linux/kernel/sched
Paul E. McKenney 2beaf3280e sched/core: Add function to sample state of locked-down task
A running task's state can be sampled in a consistent manner (for example,
for diagnostic purposes) simply by invoking smp_call_function_single()
on its CPU, which may be obtained using task_cpu(), then having the
IPI handler verify that the desired task is in fact still running.
However, if the task is not running, this sampling can in theory be done
immediately and directly.  In practice, the task might start running at
any time, including during the sampling period.  Gaining a consistent
sample of a not-running task therefore requires that something be done
to lock down the target task's state.

This commit therefore adds a try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() function
that invokes a specified function if the specified task can be locked
down, returning true if successful and if the specified function returns
true.  Otherwise this function simply returns false.  Given that the
function passed to try_invoke_on_nonrunning_task() might be invoked with
a runqueue lock held, that function had better be quite lightweight.

The function is passed the target task's task_struct pointer and the
argument passed to try_invoke_on_locked_down_task(), allowing easy access
to task state and to a location for further variables to be passed in
and out.

Note that the specified function will be called even if the specified
task is currently running.  The function can use ->on_rq and task_curr()
to quickly and easily determine the task's state, and can return false
if this state is not to the function's liking.  The caller of the
try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() would then see the false return value,
and could take appropriate action, for example, trying again later or
sending an IPI if matters are more urgent.

It is expected that use cases such as the RCU CPU stall warning code will
simply return false if the task is currently running.  However, there are
use cases involving nohz_full CPUs where the specified function might
instead fall back to an alternative sampling scheme that relies on heavier
synchronization (such as memory barriers) in the target task.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
[ paulmck: Apply feedback from Peter Zijlstra and Steven Rostedt. ]
[ paulmck: Invoke if running to handle feedback from Mathieu Desnoyers. ]
Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2020-04-27 11:03:50 -07:00
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autogroup.c sched/autogroup: Make autogroup_path() always available 2019-06-24 19:23:40 +02:00
autogroup.h sched/headers: Simplify and clean up header usage in the scheduler 2018-03-04 12:39:29 +01:00
clock.c sched/clock: Use static_branch_likely() with sched_clock_running 2019-11-29 08:10:54 +01:00
completion.c completion: Use lockdep_assert_RT_in_threaded_ctx() in complete_all() 2020-03-23 18:40:25 +01:00
core.c sched/core: Add function to sample state of locked-down task 2020-04-27 11:03:50 -07:00
cpuacct.c sched/headers: Simplify and clean up header usage in the scheduler 2018-03-04 12:39:29 +01:00
cpudeadline.c Linux 5.2-rc5 2019-06-17 12:12:27 +02:00
cpudeadline.h sched/headers: Simplify and clean up header usage in the scheduler 2018-03-04 12:39:29 +01:00
cpufreq_schedutil.c sched/uclamp: Rename uclamp_util_with() into uclamp_rq_util_with() 2019-12-25 10:42:08 +01:00
cpufreq.c cpufreq: Avoid leaving stale IRQ work items during CPU offline 2019-12-12 17:59:43 +01:00
cpupri.c sched/rt: cpupri_find: Trigger a full search as fallback 2020-03-20 13:06:20 +01:00
cpupri.h sched/rt: Optimize cpupri_find() on non-heterogenous systems 2020-03-06 12:57:27 +01:00
cputime.c sched/vtime: Work around an unitialized variable warning 2020-04-15 11:06:50 +02:00
deadline.c sched/deadline: Make two functions static 2020-03-06 12:57:24 +01:00
debug.c sched/debug: Add task uclamp values to SCHED_DEBUG procfs 2020-04-08 11:35:27 +02:00
fair.c sched/fair: Fix negative imbalance in imbalance calculation 2020-04-08 11:35:20 +02:00
features.h sched/fair/util_est: Implement faster ramp-up EWMA on utilization increases 2019-10-29 10:01:07 +01:00
idle.c idle: fix spelling mistake "iterrupts" -> "interrupts" 2020-01-17 10:19:22 +01:00
isolation.c sched/isolation: Allow "isolcpus=" to skip unknown sub-parameters 2020-04-15 10:38:26 +02:00
loadavg.c timers/nohz: Update NOHZ load in remote tick 2020-01-28 21:36:44 +01:00
Makefile psi: pressure stall information for CPU, memory, and IO 2018-10-26 16:26:32 -07:00
membarrier.c membarrier: Fix RCU locking bug caused by faulty merge 2019-10-01 21:27:50 +02:00
pelt.c sched/pelt: Add support to track thermal pressure 2020-03-06 12:57:17 +01:00
pelt.h sched/pelt: Add support to track thermal pressure 2020-03-06 12:57:17 +01:00
psi.c psi: Move PF_MEMSTALL out of task->flags 2020-03-20 13:06:19 +01:00
rt.c sched/rt: Remove unnecessary push for unfit tasks 2020-03-06 12:57:29 +01:00
sched-pelt.h sched/fair: Fix "runnable_avg_yN_inv" not used warnings 2019-06-17 12:15:58 +02:00
sched.h sched/core: Remove unused rq::last_load_update_tick 2020-04-08 11:35:23 +02:00
stats.c proc: introduce proc_create_seq{,_data} 2018-05-16 07:23:35 +02:00
stats.h psi: Move PF_MEMSTALL out of task->flags 2020-03-20 13:06:19 +01:00
stop_task.c sched/core: Further clarify sched_class::set_next_task() 2019-11-11 08:35:21 +01:00
swait.c sched/swait: Prepare usage in completions 2020-03-21 16:00:23 +01:00
topology.c sched/topology: Don't enable EAS on SMT systems 2020-03-06 12:57:23 +01:00
wait_bit.c sched/wait: fix ___wait_var_event(exclusive) 2019-12-17 13:32:50 +01:00
wait.c Add wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll_locked() 2019-10-31 15:12:23 +00:00