linux/kernel
Eric W. Biederman 0ff7b2cfba tasks, sched/core: Ensure tasks are available for a grace period after leaving the runqueue
In the ordinary case today the RCU grace period for a task_struct is
triggered when another process wait's for it's zombine and causes the
kernel to call release_task().  As the waiting task has to receive a
signal and then act upon it before this happens, typically this will
occur after the original task as been removed from the runqueue.

Unfortunaty in some cases such as self reaping tasks it can be shown
that release_task() will be called starting the grace period for
task_struct long before the task leaves the runqueue.

Therefore use put_task_struct_rcu_user() in finish_task_switch() to
guarantee that the there is a RCU lifetime after the task
leaves the runqueue.

Besides the change in the start of the RCU grace period for the
task_struct this change may cause perf_event_delayed_put and
trace_sched_process_free.  The function perf_event_delayed_put boils
down to just a WARN_ON for cases that I assume never show happen.  So
I don't see any problem with delaying it.

The function trace_sched_process_free is a trace point and thus
visible to user space.  Occassionally userspace has the strangest
dependencies so this has a miniscule chance of causing a regression.
This change only changes the timing of when the tracepoint is called.
The change in timing arguably gives userspace a more accurate picture
of what is going on.  So I don't expect there to be a regression.

In the case where a task self reaps we are pretty much guaranteed that
the RCU grace period is delayed.  So we should get quite a bit of
coverage in of this worst case for the change in a normal threaded
workload.  So I expect any issues to turn up quickly or not at all.

I have lightly tested this change and everything appears to work
fine.

Inspired-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Inspired-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@ezchip.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Kirill Tkhai <tkhai@yandex.ru>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/87r24jdpl5.fsf_-_@x220.int.ebiederm.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2019-09-25 17:42:29 +02:00
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bpf bpf: fix precision tracking of stack slots 2019-09-05 14:06:58 +02:00
cgroup Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
configs
debug treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
dma Merge branches 'arm/omap', 'arm/exynos', 'arm/smmu', 'arm/mediatek', 'arm/qcom', 'arm/renesas', 'x86/amd', 'x86/vt-d' and 'core' into next 2019-09-11 12:39:19 +02:00
events Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
gcov gcov: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-06-03 16:18:12 +02:00
irq Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
livepatch Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/livepatching/livepatching 2019-07-11 15:30:05 -07:00
locking Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
power pci-v5.3-changes 2019-07-15 20:44:49 -07:00
printk treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 13 2019-05-21 11:28:45 +02:00
rcu Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
sched tasks, sched/core: Ensure tasks are available for a grace period after leaving the runqueue 2019-09-25 17:42:29 +02:00
time timekeeping/vsyscall: Prevent math overflow in BOOTTIME update 2019-08-23 02:12:11 +02:00
trace Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
.gitignore Provide in-kernel headers to make extending kernel easier 2019-04-29 16:48:03 +02:00
acct.c acct_on(): don't mess with freeze protection 2019-04-04 21:04:13 -04:00
async.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
audit_fsnotify.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 157 2019-05-30 11:26:37 -07:00
audit_tree.c fsnotify: switch send_to_group() and ->handle_event to const struct qstr * 2019-04-26 13:51:03 -04:00
audit_watch.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
audit.c audit/stable-5.3 PR 20190702 2019-07-08 18:55:42 -07:00
audit.h audit/stable-5.3 PR 20190702 2019-07-08 18:55:42 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit/stable-5.3 PR 20190702 2019-07-08 18:55:42 -07:00
auditsc.c audit: enforce op for string fields 2019-05-28 17:46:43 -04:00
backtracetest.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
bounds.c
capability.c LSM: add SafeSetID module that gates setid calls 2019-01-25 11:22:43 -08:00
compat.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500 2019-06-19 17:09:55 +02:00
configs.c kernel/configs: Replace GPL boilerplate code with SPDX identifier 2019-07-30 18:34:15 +02:00
context_tracking.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
cpu_pm.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 282 2019-06-05 17:36:37 +02:00
cpu.c Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 10:39:56 -07:00
crash_core.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 230 2019-06-19 17:09:06 +02:00
crash_dump.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
cred.c Merge branch 'access-creds' 2019-07-25 08:36:29 -07:00
delayacct.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 25 2019-05-21 11:52:39 +02:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c tasks: Add a count of task RCU users 2019-09-25 17:42:29 +02:00
extable.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
fail_function.c fail_function: no need to check return value of debugfs_create functions 2019-06-03 15:49:06 +02:00
fork.c tasks, sched/core: Ensure tasks are available for a grace period after leaving the runqueue 2019-09-25 17:42:29 +02:00
freezer.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
futex.c Linux 5.2-rc3 2019-06-03 11:50:18 +02:00
gen_kheaders.sh kheaders: include only headers into kheaders_data.tar.xz 2019-07-09 10:10:52 +09:00
groups.c
hung_task.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
iomem.c mm/nvdimm: add is_ioremap_addr and use that to check ioremap address 2019-07-12 11:05:40 -07:00
irq_work.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
jump_label.c jump_label: Don't warn on __exit jump entries 2019-08-29 15:10:10 +01:00
kallsyms.c kallsyms: Don't let kallsyms_lookup_size_offset() fail on retrieving the first symbol 2019-08-27 16:19:56 +01:00
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer treewide: Add SPDX license identifier - Makefile/Kconfig 2019-05-21 10:50:46 +02:00
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Kconfig.preempt sched/rt, Kconfig: Unbreak def/oldconfig with CONFIG_PREEMPT=y 2019-07-22 18:05:11 +02:00
kcov.c kcov: convert kcov.refcount to refcount_t 2019-03-07 18:32:02 -08:00
kexec_core.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 230 2019-06-19 17:09:06 +02:00
kexec_elf.c kexec_elf: support 32 bit ELF files 2019-09-06 23:58:44 +02:00
kexec_file.c Merge branch 'next-integrity' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity 2019-07-08 20:28:59 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
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kheaders.c kheaders: Move from proc to sysfs 2019-05-24 20:16:01 +02:00
kmod.c
kprobes.c Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 17:25:49 -07:00
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latencytop.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
Makefile Merge branch 'parisc-5.4-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/deller/parisc-linux 2019-09-16 15:38:31 -07:00
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nsproxy.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 441 2019-06-05 17:37:17 +02:00
padata.c padata: use smp_mb in padata_reorder to avoid orphaned padata jobs 2019-07-18 13:39:54 +08:00
panic.c docs: admin-guide: move sysctl directory to it 2019-07-15 11:03:01 -03:00
params.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156 2019-05-30 11:26:35 -07:00
pid_namespace.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
pid.c kernel/pid.c: convert struct pid count to refcount_t 2019-07-16 19:23:24 -07:00
profile.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
ptrace.c ptrace: add PTRACE_GET_SYSCALL_INFO request 2019-07-16 19:23:24 -07:00
range.c
reboot.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
relay.c Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-03-12 13:27:20 -07:00
resource.c resource: avoid unnecessary lookups in find_next_iomem_res() 2019-07-18 17:08:06 -07:00
rseq.c signal: Remove task parameter from force_sig 2019-05-27 09:36:28 -05:00
seccomp.c signal: Remove the signal number and task parameters from force_sig_info 2019-05-29 09:31:44 -05:00
signal.c core-process-v5.4 2019-09-16 09:28:19 -07:00
smp.c smp: Warn on function calls from softirq context 2019-07-20 11:27:16 +02:00
smpboot.c treewide: Add SPDX license identifier for missed files 2019-05-21 10:50:45 +02:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-07-08 11:01:13 -07:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c stacktrace: Constify 'entries' arguments 2019-07-25 15:43:26 +02:00
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Fix stop_cpus_in_progress ordering 2019-08-08 09:09:30 +02:00
sys_ni.c arch: handle arches who do not yet define clone3 2019-06-21 01:54:53 +02:00
sys.c Merge branch 'x86-cpu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2019-09-16 18:47:53 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel/sysctl: add panic_print into sysctl 2019-01-04 13:13:47 -08:00
sysctl.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
task_work.c
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torture.c torture: Remove exporting of internal functions 2019-08-01 14:30:22 -07:00
tracepoint.c The main changes in this release include: 2019-07-18 11:51:00 -07:00
tsacct.c treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 157 2019-05-30 11:26:37 -07:00
ucount.c proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check 2019-07-18 17:08:07 -07:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
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up.c smp: Remove smp_call_function() and on_each_cpu() return values 2019-06-23 14:26:26 +02:00
user_namespace.c Keyrings namespacing 2019-07-08 19:36:47 -07:00
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user.c Keyrings namespacing 2019-07-08 19:36:47 -07:00
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watchdog_hld.c kernel/watchdog_hld.c: hard lockup message should end with a newline 2019-04-19 09:46:05 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Fix typo in comment 2019-04-18 14:05:51 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched/core, workqueues: Distangle worker accounting from rq lock 2019-04-16 16:55:15 +02:00
workqueue.c workqueue: Remove GPF argument from alloc_workqueue_attrs() 2019-06-27 14:12:19 -07:00