----- On Jun 2, 2021, at 9:12 AM, Peter Zijlstra peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Change the type and name of task_struct::state. Drop the volatile and > shrink it to an 'unsigned int'. Rename it in order to find all uses > such that we can use READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE as appropriate. > [...] > > --- a/block/blk-mq.c > +++ b/block/blk-mq.c [...] > @@ -1559,7 +1560,8 @@ static int fill_psinfo(struct elf_prpsin > psinfo->pr_pgrp = task_pgrp_vnr(p); > psinfo->pr_sid = task_session_vnr(p); > > - i = p->state ? ffz(~p->state) + 1 : 0; > + state = READ_ONCE(p->__state); > + i = state ? ffz(~state) + 1 : 0; > psinfo->pr_state = i; > psinfo->pr_sname = (i > 5) ? '.' : "RSDTZW"[i]; > psinfo->pr_zomb = psinfo->pr_sname == 'Z'; [...] > --- a/include/linux/sched.h > +++ b/include/linux/sched.h > @@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ struct task_group; > __TASK_TRACED | EXIT_DEAD | EXIT_ZOMBIE | \ > TASK_PARKED) > > -#define task_is_running(task) (READ_ONCE((task)->state) == TASK_RUNNING) > +#define task_is_running(task) (READ_ONCE((task)->__state) == TASK_RUNNING) > > -#define task_is_traced(task) ((task->state & __TASK_TRACED) != 0) > +#define task_is_traced(task) ((READ_ONCE(task->__state) & __TASK_TRACED) != 0) > > -#define task_is_stopped(task) ((task->state & __TASK_STOPPED) != 0) > +#define task_is_stopped(task) ((READ_ONCE(task->__state) & __TASK_STOPPED) != > 0) > > -#define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) ((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | > __TASK_TRACED)) != 0) > +#define task_is_stopped_or_traced(task) ((READ_ONCE(task->__state) & > (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0) > > #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP > > @@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ struct task_group; > do { \ > WARN_ON_ONCE(is_special_task_state(state_value));\ > current->task_state_change = _THIS_IP_; \ > - current->state = (state_value); \ > + WRITE_ONCE(current->__state, (state_value)); \ > } while (0) Why not introduce set_task_state(p) and get_task_state(p) rather than sprinkle READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() all over the kernel ? Thanks, Mathieu -- Mathieu Desnoyers EfficiOS Inc. http://www.efficios.com