On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 09:23:25PM +0530, Kohli, Gaurav wrote: > On 4/26/2018 2:27 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 10:41:31AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c > > > index cd50e99202b0..4b6503c6a029 100644 > > > --- a/kernel/kthread.c > > > +++ b/kernel/kthread.c > > > @@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ void *kthread_probe_data(struct task_struct *task) > > > static void __kthread_parkme(struct kthread *self) > > > { > > > - __set_current_state(TASK_PARKED); > > > - while (test_bit(KTHREAD_SHOULD_PARK, &self->flags)) { > > > + for (;;) { > > > + __set_task_state(TASK_PARKED); > > set_current_state(TASK_PARKED); > > > > of course.. > > Hi Peter, > > Maybe i am missing something , but still that race can come as we don't put task_parked on special state. > > Controller Hotplug > > Loop > > Task_Interruptible > > Set SHOULD_PARK > > wakeup -> Proceeds > > Set Running > > kthread_parkme > > SET TASK_PARKED > > schedule > > Set TASK_RUNNING > > Can you please correct ME, if I misunderstood this. If that could happen, all wait-loops would be broken. However, AFAICT that cannot happen, because ttwu_remote() and schedule() serialize on rq->lock. See: A B for (;;) { set_current_state(UNINTERRUPTIBLE); cond1 = true; wake_up_process(A) lock(A->pi_lock) smp_mb__after_spinlock() if (A->state & TASK_NORMAL) A->on_rq && ttwu_remote() if (cond1) // true break; schedule(); } __set_current_state(RUNNING); for (;;) { set_current_state(UNINTERRUPTIBLE); if (cond2) break; schedule(); lock(rq->lock) smp_mb__after_spinlock(); deactivate_task(A); <sched-out> unlock(rq->lock); rq = __task_rq_lock(A) if (A->on_rq) // false A->state = TASK_RUNNING; __task_rq_unlock(rq) Either A's schedule() must observe RUNNING (not shown) or B must observe !A->on_rq (shown) and not issue the store. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html