linux/kernel/sched
Peter Zijlstra 1de64443d7 sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies
Mike Meyer reported the following bug:

> During evaluation of some performance data, it was discovered thread
> and run queue run_delay accounting data was inconsistent with the other
> accounting data that was collected.  Further investigation found under
> certain circumstances execution time was leaking into the task and
> run queue accounting of run_delay.
>
> Consider the following sequence:
>
>     a. thread is running.
>     b. thread moves beween cgroups, changes scheduling class or priority.
>     c. thread sleeps OR
>     d. thread involuntarily gives up cpu.
>
> a. implies:
>
>     thread->sched_info.last_queued = 0
>
> a. and b. results in the following:
>
>     1. dequeue_task(rq, thread)
>
>            sched_info_dequeued(rq, thread)
>                delta = 0
>
>                sched_info_reset_dequeued(thread)
>                    thread->sched_info.last_queued = 0
>
>                thread->sched_info.run_delay += delta
>
>     2. enqueue_task(rq, thread)
>
>            sched_info_queued(rq, thread)
>
>                /* thread is still on cpu at this point. */
>                thread->sched_info.last_queued = task_rq(thread)->clock;
>
> c. results in:
>
>     dequeue_task(rq, thread)
>
>         sched_info_dequeued(rq, thread)
>
>             /* delta is execution time not run_delay. */
>             delta = task_rq(thread)->clock - thread->sched_info.last_queued
>
>         sched_info_reset_dequeued(thread)
>             thread->sched_info.last_queued = 0
>
>         thread->sched_info.run_delay += delta
>
>     Since thread was running between enqueue_task(rq, thread) and
>     dequeue_task(rq, thread), the delta above is really execution
>     time and not run_delay.
>
> d. results in:
>
>     __sched_info_switch(thread, next_thread)
>
>         sched_info_depart(rq, thread)
>
>             sched_info_queued(rq, thread)
>
>                 /* last_queued not updated due to being non-zero */
>                 return
>
>     Since thread was running between enqueue_task(rq, thread) and
>     __sched_info_switch(thread, next_thread), the execution time
>     between enqueue_task(rq, thread) and
>     __sched_info_switch(thread, next_thread) now will become
>     associated with run_delay due to when last_queued was last updated.
>

This alternative patch solves the problem by not calling
sched_info_{de,}queued() in {de,en}queue_task(). Therefore the
sched_info state is preserved and things work as expected.

By inlining the {de,en}queue_task() functions the new condition
becomes (mostly) a compile-time constant and we'll not emit any new
branch instructions.

It even shrinks the code (due to inlining {en,de}queue_task()):

$ size defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o.orig
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  64019   23378    2344   89741   15e8d defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o
  64149   23378    2344   89871   15f0f defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o.orig

Reported-by: Mike Meyer <Mike.Meyer@Teradata.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150930154413.GO3604@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-10-06 17:08:22 +02:00
..
auto_group.c sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
auto_group.h sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
clock.c kernel/sched/clock.c: add another clock for use with the soft lockup watchdog 2015-02-12 18:54:13 -08:00
completion.c sched/completion: Serialize completion_done() with complete() 2015-02-18 14:27:40 +01:00
core.c sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies 2015-10-06 17:08:22 +02:00
cpuacct.c cgroup: rename cgroup_subsys->base_cftypes to ->legacy_cftypes 2014-07-15 11:05:09 -04:00
cpuacct.h sched/cpuacct: Initialize root cpuacct earlier 2013-04-10 13:54:20 +02:00
cpudeadline.c sched/deadline: Unify dl_time_before() usage 2015-09-23 09:51:25 +02:00
cpudeadline.h sched/deadline: Unify dl_time_before() usage 2015-09-23 09:51:25 +02:00
cpupri.c Merge commit '3cf2f34' into sched/core, to fix build error 2014-06-12 13:46:37 +02:00
cpupri.h sched/cpupri: Remove unnecessary definitions in cpupri.h 2014-11-16 10:58:59 +01:00
cputime.c sched/cputime: Guarantee stime + utime == rtime 2015-08-03 12:21:21 +02:00
deadline.c sched/deadline: Fix comment in enqueue_task_dl() 2015-08-12 12:06:10 +02:00
debug.c sched/fair: Provide runnable_load_avg back to cfs_rq 2015-08-03 12:24:31 +02:00
fair.c sched/numa: Fix task_tick_fair() from disabling numa_balancing 2015-10-06 17:08:21 +02:00
features.h sched/fair: Convert arch_scale_cpu_capacity() from weak function to #define 2015-09-13 09:52:55 +02:00
idle_task.c sched: Make sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() unconditional 2015-08-12 12:06:09 +02:00
idle.c sched/idle: Move latency tracing stop/start calls deeper inside the idle loop 2015-07-21 08:18:51 +02:00
loadavg.c sched: Move the loadavg code to a more obvious location 2015-05-08 12:04:12 +02:00
Makefile sched: Move the loadavg code to a more obvious location 2015-05-08 12:04:12 +02:00
rt.c sched/rt: Make (do_)balance_runtime() return void 2015-09-23 09:51:26 +02:00
sched.h sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies 2015-10-06 17:08:22 +02:00
stats.c sched: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:37 -08:00
stats.h sched/stat: Simplify the sched_info accounting dependency 2015-07-04 10:04:30 +02:00
stop_task.c sched: Make sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() unconditional 2015-08-12 12:06:09 +02:00
wait.c userfaultfd: revert "userfaultfd: waitqueue: add nr wake parameter to __wake_up_locked_key" 2015-09-22 15:09:53 -07:00