Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Jun 2020 11:46:22 -0700 | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/6] sched: TTWU, IPI, and assorted stuff |
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 03:44:23PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 07:17:21PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 07:04:10PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > [19324.795303] ------------[ cut here ]------------ > > > [19324.795304] WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 76 at kernel/smp.c:138 __smp_call_single_queue+0x40/0x50 > > > [19324.795305] Modules linked in: > > > [19324.795306] CPU: 10 PID: 76 Comm: ksoftirqd/10 Not tainted 5.8.0-rc1+ #8 > > > [19324.795307] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.12.0-1 04/01/2014 > > > [19324.795307] RIP: 0010:__smp_call_single_queue+0x40/0x50 > > > [19324.795308] Code: c2 40 91 02 00 4c 89 e6 4c 89 e7 48 03 14 c5 e0 56 2d b4 e8 b2 3a 2f 00 84 c0 75 04 5d 41 5c c3 89 ef 5d 41 5c e9 40 af f9 ff <0f> 0b eb cd 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 41 54 49 89 f4 55 > > > [19324.795309] RSP: 0000:ffffb3cb4030bd18 EFLAGS: 00010046 > > > [19324.795310] RAX: 000000000000000a RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00000000ffffffff > > > [19324.795310] RDX: 00000000000090aa RSI: ffffffffb420bc3f RDI: ffffffffb4232e3e > > > [19324.795311] RBP: 000000000000000a R08: 00001193646cd91c R09: ffff93c1df49c008 > > > [19324.795312] R10: ffffb3cb4030bdf8 R11: 000000000000032e R12: ffff93c1dbed5b30 > > > [19324.795312] R13: ffff93c1df4a8340 R14: 000000000000000a R15: ffff93c1df2e8340 > > > [19324.795313] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff93c1df480000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 > > > [19324.795313] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 > > > [19324.795314] CR2: 00000000ffffffff CR3: 000000001e40a000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 > > > [19324.795315] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 > > > [19324.795315] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 > > > [19324.795316] Call Trace: > > > [19324.795316] ttwu_queue_wakelist+0xa4/0xc0 > > > [19324.795316] try_to_wake_up+0x432/0x530 > > > > This is indeed WF_ON_CPU... it had to be, but how ?! > > So my latest theory is that we have a memory ordering problem. It would > fully explain the thing, but it would also render my patch #1 > insufficient. > > If we suppose the: task_cpu(p) load at the beginning of try_to_wake_up() > returns an old value, and this old value happens to be this_cpu. Further > assume that the p->on_cpu load accurately returns 1, it really is still > running, just not here. > > Then, when we issue a local wakeup, we can crash in exactly the observed > manner because p->se.cfs_rq != rq->cfs_rq, because p's cfs_rq is from > the wrong CPU, therefore we'll iterate into the non-existant parents and > NULL deref. > > The scenario is somewhat elaborate: > > > X->cpu = 1 > rq(1)->curr = X > > > CPU0 CPU1 CPU2 > > // switch away from X > LOCK rq(1)->lock > smp_mb__after_spinlock > dequeue_task(X) > X->on_rq = 9 > switch_to(Z) > X->on_cpu = 0 > UNLOCK rq(1)->lock > > > // migrate X to cpu 0 > LOCK rq(1)->lock > dequeue_task(X) > set_task_cpu(X, 0) > X->cpu = 0 > UNLOCK rq(1)->lock > > LOCK rq(0)->lock > enqueue_task(X) > X->on_rq = 1 > UNLOCK rq(0)->lock > > // switch to X > LOCK rq(0)->lock > smp_mb__after_spinlock > switch_to(X) > X->on_cpu = 1 > UNLOCK rq(0)->lock > > // X goes sleep > X->state = TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE > smp_mb(); // wake X > ttwu() > LOCK X->pi_lock > smp_mb__after_spinlock > > if (p->state) > > cpu = X->cpu; // =? 1 > > smp_rmb() > > // X calls schedule() > LOCK rq(0)->lock > smp_mb__after_spinlock > dequeue_task(X) > X->on_rq = 0 > > if (p->on_rq) > > smp_rmb(); > > if (p->on_cpu && ttwu_queue_wakelist(..)) [*] > > smp_cond_load_acquire(&p->on_cpu, !VAL) > > cpu = select_task_rq(X, X->wake_cpu, ...) > if (X->cpu != cpu) > switch_to(Y) > X->on_cpu = 0 > UNLOCK rq(0)->lock > > > Furthermore, without the fancy new path [*] we would have hit > smp_cond_load_acquire(), and if we _really_ would have had ->on_cpu==1 > and cpu==this_cpu there, that'd have been a deadlock, but no such > deadlocks have ever been observed. > > Also, note how the rest of the code never actually uses the @cpu value > loaded earlier, all that is re-loaded after the load_aquire of > X->on_cpu. > > I'm having trouble convincing myself that's actually possible on > x86_64 -- after all, every LOCK implies an smp_mb there, so if ttwu > observes ->state != RUNNING, it must also observe ->cpu != 1. > > Most of the previous ttwu() races were found on very large PowerPC > machines which are far more 'interesting'. I suppose I should go write > me litmus tests... > > Anyway, IFF any of this holds true; then I suppose a patch like the below > ought to cure things. > > If not, I'm, once again, defeated by this...
700 hours of TREE03 with no drama whatsoever, so it does appear that defeat has finally been deterred! ;-)
Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> --- > kernel/sched/core.c | 9 +++++++-- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c > index 8298b2c240ce..5534eb1ab79a 100644 > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c > @@ -2378,6 +2378,9 @@ static inline bool ttwu_queue_cond(int cpu, int wake_flags) > static bool ttwu_queue_wakelist(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int wake_flags) > { > if (sched_feat(TTWU_QUEUE) && ttwu_queue_cond(cpu, wake_flags)) { > + if (WARN_ON(cpu == smp_processor_id())) > + return false; > + > sched_clock_cpu(cpu); /* Sync clocks across CPUs */ > __ttwu_queue_wakelist(p, cpu, wake_flags); > return true; > @@ -2550,7 +2553,6 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags) > > /* We're going to change ->state: */ > success = 1; > - cpu = task_cpu(p); > > /* > * Ensure we load p->on_rq _after_ p->state, otherwise it would > @@ -2615,7 +2617,8 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags) > * let the waker make forward progress. This is safe because IRQs are > * disabled and the IPI will deliver after on_cpu is cleared. > */ > - if (READ_ONCE(p->on_cpu) && ttwu_queue_wakelist(p, cpu, wake_flags | WF_ON_RQ)) > + if (smp_load_acquire(&p->on_cpu) && > + ttwu_queue_wakelist(p, task_cpu(p), wake_flags | WF_ON_RQ)) > goto unlock; > > /* > @@ -2635,6 +2638,8 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags) > psi_ttwu_dequeue(p); > set_task_cpu(p, cpu); > } > +#else > + cpu = task_cpu(p); > #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */ > > ttwu_queue(p, cpu, wake_flags); >
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