Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 7:13 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 35/43] workqueue: implement several utility APIs Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 7:15 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 36/43] libata: take advantage of cmwq and remove concurrency limitations Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 37/43] async: use workqueue for worker pool Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 38/43] fscache: convert object to use workqueue instead of slow-work Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 39/43] fscache: convert operation " Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 40/43] fscache: drop references to slow-work Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 41/43] cifs: use workqueue instead of slow-work Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 7:09 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 42/43] gfs2: " Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 7:10 ` [PATCH UPDATED " Tejun Heo
2010-02-26 12:23 ` [PATCH 43/43] slow-work: kill it Tejun Heo
2010-02-27 22:52 ` [PATCH] workqueue: Fix build on PowerPC Anton Blanchard
2010-02-28 6:08 ` Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 1:00 ` [PATCH] workqueue: Fix a compile warning in work_busy Anton Blanchard
2010-02-28 6:18 ` Tejun Heo
2010-02-28 1:11 ` [PATCHSET] workqueue: concurrency managed workqueue, take#4 Anton Blanchard
2010-02-28 6:32 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-10 14:52 ` David Howells
2010-03-12 5:03 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-12 11:23 ` David Howells
2010-03-12 22:55 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-16 14:38 ` David Howells
2010-03-16 16:03 ` Tejun Heo
2010-03-16 17:18 ` David Howells
2010-04-25 8:09 ` [PATCHSET UPDATED] " Tejun Heo
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