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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2015-10-07 14:14:13 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-12-04 10:26:43 +0100
commitecf7d01c229d11a44609c0067889372c91fb4f36 (patch)
tree244e7e8752a7fa9a9dc8cb36cd6ce4ef04042c95 /kernel
parentb75a22531588e77aa8c2daf228c9723916ae2cd0 (diff)
sched/core: Fix an SMP ordering race in try_to_wake_up() vs. schedule()
Oleg noticed that its possible to falsely observe p->on_cpu == 0 such that we'll prematurely continue with the wakeup and effectively run p on two CPUs at the same time. Even though the overlap is very limited; the task is in the middle of being scheduled out; it could still result in corruption of the scheduler data structures. CPU0 CPU1 set_current_state(...) <preempt_schedule> context_switch(X, Y) prepare_lock_switch(Y) Y->on_cpu = 1; finish_lock_switch(X) store_release(X->on_cpu, 0); try_to_wake_up(X) LOCK(p->pi_lock); t = X->on_cpu; // 0 context_switch(Y, X) prepare_lock_switch(X) X->on_cpu = 1; finish_lock_switch(Y) store_release(Y->on_cpu, 0); </preempt_schedule> schedule(); deactivate_task(X); X->on_rq = 0; if (X->on_rq) // false if (t) while (X->on_cpu) cpu_relax(); context_switch(X, ..) finish_lock_switch(X) store_release(X->on_cpu, 0); Avoid the load of X->on_cpu being hoisted over the X->on_rq load. Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/sched/core.c19
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b64f163d512c..7063c6a07440 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1947,6 +1947,25 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/*
+ * Ensure we load p->on_cpu _after_ p->on_rq, otherwise it would be
+ * possible to, falsely, observe p->on_cpu == 0.
+ *
+ * One must be running (->on_cpu == 1) in order to remove oneself
+ * from the runqueue.
+ *
+ * [S] ->on_cpu = 1; [L] ->on_rq
+ * UNLOCK rq->lock
+ * RMB
+ * LOCK rq->lock
+ * [S] ->on_rq = 0; [L] ->on_cpu
+ *
+ * Pairs with the full barrier implied in the UNLOCK+LOCK on rq->lock
+ * from the consecutive calls to schedule(); the first switching to our
+ * task, the second putting it to sleep.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+
+ /*
* If the owning (remote) cpu is still in the middle of schedule() with
* this task as prev, wait until its done referencing the task.
*/