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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/5] kernel/watchdog_hld: clarify the condition in hardlockup_detector_event_create()
    On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 03:45:06PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
    > On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 11:51:00AM +0800, Pingfan Liu wrote:
    > > hardlockup_detector_event_create() indirectly calls
    > > kmem_cache_alloc_node(), which is blockable.
    > >
    > > So here, the really planned context is is_percpu_thread().
    > >
    > > Signed-off-by: Pingfan Liu <kernelfans@gmail.com>
    > > Cc: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
    > > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    > > Cc: Wang Qing <wangqing@vivo.com>
    > > Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org>
    > > Cc: Santosh Sivaraj <santosh@fossix.org>
    > > Cc: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
    > > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
    > > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
    > > To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    > > ---
    > > kernel/watchdog_hld.c | 5 ++++-
    > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
    > >
    > > diff --git a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
    > > index 247bf0b1582c..6876e796dbf5 100644
    > > --- a/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
    > > +++ b/kernel/watchdog_hld.c
    > > @@ -165,10 +165,13 @@ static void watchdog_overflow_callback(struct perf_event *event,
    > >
    > > static int hardlockup_detector_event_create(void)
    > > {
    > > - unsigned int cpu = smp_processor_id();
    > > + unsigned int cpu;
    > > struct perf_event_attr *wd_attr;
    > > struct perf_event *evt;
    > >
    > > + /* This function plans to execute in cpu bound kthread */
    > > + BUG_ON(!is_percpu_thread());
    > > + cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
    > > wd_attr = &wd_hw_attr;
    > > wd_attr->sample_period = hw_nmi_get_sample_period(watchdog_thresh);
    >
    > This patch makes no sense.

    This patch aims to disable any attempt such as using get_cpu()/put_cpu() to
    shut up the check_preemption_disabled().

    But if anybody is familiar with the integration of watchdog_hld and
    cpuhp, he should know the right way without this BUG_ON() or warn.

    Do you still think it is pointless?


    Thanks,

    Pingfan

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