linux/kernel/sched/core.c, branch v3.11

Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-08-13T23:58:17Z

Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Docbook fixes that make 99% of the diffstat, plus a oneliner fix" * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: sched: Ensure update_cfs_shares() is called for parents of continuously-running tasks sched: Fix some kernel-doc warnings

sched: fix the theoretical signal_wake_up() vs schedule() race

2013-08-13T15:19:26Z

This is only theoretical, but after try_to_wake_up(p) was changed to check p->state under p->pi_lock the code like __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); schedule(); can miss a signal. This is the special case of wait-for-condition, it relies on try_to_wake_up/schedule interaction and thus it does not need mb() between __set_current_state() and if(signal_pending). However, this __set_current_state() can move into the critical section protected by rq->lock, now that try_to_wake_up() takes another lock we need to ensure that it can't be reordered with "if (signal_pending(current))" check inside that section. The patch is actually one-liner, it simply adds smp_wmb() before spin_lock_irq(rq->lock). This is what try_to_wake_up() already does by the same reason. We turn this wmb() into the new helper, smp_mb__before_spinlock(), for better documentation and to allow the architectures to change the default implementation. While at it, kill smp_mb__after_lock(), it has no callers. Perhaps we can also add smp_mb__before/after_spinunlock() for prepare_to_wait(). Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

sched: Fix some kernel-doc warnings

2013-07-18T07:58:21Z

When building the htmldocs (in verbose mode), scripts/kernel-doc reports the follwing type of warnings: Warning(kernel/sched/core.c:936): No description found for return value of 'task_curr' ... Fix those by: - adding the missing descriptions - using "Return" sections for the descriptions Signed-off-by: Yacine Belkadi Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1373654747-2389-1-git-send-email-yacine.belkadi.1@gmail.com [ While at it, fix the cpupri_set() explanation. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files

2013-07-14T23:36:59Z

The __cpuinit type of throwaway sections might have made sense some time ago when RAM was more constrained, but now the savings do not offset the cost and complications. For example, the fix in commit 5e427ec2d0 ("x86: Fix bit corruption at CPU resume time") is a good example of the nasty type of bugs that can be created with improper use of the various __init prefixes. After a discussion on LKML[1] it was decided that cpuinit should go the way of devinit and be phased out. Once all the users are gone, we can then finally remove the macros themselves from linux/init.h. This removes all the uses of the __cpuinit macros from C files in the core kernel directories (kernel, init, lib, mm, and include) that don't really have a specific maintainer. [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/20/589 Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker

sched: Fix HRTICK

2013-07-12T11:52:58Z

David reported that the HRTICK sched feature was borken; which was enough motivation for me to finally fix it ;-) We should not allow hrtimer code to do softirq wakeups while holding scheduler locks. The hrtimer code only needs this when we accidentally try to program an expired time. We don't much care about those anyway since we have the regular tick to fall back to. Reported-by: David Ahern Tested-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130628091853.GE29209@dyad.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge tag 'v3.10' into sched/core

2013-07-01T09:18:53Z

Merge in a recent upstream commit: c2853c8df57f include/linux/math64.h: add div64_ul() because: 72a4cf20cb71 sched: Change cfs_rq load avg to unsigned long relies on it. [ We don't rebase sched/core for this, because the handful of followup commits after the broken commit are not behavioral changes so are unlikely to be needed during bisection. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Update cpu load after task_tick

2013-06-27T08:07:33Z

To get the latest runnable info, we need do this cpuload update after task_tick. Signed-off-by: Alex Shi Reviewed-by: Paul Turner Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1371694737-29336-6-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

sched: Set an initial value of runnable avg for new forked task

2013-06-27T08:07:30Z

We need to initialize the se.avg.{decay_count, load_avg_contrib} for a new forked task. Otherwise random values of above variables cause a mess when a new task is enqueued: enqueue_task_fair enqueue_entity enqueue_entity_load_avg and make fork balancing imbalance due to incorrect load_avg_contrib. Further more, Morten Rasmussen notice some tasks were not launched at once after created. So Paul and Peter suggest giving a start value for new task runnable avg time same as sched_slice(). PeterZ said: > So the 'problem' is that our running avg is a 'floating' average; ie. it > decays with time. Now we have to guess about the future of our newly > spawned task -- something that is nigh impossible seeing these CPU > vendors keep refusing to implement the crystal ball instruction. > > So there's two asymptotic cases we want to deal well with; 1) the case > where the newly spawned program will be 'nearly' idle for its lifetime; > and 2) the case where its cpu-bound. > > Since we have to guess, we'll go for worst case and assume its > cpu-bound; now we don't want to make the avg so heavy adjusting to the > near-idle case takes forever. We want to be able to quickly adjust and > lower our running avg. > > Now we also don't want to make our avg too light, such that it gets > decremented just for the new task not having had a chance to run yet -- > even if when it would run, it would be more cpu-bound than not. > > So what we do is we make the initial avg of the same duration as that we > guess it takes to run each task on the system at least once -- aka > sched_slice(). > > Of course we can defeat this with wakeup/fork bombs, but in the 'normal' > case it should be good enough. Paul also contributed most of the code comments in this commit. Signed-off-by: Alex Shi Reviewed-by: Gu Zheng Reviewed-by: Paul Turner [peterz; added explanation of sched_slice() usage] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1371694737-29336-4-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Revert "sched: Introduce temporary FAIR_GROUP_SCHED dependency for load-tracking"

2013-06-27T08:07:22Z

Remove CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED that covers the runnable info, then we can use runnable load variables. Also remove 2 CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED setting which is not in reverted patch(introduced in 9ee474f), but also need to revert. Signed-off-by: Alex Shi Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/51CA76A3.3050207@intel.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2013-06-20T18:18:35Z

Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Two smaller fixes - plus a context tracking tracing fix that is a bit bigger" * 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: tracing/context-tracking: Add preempt_schedule_context() for tracing sched: Fix clear NOHZ_BALANCE_KICK sched/x86: Construct all sibling maps if smt