Re: [PATCH v3] Do not change worker's running cpu in cmci_rediscover().

[Tang Chen <tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>]

Hi Tony, Borislav,

Would you please help to review this patch ?

Thanks. ;)

On 10/29/2012 11:01 AM, Tang Chen wrote:
> cmci_rediscover() used set_cpus_allowed_ptr() to change the current process's
> running cpu, and migrate itself to the dest cpu. But worker processes are not
> allowed to be migrated. If current is a worker, the worker will be migrated to
> another cpu, but the corresponding  worker_pool is still on the original cpu.
>
> In this case, the following BUG_ON in try_to_wake_up_local() will be triggered:
> BUG_ON(rq != this_rq());
>
> This will cause the kernel panic. The call trace is like the following:
>
> [ 6155.451107] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [ 6155.452019] kernel BUG at kernel/sched/core.c:1654!
> ......
> [ 6155.452019] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff810add15>]  [<ffffffff810add15>] try_to_wake_up_local+0x115/0x130
> ......
> [ 6155.452019] Call Trace:
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8166fc14>] __schedule+0x764/0x880
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81670059>] schedule+0x29/0x70
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8166de65>] schedule_timeout+0x235/0x2d0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810db57d>] ? mark_held_locks+0x8d/0x140
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810dd463>] ? __lock_release+0x133/0x1a0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81671c50>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x50
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810db8f5>] ? trace_hardirqs_on_caller+0x105/0x190
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8166fefb>] wait_for_common+0x12b/0x180
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810b0b30>] ? try_to_wake_up+0x2f0/0x2f0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8167002d>] wait_for_completion+0x1d/0x20
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8110008a>] stop_one_cpu+0x8a/0xc0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810abd40>] ? __migrate_task+0x1a0/0x1a0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810a6ab8>] ? complete+0x28/0x60
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810b0fd8>] set_cpus_allowed_ptr+0x128/0x130
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81036785>] cmci_rediscover+0xf5/0x140
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff816643c0>] mce_cpu_callback+0x18d/0x19d
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81676187>] notifier_call_chain+0x67/0x150
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810a03de>] __raw_notifier_call_chain+0xe/0x10
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81070470>] __cpu_notify+0x20/0x40
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810704a5>] cpu_notify_nofail+0x15/0x30
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81655182>] _cpu_down+0x262/0x2e0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81655236>] cpu_down+0x36/0x50
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813d3eaa>] acpi_processor_remove+0x50/0x11e
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813a6978>] acpi_device_remove+0x90/0xb2
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8143cbec>] __device_release_driver+0x7c/0xf0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8143cd6f>] device_release_driver+0x2f/0x50
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813a7870>] acpi_bus_remove+0x32/0x6d
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813a7932>] acpi_bus_trim+0x87/0xee
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813a7a21>] acpi_bus_hot_remove_device+0x88/0x16b
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813a33ee>] acpi_os_execute_deferred+0x27/0x34
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81090589>] process_one_work+0x219/0x680
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81090528>] ? process_one_work+0x1b8/0x680
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff813a33c7>] ? acpi_os_wait_events_complete+0x23/0x23
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810923be>] worker_thread+0x12e/0x320
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81092290>] ? manage_workers+0x110/0x110
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81098396>] kthread+0xc6/0xd0
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8167c4c4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff81671f30>] ? retint_restore_args+0x13/0x13
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff810982d0>] ? __init_kthread_worker+0x70/0x70
> [ 6155.452019]  [<ffffffff8167c4c0>] ? gs_change+0x13/0x13
>
> This patch removes the set_cpus_allowed_ptr() call, and put the cmci rediscover
> jobs onto all the other cpus using system_wq. This could bring some delay for
> the jobs.
>
> Change log v1 ->  v2:
> 1) removed patch1, when an online cpu == dying, just continue;
> 2) rebased on the lastest kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tang Chen<tangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Miao Xie<miaox@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c |   31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
> index 5f88abf..4f9a3cb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_intel.c
> @@ -285,34 +285,39 @@ void cmci_clear(void)
>   	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cmci_discover_lock, flags);
>   }
>
> +static long cmci_rediscover_work_func(void *arg)
> +{
> +	int banks;
> +
> +	/* Recheck banks in case CPUs don't all have the same */
> +	if (cmci_supported(&banks))
> +		cmci_discover(banks);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * After a CPU went down cycle through all the others and rediscover
>    * Must run in process context.
>    */
>   void cmci_rediscover(int dying)
>   {
> -	int banks;
> -	int cpu;
> -	cpumask_var_t old;
> +	int cpu, banks;
>
>   	if (!cmci_supported(&banks))
>   		return;
> -	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&old, GFP_KERNEL))
> -		return;
> -	cpumask_copy(old,&current->cpus_allowed);
>
>   	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
>   		if (cpu == dying)
>   			continue;
> -		if (set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu)))
> +
> +		if (cpu == smp_processor_id()) {
> +			cmci_rediscover_work_func(NULL);
>   			continue;
> -		/* Recheck banks in case CPUs don't all have the same */
> -		if (cmci_supported(&banks))
> -			cmci_discover(banks);
> -	}
> +		}
>
> -	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, old);
> -	free_cpumask_var(old);
> +		work_on_cpu(cpu, cmci_rediscover_work_func, NULL);
> +	}
>   }
>
>   /*