On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 05:40:52PM +0300, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
> +static void cancel_dl_timer(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
> +{
> +     struct hrtimer *dl_timer = &p->dl.dl_timer;
> +
> +     /* Nobody will change task's class if pi_lock is held */
> +     lockdep_assert_held(&p->pi_lock);
> +
> +     if (hrtimer_active(dl_timer)) {
> +             int ret = hrtimer_try_to_cancel(dl_timer);
> +
> +             if (unlikely(ret == -1)) {
> +                     /*
> +                      * Note, p may migrate OR new deadline tasks
> +                      * may appear in rq when we are unlocking it.
> +                      * A caller of us must be fine with that.
> +                      */
> +                     raw_spin_unlock(&rq->lock);
> +                     hrtimer_cancel(dl_timer);
> +                     raw_spin_lock(&rq->lock);
> +             }
> +     }
> +}
> +
>  static void switched_from_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>  {
> +     cancel_dl_timer(rq, p);
>  
>       __dl_clear_params(p);
>  

I added the below comments; just to make sure we all remember this...

---
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1008,6 +1008,9 @@ inline int task_curr(const struct task_s
        return cpu_curr(task_cpu(p)) == p;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Can drop rq->lock because from sched_class::switched_from() methods drop it.
+ */
 static inline void check_class_changed(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p,
                                       const struct sched_class *prev_class,
                                       int oldprio)
@@ -1015,6 +1018,7 @@ static inline void check_class_changed(s
        if (prev_class != p->sched_class) {
                if (prev_class->switched_from)
                        prev_class->switched_from(rq, p);
+               /* Possble rq->lock 'hole'.  */
                p->sched_class->switched_to(rq, p);
        } else if (oldprio != p->prio || dl_task(p))
                p->sched_class->prio_changed(rq, p, oldprio);
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -1157,6 +1157,11 @@ struct sched_class {
        void (*task_fork) (struct task_struct *p);
        void (*task_dead) (struct task_struct *p);
 
+       /*
+        * The switched_from() call is allowed to drop rq->lock, therefore we
+        * cannot assume the switched_from/switched_to pair is serliazed by
+        * rq->lock. They are however serialized by p->pi_lock.
+        */
        void (*switched_from) (struct rq *this_rq, struct task_struct *task);
        void (*switched_to) (struct rq *this_rq, struct task_struct *task);
        void (*prio_changed) (struct rq *this_rq, struct task_struct *task,
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