The patch titled
wait_task_inactive(): don't consider task->nivcsw
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
wait_task_inactive-dont-consider-task-nivcsw.patch
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Subject: wait_task_inactive(): don't consider task->nivcsw
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
If wait_task_inactive() returns success the task was deactivated. In that
case schedule() always increments ->nvcsw which alone can be used as a
"generation counter".
If the next call returns the same number, we can be sure that the task was
unscheduled. Otherwise, because we know that .on_rq == 0 again, ->nvcsw
should have been changed in between.
Q: perhaps it is better to do "ncsw = (p->nvcsw << 1) | 1" ? This
decreases the possibility of "was it unscheduled" false positive when
->nvcsw == 0.
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched.c | 7 ++-----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff -puN kernel/sched.c~wait_task_inactive-dont-consider-task-nivcsw kernel/sched.c
--- a/kernel/sched.c~wait_task_inactive-dont-consider-task-nivcsw
+++ a/kernel/sched.c
@@ -1922,11 +1922,8 @@ unsigned long wait_task_inactive(struct
running = task_running(rq, p);
on_rq = p->se.on_rq;
ncsw = 0;
- if (!match_state || p->state == match_state) {
- ncsw = p->nivcsw + p->nvcsw;
- if (unlikely(!ncsw))
- ncsw = 1;
- }
+ if (!match_state || p->state == match_state)
+ ncsw = p->nvcsw ?: 1;
task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from oleg@xxxxxxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
migrate_timers-add-comment-use-spinlock_irq.patch
sched-do_wait_for_common-use-signal_pending_state.patch
wait_task_inactive-dont-consider-task-nivcsw.patch
semaphore-__down_common-use-signal_pending_state.patch
posix-timers-fix-posix_timer_event-vs-dequeue_signal-race.patch
posix-timers-do_schedule_next_timer-fix-the-setting-of-si_overrun.patch
coredump-format_corename-dont-append-%pid-if-multi-threaded.patch
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