On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 09:43:52AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> I'm not seeing what prevents pull_task() from yanking a task out from
> under __sched_setscheduler().  A box sprinkling smoldering 3.0 kernel
> wreckage all over my bugzilla mbox isn't seeing it either ;-)

Say, how easy can that thing be reproduced?

The below is compile tested only, but it might just work if I didn't
miss anything :-)


---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 4eec60757b16..28f1ddc0bef2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1000,22 +1000,6 @@ inline int task_curr(const struct task_struct *p)
        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)
-{
-       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);
-}
-
 void check_preempt_curr(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
 {
        const struct sched_class *class;
@@ -3075,12 +3059,38 @@ void rt_mutex_setprio(struct task_struct *p, int prio)
 
        p->prio = prio;
 
+       if (prev_class != p->sched_class) {
+               prev_class->switched_from(rq, p);
+               /*
+                * switched_from() is allowed to drop @rq->lock; which opens a
+                * race against load-balancing, however since @p is not
+                * currently enqueued it is invisible to the load-balancer.
+                *
+                * double check @p is still where we thought it was.
+                */
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(task_rq(p) != rq);
+       }
+
        if (running)
                p->sched_class->set_curr_task(rq);
        if (queued)
                enqueue_task(rq, p, enqueue_flag);
 
-       check_class_changed(rq, p, prev_class, oldprio);
+       /*
+        * Both switched_to() and prio_changed() are allowed to drop @rq->lock;
+        * which opens a race against load-balancing, and since @p is now
+        * enqueued it can indeed be subject to this.
+        *
+        * This means that any balancing done by these functions must double
+        * check a task's rq.
+        */
+       if (prev_class != p->sched_class)
+               p->sched_class->switched_to(rq, p);
+       else if (oldprio != p->prio || dl_task(p))
+               p->sched_class->prio_changed(rq, p, oldprio);
+       /*
+        * It further means we should not rely on @p's rq from here on.
+        */
 out_unlock:
        __task_rq_unlock(rq);
 }
@@ -3420,7 +3430,7 @@ static bool dl_param_changed(struct task_struct *p,
 
 static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
                                const struct sched_attr *attr,
-                               bool user)
+                               bool user, bool pi)
 {
        int newprio = dl_policy(attr->sched_policy) ? MAX_DL_PRIO - 1 :
                      MAX_RT_PRIO - 1 - attr->sched_priority;
@@ -3606,18 +3616,20 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
        p->sched_reset_on_fork = reset_on_fork;
        oldprio = p->prio;
 
-       /*
-        * Take priority boosted tasks into account. If the new
-        * effective priority is unchanged, we just store the new
-        * normal parameters and do not touch the scheduler class and
-        * the runqueue. This will be done when the task deboost
-        * itself.
-        */
-       new_effective_prio = rt_mutex_get_effective_prio(p, newprio);
-       if (new_effective_prio == oldprio) {
-               __setscheduler_params(p, attr);
-               task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags);
-               return 0;
+       if (pi) {
+               /*
+                * Take priority boosted tasks into account. If the new
+                * effective priority is unchanged, we just store the new
+                * normal parameters and do not touch the scheduler class and
+                * the runqueue. This will be done when the task deboost
+                * itself.
+                */
+               new_effective_prio = rt_mutex_get_effective_prio(p, newprio);
+               if (new_effective_prio == oldprio) {
+                       __setscheduler_params(p, attr);
+                       task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags);
+                       return 0;
+               }
        }
 
        queued = task_on_rq_queued(p);
@@ -3628,7 +3640,19 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
                put_prev_task(rq, p);
 
        prev_class = p->sched_class;
-       __setscheduler(rq, p, attr, true);
+       __setscheduler(rq, p, attr, pi);
+
+       if (prev_class != p->sched_class) {
+               prev_class->switched_from(rq, p);
+               /*
+                * switched_from() is allowed to drop @rq->lock; which opens a
+                * race against load-balancing, however since @p is not
+                * currently enqueued it is invisible to the load-balancer.
+                *
+                * double check @p is still where we thought it was.
+                */
+               WARN_ON_ONCE(task_rq(p) != rq);
+       }
 
        if (running)
                p->sched_class->set_curr_task(rq);
@@ -3640,10 +3664,25 @@ static int __sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p,
                enqueue_task(rq, p, oldprio <= p->prio ? ENQUEUE_HEAD : 0);
        }
 
-       check_class_changed(rq, p, prev_class, oldprio);
+       /*
+        * Both switched_to() and prio_changed() are allowed to drop @rq->lock;
+        * which opens a race against load-balancing, and since @p is now
+        * enqueued it can indeed be subject to this.
+        *
+        * This means that any balancing done by these functions must double
+        * check a task's rq.
+        */
+       if (prev_class != p->sched_class)
+               p->sched_class->switched_to(rq, p);
+       else if (oldprio != p->prio || dl_task(p))
+               p->sched_class->prio_changed(rq, p, oldprio);
+       /*
+        * It further means we should not rely on @p's rq from here on.
+        */
        task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags);
 
-       rt_mutex_adjust_pi(p);
+       if (pi)
+               rt_mutex_adjust_pi(p);
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -3664,7 +3703,7 @@ static int _sched_setscheduler(struct task_struct *p, int 
policy,
                attr.sched_policy = policy;
        }
 
-       return __sched_setscheduler(p, &attr, check);
+       return __sched_setscheduler(p, &attr, check, true);
 }
 /**
  * sched_setscheduler - change the scheduling policy and/or RT priority of a 
thread.
@@ -3685,7 +3724,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_setscheduler);
 
 int sched_setattr(struct task_struct *p, const struct sched_attr *attr)
 {
-       return __sched_setscheduler(p, attr, true);
+       return __sched_setscheduler(p, attr, true, true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sched_setattr);
 
@@ -7346,32 +7385,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(___might_sleep);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ
-static void normalize_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
+void normalize_rt_tasks(void)
 {
-       const struct sched_class *prev_class = p->sched_class;
+       struct task_struct *g, *p;
        struct sched_attr attr = {
                .sched_policy = SCHED_NORMAL,
        };
-       int old_prio = p->prio;
-       int queued;
-
-       queued = task_on_rq_queued(p);
-       if (queued)
-               dequeue_task(rq, p, 0);
-       __setscheduler(rq, p, &attr, false);
-       if (queued) {
-               enqueue_task(rq, p, 0);
-               resched_curr(rq);
-       }
-
-       check_class_changed(rq, p, prev_class, old_prio);
-}
-
-void normalize_rt_tasks(void)
-{
-       struct task_struct *g, *p;
-       unsigned long flags;
-       struct rq *rq;
 
        read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
        for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
@@ -7398,9 +7417,7 @@ void normalize_rt_tasks(void)
                        continue;
                }
 
-               rq = task_rq_lock(p, &flags);
-               normalize_task(rq, p);
-               task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &flags);
+               __sched_setscheduler(p, &attr, false, false);
        }
        read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }
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