This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
sched: Split out __schedule() deactivate task logic into a helper
to the 6.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
sched-split-out-__schedule-deactivate-task-logic-int.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 6f338f38b1075ce5b946a5ae8ace08613137d522
Author: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Oct 9 16:53:39 2024 -0700
sched: Split out __schedule() deactivate task logic into a helper
[ Upstream commit 7b3d61f6578ab06f130ecc13cd2f3010a6c295bb ]
As we're going to re-use the deactivation logic,
split it into a helper.
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Metin Kaya <metin.kaya@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Qais Yousef <qyousef@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Metin Kaya <metin.kaya@xxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241009235352.1614323-7-jstultz@xxxxxxxxxx
Stable-dep-of: 7d9da040575b ("psi: Fix race when task wakes up before psi_sched_switch() adjusts flags")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index d07dc87787dff..d794d9bb429fd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6507,6 +6507,45 @@ pick_next_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev, struct rq_flags *rf)
#define SM_PREEMPT 1
#define SM_RTLOCK_WAIT 2
+/*
+ * Helper function for __schedule()
+ *
+ * If a task does not have signals pending, deactivate it
+ * Otherwise marks the task's __state as RUNNING
+ */
+static bool try_to_block_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
+ unsigned long task_state)
+{
+ int flags = DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK;
+
+ if (signal_pending_state(task_state, p)) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(p->__state, TASK_RUNNING);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ p->sched_contributes_to_load =
+ (task_state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) &&
+ !(task_state & TASK_NOLOAD) &&
+ !(task_state & TASK_FROZEN);
+
+ if (unlikely(is_special_task_state(task_state)))
+ flags |= DEQUEUE_SPECIAL;
+
+ /*
+ * __schedule() ttwu()
+ * prev_state = prev->state; if (p->on_rq && ...)
+ * if (prev_state) goto out;
+ * p->on_rq = 0; smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
+ * p->state = TASK_WAKING
+ *
+ * Where __schedule() and ttwu() have matching control dependencies.
+ *
+ * After this, schedule() must not care about p->state any more.
+ */
+ block_task(rq, p, flags);
+ return true;
+}
+
/*
* __schedule() is the main scheduler function.
*
@@ -6615,33 +6654,7 @@ static void __sched notrace __schedule(int sched_mode)
goto picked;
}
} else if (!preempt && prev_state) {
- if (signal_pending_state(prev_state, prev)) {
- WRITE_ONCE(prev->__state, TASK_RUNNING);
- } else {
- int flags = DEQUEUE_NOCLOCK;
-
- prev->sched_contributes_to_load =
- (prev_state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) &&
- !(prev_state & TASK_NOLOAD) &&
- !(prev_state & TASK_FROZEN);
-
- if (unlikely(is_special_task_state(prev_state)))
- flags |= DEQUEUE_SPECIAL;
-
- /*
- * __schedule() ttwu()
- * prev_state = prev->state; if (p->on_rq && ...)
- * if (prev_state) goto out;
- * p->on_rq = 0; smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep();
- * p->state = TASK_WAKING
- *
- * Where __schedule() and ttwu() have matching control dependencies.
- *
- * After this, schedule() must not care about p->state any more.
- */
- block_task(rq, prev, flags);
- block = true;
- }
+ block = try_to_block_task(rq, prev, prev_state);
switch_count = &prev->nvcsw;
}
