Till now, we weren't migrating a running timer because with migration
del_timer_sync() can't detect that the timer's handler yet has not finished.
Now, when can we actually to reach to the code (inside __mod_timer()) where
base->running_timer == timer ? i.e. We are trying to migrate current timer
I can see only following case:
- Timer re-armed itself. i.e. Currently we are running interrupt handler of a
timer and it rearmed itself from there. At this time user might have called
del_timer_sync() or not. If not, then there is no harm in re-arming the timer?
Now, when somebody tries to delete a timer, obviously he doesn't want to run it
any more for now. So, why should we ever re-arm a timer, which is scheduled for
deletion?
This patch tries to fix "migration of running timer", assuming above theory is
correct :)
So, now when we get a call to del_timer_sync(), we will mark it scheduled for
deletion in an additional variable. This would be checked whenever we try to
modify/arm it again. If it was currently scheduled for deletion, we must not
modify/arm it.
And so, whenever we reach to the situation where:
base->running_timer == timer
We are sure, nobody is waiting in del_timer_sync().
We will clear this flag as soon as the timer is deleted, so that it can be
started again after deleting it successfully.
Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/timer.h | 2 ++
kernel/timer.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index 8c5a197..6aa720f 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct timer_list {
unsigned long data;
int slack;
+ int sched_del;
#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
int start_pid;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ extern struct tvec_base boot_tvec_bases;
.data = (_data), \
.base = (void *)((unsigned long)&boot_tvec_bases + (_flags)), \
.slack = -1, \
+ .sched_del = 0, \
__TIMER_LOCKDEP_MAP_INITIALIZER( \
__FILE__ ":" __stringify(__LINE__)) \
}
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 1170ece..14e1f76 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ static void do_init_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned int flags,
timer->entry.next = NULL;
timer->base = (void *)((unsigned long)base | flags);
timer->slack = -1;
+ timer->sched_del = 0;
#ifdef CONFIG_TIMER_STATS
timer->start_site = NULL;
timer->start_pid = -1;
@@ -729,6 +730,12 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
+ if (timer->sched_del) {
+ /* Don't schedule it again, as it is getting deleted */
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+
ret = detach_if_pending(timer, base, false);
if (!ret && pending_only)
goto out_unlock;
@@ -746,21 +753,12 @@ __mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires,
new_base = per_cpu(tvec_bases, cpu);
if (base != new_base) {
- /*
- * We are trying to schedule the timer on the local CPU.
- * However we can't change timer's base while it is running,
- * otherwise del_timer_sync() can't detect that the timer's
- * handler yet has not finished. This also guarantees that
- * the timer is serialized wrt itself.
- */
- if (likely(base->running_timer != timer)) {
- /* See the comment in lock_timer_base() */
- timer_set_base(timer, NULL);
- spin_unlock(&base->lock);
- base = new_base;
- spin_lock(&base->lock);
- timer_set_base(timer, base);
- }
+ /* See the comment in lock_timer_base() */
+ timer_set_base(timer, NULL);
+ spin_unlock(&base->lock);
+ base = new_base;
+ spin_lock(&base->lock);
+ timer_set_base(timer, base);
}
timer->expires = expires;
@@ -1039,9 +1037,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_del_timer_sync);
*/
int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
{
-#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+ struct tvec_base *base;
unsigned long flags;
+#ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
+
/*
* If lockdep gives a backtrace here, please reference
* the synchronization rules above.
@@ -1051,6 +1051,12 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
lock_map_release(&timer->lockdep_map);
local_irq_restore(flags);
#endif
+
+ /* Timer is scheduled for deletion, don't let it re-arm itself */
+ base = lock_timer_base(timer, &flags);
+ timer->sched_del = 1;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&base->lock, flags);
+
/*
* don't use it in hardirq context, because it
* could lead to deadlock.
@@ -1058,8 +1064,10 @@ int del_timer_sync(struct timer_list *timer)
WARN_ON(in_irq() && !tbase_get_irqsafe(timer->base));
for (;;) {
int ret = try_to_del_timer_sync(timer);
- if (ret >= 0)
+ if (ret >= 0) {
+ timer->sched_del = 0;
return ret;
+ }
cpu_relax();
}
}
--
1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e
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