On Wed 2021-09-22 13:05:09, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > Instead of frobbing around with scheduler internals, use the shiny new > task_try_func() interface. > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > kernel/livepatch/transition.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------ > 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-) > > --- a/kernel/livepatch/transition.c > +++ b/kernel/livepatch/transition.c > @@ -274,6 +266,22 @@ static int klp_check_stack(struct task_s > return 0; > } > > +static int klp_check_task(struct task_struct *task, void *arg) Please, call this klp_check_and_switch_task() to make it clear that it actually does the switch. > +{ > + int ret; > + > + if (task_curr(task)) > + return -EBUSY; > + > + ret = klp_check_stack(task, arg); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + > + clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_PATCH_PENDING); > + task->patch_state = klp_target_state; > + return 0; > +} > + > /* > * Try to safely switch a task to the target patch state. If it's currently > * running, or it's sleeping on a to-be-patched or to-be-unpatched function, or > @@ -305,36 +308,23 @@ static bool klp_try_switch_task(struct t > * functions. If all goes well, switch the task to the target patch > * state. > */ > - rq = task_rq_lock(task, &flags); > - > - if (task_running(rq, task) && task != current) { > - snprintf(err_buf, STACK_ERR_BUF_SIZE, > - "%s: %s:%d is running\n", __func__, task->comm, > - task->pid); > - goto done; > + ret = task_try_func(task, klp_check_task, &old_name); > + switch (ret) { > + case -EBUSY: > + pr_debug("%s: %s:%d is running\n", > + __func__, task->comm, task->pid); > + break; > + case -EINVAL: > + pr_debug("%s: %s:%d has an unreliable stack\n", > + __func__, task->comm, task->pid); > + break; > + case -EADDRINUSE: > + pr_debug("%s: %s:%d is sleeping on function %s\n", > + __func__, task->comm, task->pid, old_name); > + break; I would prefer to be on the safe side and catch error codes that might eventually appear in the future. case 0: /* success */ break; default: pr_debug("%s: Unknown error code (%d) when trying to switch %s:%d\n", __func__, ret, task->comm, task->pid); > } > > - ret = klp_check_stack(task, err_buf); > - if (ret) > - goto done; > - > - success = true; > - > - clear_tsk_thread_flag(task, TIF_PATCH_PENDING); > - task->patch_state = klp_target_state; > - > -done: > - task_rq_unlock(rq, task, &flags); > - > - /* > - * Due to console deadlock issues, pr_debug() can't be used while > - * holding the task rq lock. Instead we have to use a temporary buffer > - * and print the debug message after releasing the lock. > - */ > - if (err_buf[0] != '\0') > - pr_debug("%s", err_buf); > - > - return success; > + return !ret; > } Otherwise, it is great improvement! Best Regards, Petr