Re: [tip: sched/core] sched/tracing: Don't re-read p->state when emitting sched_switch event

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On 04/11/22 15:22, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 12:38:29AM +0100, Qais Yousef wrote:
> > On 03/08/22 18:51, Qais Yousef wrote:
> > > On 03/08/22 19:10, Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 06:02:40PM +0000, Qais Yousef wrote:
> > > > > +CC stable
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 03/01/22 15:24, tip-bot2 for Valentin Schneider wrote:
> > > > > > The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Commit-ID:     fa2c3254d7cfff5f7a916ab928a562d1165f17bb
> > > > > > Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/fa2c3254d7cfff5f7a916ab928a562d1165f17bb
> > > > > > Author:        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > > AuthorDate:    Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:25:19 
> > > > > > Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > CommitterDate: Tue, 01 Mar 2022 16:18:39 +01:00
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > sched/tracing: Don't re-read p->state when emitting sched_switch event
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > As of commit
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   c6e7bd7afaeb ("sched/core: Optimize ttwu() spinning on p->on_cpu")
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > the following sequence becomes possible:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 		      p->__state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
> > > > > > 		      __schedule()
> > > > > > 			deactivate_task(p);
> > > > > >   ttwu()
> > > > > >     READ !p->on_rq
> > > > > >     p->__state=TASK_WAKING
> > > > > > 			trace_sched_switch()
> > > > > > 			  __trace_sched_switch_state()
> > > > > > 			    task_state_index()
> > > > > > 			      return 0;
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > TASK_WAKING isn't in TASK_REPORT, so the task appears as TASK_RUNNING in
> > > > > > the trace event.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Prevent this by pushing the value read from __schedule() down the trace
> > > > > > event.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Reported-by: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220120162520.570782-2-valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any objection to picking this for stable? I'm interested in this one for some
> > > > > Android users but prefer if it can be taken by stable rather than backport it
> > > > > individually.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think it makes sense to pick the next one in the series too.
> > > > 
> > > > What commit does this fix in Linus's tree?
> > > 
> > > It should be this one: c6e7bd7afaeb ("sched/core: Optimize ttwu() spinning on p->on_cpu")
> > 
> > Should this be okay to be picked up by stable now? I can see AUTOSEL has picked
> > it up for v5.15+, but it impacts v5.10 too.
> 
> It does not apply to 5.10 at all, how did you test this?
> 
> {sigh}
> 
> Again, if you want this applied to any stable trees, please test that it
> works and send the properly backported patches.

Sorry. I'm picking up pieces after a colleague left and was under the
impression that 5.10 Android users already use as-is, but due to GKI just need
it formally in stable. Few things got lost in translation, I am very sorry!

Let me sort all of this out properly including the testing part for 5.15 too.

Thanks!

--
Qais Yousef



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