On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 01:51:01PM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > -> #3 (&base->lock){-.-.}: > > __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline] > > _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x99/0xd0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:152 > > lock_timer_base+0xbb/0x2b0 kernel/time/timer.c:937 > > __mod_timer kernel/time/timer.c:1009 [inline] > > mod_timer kernel/time/timer.c:1101 [inline] > > add_timer+0x895/0x1490 kernel/time/timer.c:1137 > > __queue_delayed_work+0x249/0x380 kernel/workqueue.c:1533 > > queue_delayed_work_on+0x1a2/0x1f0 kernel/workqueue.c:1558 > > queue_delayed_work include/linux/workqueue.h:527 [inline] > > schedule_delayed_work include/linux/workqueue.h:628 [inline] > > psi_group_change kernel/sched/psi.c:485 [inline] > > psi_task_change+0x3f1/0x5f0 kernel/sched/psi.c:534 > > psi_enqueue kernel/sched/stats.h:82 [inline] > > enqueue_task kernel/sched/core.c:727 [inline] > > activate_task+0x21a/0x430 kernel/sched/core.c:751 > > wake_up_new_task+0x527/0xd20 kernel/sched/core.c:2423 > > _do_fork+0x33b/0x11d0 kernel/fork.c:2247 > > kernel_thread+0x34/0x40 kernel/fork.c:2281 > > rest_init+0x28/0x372 init/main.c:409 > > arch_call_rest_init+0xe/0x1b > > start_kernel+0x873/0x8ae init/main.c:741 > > x86_64_start_reservations+0x29/0x2b arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:470 > > x86_64_start_kernel+0x76/0x79 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:451 > > secondary_startup_64+0xa4/0xb0 arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S:243 That thing is fairly new; I don't think we used to have this dependency prior to PSI. Johannes, can we move that mod_timer out from under rq->lock? At worst we can use an irq_work to self-ipi.