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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/sched')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/core.c | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/sched/sched.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index e9673433c..677663167 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -2461,11 +2461,11 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev) * If a task dies, then it sets TASK_DEAD in tsk->state and calls * schedule one last time. The schedule call will never return, and * the scheduled task must drop that reference. - * The test for TASK_DEAD must occur while the runqueue locks are - * still held, otherwise prev could be scheduled on another cpu, die - * there before we look at prev->state, and then the reference would - * be dropped twice. - * Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> + * + * We must observe prev->state before clearing prev->on_cpu (in + * finish_lock_switch), otherwise a concurrent wakeup can get prev + * running on another CPU and we could rave with its RUNNING -> DEAD + * transition, resulting in a double drop. */ prev_state = prev->state; vtime_task_switch(prev); @@ -2614,13 +2614,20 @@ unsigned long nr_running(void) /* * Check if only the current task is running on the cpu. + * + * Caution: this function does not check that the caller has disabled + * preemption, thus the result might have a time-of-check-to-time-of-use + * race. The caller is responsible to use it correctly, for example: + * + * - from a non-preemptable section (of course) + * + * - from a thread that is bound to a single CPU + * + * - in a loop with very short iterations (e.g. a polling loop) */ bool single_task_running(void) { - if (cpu_rq(smp_processor_id())->nr_running == 1) - return true; - else - return false; + return raw_rq()->nr_running == 1; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(single_task_running); @@ -4492,7 +4499,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sched_yield) int __sched _cond_resched(void) { - if (should_resched()) { + if (should_resched(0)) { preempt_schedule_common(); return 1; } @@ -4510,7 +4517,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(_cond_resched); */ int __cond_resched_lock(spinlock_t *lock) { - int resched = should_resched(); + int resched = should_resched(PREEMPT_LOCK_OFFSET); int ret = 0; lockdep_assert_held(lock); @@ -4532,7 +4539,7 @@ int __sched __cond_resched_softirq(void) { BUG_ON(!in_softirq()); - if (should_resched()) { + if (should_resched(SOFTIRQ_DISABLE_OFFSET)) { local_bh_enable(); preempt_schedule_common(); local_bh_disable(); diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h index 84d48790b..08ab96b36 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h @@ -1091,9 +1091,10 @@ static inline void finish_lock_switch(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev) * After ->on_cpu is cleared, the task can be moved to a different CPU. * We must ensure this doesn't happen until the switch is completely * finished. + * + * Pairs with the control dependency and rmb in try_to_wake_up(). */ - smp_wmb(); - prev->on_cpu = 0; + smp_store_release(&prev->on_cpu, 0); #endif #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK /* this is a valid case when another task releases the spinlock */ |