On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:42:32 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> wrote:

> Some of the boot code in init_kernel_freeable() which runs before SMP
> bringup assumes (rightfully) that it runs on the boot cpu and therefor can
> use smp_processor_id() in preemptible context.
> 
> That works so far because the smp_processor_id() check starts to be
> effective after smp bringup. That's just wrong. Starting with SMP bringup
> and the ability to move threads around, smp_processor_id() in preemptible
> context is broken.
> 
> Aside of that it does not make sense to allow init to run on all cpus
> before sched_smp_init() has been run.
> 
> Pin the init to the boot cpu so the existing code can continue to use
> smp_processor_id() without triggering the checks when the enabling of those
> checks starts earlier.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> ---
>  init/main.c |   17 ++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ static __initdata DECLARE_COMPLETION(kth
>  
>  static noinline void __ref rest_init(void)
>  {
> +     struct task_struct *tsk;
>       int pid;
>  
>       rcu_scheduler_starting();
> @@ -397,7 +398,17 @@ static noinline void __ref rest_init(voi
>        * the init task will end up wanting to create kthreads, which, if
>        * we schedule it before we create kthreadd, will OOPS.
>        */
> -     kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS);
> +     pid = kernel_thread(kernel_init, NULL, CLONE_FS);
> +     /*
> +      * Pin init on the boot cpu. Task migration is not properly working
> +      * until sched_init_smp() has been run. It will set the allowed
> +      * cpus for init to the non isolated cpus.
> +      */
> +     rcu_read_lock();
> +     tsk = find_task_by_pid_ns(pid, &init_pid_ns);

Should we have a:

        BUG_ON(!tsk);

Just to be paranoid?

-- Steve

> +     set_cpus_allowed_ptr(tsk, cpumask_of(smp_processor_id()));
> +     rcu_read_unlock();
> +
>       numa_default_policy();
>       pid = kernel_thread(kthreadd, NULL, CLONE_FS | CLONE_FILES);
>       rcu_read_lock();
> @@ -1015,10 +1026,6 @@ static noinline void __init kernel_init_
>        * init can allocate pages on any node
>        */
>       set_mems_allowed(node_states[N_MEMORY]);
> -     /*
> -      * init can run on any cpu.
> -      */
> -     set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpu_all_mask);
>  
>       cad_pid = task_pid(current);
>  
> 

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