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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] locking/rtmutex: Avoid PI state recursion through sched_submit_work()
On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 01:01:21PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Hi!
>
> This is basically the 'same' patches as send earlier by Sebastian here:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230427111937.2745231-1-bigeasy@linutronix.de
>
> I spend a number of days trying to invert rtmutex, only to make a giant mess of
> things and finally conceded that this is the least horrible approach.
>
> There's a bunch of naming differences and I added some asserts that should
> hopefully avoid things from going sideways without notice. I've also updated
> the changelogs to high-light the actual problem. The whole pi_blocked_on
> 'corruption' is a mere consequence of the more fundamental problem that the
> whole PI state recurses.
>
> I've not tested this with the rest of the RT patches stuck on, so very limited
> actual testing happened.
>
> If anybody could please confirm stuff still works as advertised, I'll go queue
> this mess and we can hopefully forget all about it.
>

N/m - 0day found a problem. Futex-PI trips the rt_mutex_schedule()
assertion for not passing through rt_mutex_pre_schedule().

I'll go try and untangle that...

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