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<title>sched/core: Fix TASK_DEAD race in finish_task_switch()</title>
<updated>2015-10-06T15:05:17+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
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<published>2015-09-29T12:45:09+00:00</published>
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So the problem this patch is trying to address is as follows:

        CPU0                            CPU1

        context_switch(A, B)
                                        ttwu(A)
                                          LOCK A-&gt;pi_lock
                                          A-&gt;on_cpu == 0
        finish_task_switch(A)
          prev_state = A-&gt;state  &lt;-.
          WMB                      |
          A-&gt;on_cpu = 0;           |
          UNLOCK rq0-&gt;lock         |
                                   |    context_switch(C, A)
                                   `--  A-&gt;state = TASK_DEAD
          prev_state == TASK_DEAD
            put_task_struct(A)
                                        context_switch(A, C)
                                        finish_task_switch(A)
                                          A-&gt;state == TASK_DEAD
                                            put_task_struct(A)

The argument being that the WMB will allow the load of A-&gt;state on CPU0
to cross over and observe CPU1's store of A-&gt;state, which will then
result in a double-drop and use-after-free.

Now the comment states (and this was true once upon a long time ago)
that we need to observe A-&gt;state while holding rq-&gt;lock because that
will order us against the wakeup; however the wakeup will not in fact
acquire (that) rq-&gt;lock; it takes A-&gt;pi_lock these days.

We can obviously fix this by upgrading the WMB to an MB, but that is
expensive, so we'd rather avoid that.

The alternative this patch takes is: smp_store_release(&amp;A-&gt;on_cpu, 0),
which avoids the MB on some archs, but not important ones like ARM.

Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v3.1+
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: manfred@colorfullife.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Fixes: e4a52bcb9a18 ("sched: Remove rq-&gt;lock from the first half of ttwu()")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150929124509.GG3816@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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So the problem this patch is trying to address is as follows:

        CPU0                            CPU1

        context_switch(A, B)
                                        ttwu(A)
                                          LOCK A-&gt;pi_lock
                                          A-&gt;on_cpu == 0
        finish_task_switch(A)
          prev_state = A-&gt;state  &lt;-.
          WMB                      |
          A-&gt;on_cpu = 0;           |
          UNLOCK rq0-&gt;lock         |
                                   |    context_switch(C, A)
                                   `--  A-&gt;state = TASK_DEAD
          prev_state == TASK_DEAD
            put_task_struct(A)
                                        context_switch(A, C)
                                        finish_task_switch(A)
                                          A-&gt;state == TASK_DEAD
                                            put_task_struct(A)

The argument being that the WMB will allow the load of A-&gt;state on CPU0
to cross over and observe CPU1's store of A-&gt;state, which will then
result in a double-drop and use-after-free.

Now the comment states (and this was true once upon a long time ago)
that we need to observe A-&gt;state while holding rq-&gt;lock because that
will order us against the wakeup; however the wakeup will not in fact
acquire (that) rq-&gt;lock; it takes A-&gt;pi_lock these days.

We can obviously fix this by upgrading the WMB to an MB, but that is
expensive, so we'd rather avoid that.

The alternative this patch takes is: smp_store_release(&amp;A-&gt;on_cpu, 0),
which avoids the MB on some archs, but not important ones like ARM.

Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt; # v3.1+
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: manfred@colorfullife.com
Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
Fixes: e4a52bcb9a18 ("sched: Remove rq-&gt;lock from the first half of ttwu()")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150929124509.GG3816@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2015-09-27T16:50:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-27T16:50:27+00:00</published>
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Pull scheduler fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single bug fix for the scheduler to prevent dequeueing of the idle
  task when setting the cpus allowed mask"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: Fix crash trying to dequeue/enqueue the idle thread
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Pull scheduler fix from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A single bug fix for the scheduler to prevent dequeueing of the idle
  task when setting the cpus allowed mask"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: Fix crash trying to dequeue/enqueue the idle thread
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<title>Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm</title>
<updated>2015-09-18T16:23:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-18T16:23:08+00:00</published>
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Pull KVM fixes from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Mostly stable material, a lot of ARM fixes"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (22 commits)
  sched: access local runqueue directly in single_task_running
  arm/arm64: KVM: Remove 'config KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS'
  arm64: KVM: Remove all traces of the ThumbEE registers
  arm: KVM: Disable virtual timer even if the guest is not using it
  arm64: KVM: Disable virtual timer even if the guest is not using it
  arm/arm64: KVM: vgic: Check for !irqchip_in_kernel() when mapping resources
  KVM: s390: Replace incorrect atomic_or with atomic_andnot
  arm: KVM: Fix incorrect device to IPA mapping
  arm64: KVM: Fix user access for debug registers
  KVM: vmx: fix VPID is 0000H in non-root operation
  KVM: add halt_attempted_poll to VCPU stats
  kvm: fix zero length mmio searching
  kvm: fix double free for fast mmio eventfd
  kvm: factor out core eventfd assign/deassign logic
  kvm: don't try to register to KVM_FAST_MMIO_BUS for non mmio eventfd
  KVM: make the declaration of functions within 80 characters
  KVM: arm64: add workaround for Cortex-A57 erratum #852523
  KVM: fix polling for guest halt continued even if disable it
  arm/arm64: KVM: Fix PSCI affinity info return value for non valid cores
  arm64: KVM: set {v,}TCR_EL2 RES1 bits
  ...
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Pull KVM fixes from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Mostly stable material, a lot of ARM fixes"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (22 commits)
  sched: access local runqueue directly in single_task_running
  arm/arm64: KVM: Remove 'config KVM_ARM_MAX_VCPUS'
  arm64: KVM: Remove all traces of the ThumbEE registers
  arm: KVM: Disable virtual timer even if the guest is not using it
  arm64: KVM: Disable virtual timer even if the guest is not using it
  arm/arm64: KVM: vgic: Check for !irqchip_in_kernel() when mapping resources
  KVM: s390: Replace incorrect atomic_or with atomic_andnot
  arm: KVM: Fix incorrect device to IPA mapping
  arm64: KVM: Fix user access for debug registers
  KVM: vmx: fix VPID is 0000H in non-root operation
  KVM: add halt_attempted_poll to VCPU stats
  kvm: fix zero length mmio searching
  kvm: fix double free for fast mmio eventfd
  kvm: factor out core eventfd assign/deassign logic
  kvm: don't try to register to KVM_FAST_MMIO_BUS for non mmio eventfd
  KVM: make the declaration of functions within 80 characters
  KVM: arm64: add workaround for Cortex-A57 erratum #852523
  KVM: fix polling for guest halt continued even if disable it
  arm/arm64: KVM: Fix PSCI affinity info return value for non valid cores
  arm64: KVM: set {v,}TCR_EL2 RES1 bits
  ...
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<entry>
<title>sched: access local runqueue directly in single_task_running</title>
<updated>2015-09-18T11:47:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dominik Dingel</name>
<email>dingel@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-18T09:27:45+00:00</published>
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Commit 2ee507c47293 ("sched: Add function single_task_running to let a task
check if it is the only task running on a cpu") referenced the current
runqueue with the smp_processor_id.  When CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is enabled,
that is only allowed if preemption is disabled or the currrent task is
bound to the local cpu (e.g. kernel worker).

With commit f78195129963 ("kvm: add halt_poll_ns module parameter") KVM
calls single_task_running. If CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is enabled that
generates a lot of kernel messages.

To avoid adding preemption in that cases, as it would limit the usefulness,
we change single_task_running to access directly the cpu local runqueue.

Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 2ee507c472939db4b146d545352b8a7c79ef47f8
Signed-off-by: Dominik Dingel &lt;dingel@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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Commit 2ee507c47293 ("sched: Add function single_task_running to let a task
check if it is the only task running on a cpu") referenced the current
runqueue with the smp_processor_id.  When CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is enabled,
that is only allowed if preemption is disabled or the currrent task is
bound to the local cpu (e.g. kernel worker).

With commit f78195129963 ("kvm: add halt_poll_ns module parameter") KVM
calls single_task_running. If CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is enabled that
generates a lot of kernel messages.

To avoid adding preemption in that cases, as it would limit the usefulness,
we change single_task_running to access directly the cpu local runqueue.

Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 2ee507c472939db4b146d545352b8a7c79ef47f8
Signed-off-by: Dominik Dingel &lt;dingel@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>sched: Fix crash trying to dequeue/enqueue the idle thread</title>
<updated>2015-09-18T07:17:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-08-13T21:09:29+00:00</published>
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Sasha reports that his virtual machine tries to schedule the idle
thread since commit 6c37067e2786 ("sched: Change the
sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() calling context").

Hit trace shows this happening from idle_thread_get()-&gt;init_idle(),
which is the _second_ init_idle() invocation on that task_struct, the
first being done through idle_init()-&gt;fork_idle(). (this code is
insane...)

Because we call init_idle() twice in a row, its -&gt;sched_class ==
&amp;idle_sched_class and -&gt;on_rq = TASK_ON_RQ_QUEUED. This means
do_set_cpus_allowed() think we're queued and will call dequeue_task(),
which is implemented with BUG() for the idle class, seeing how
dequeueing the idle task is a daft thing.

Aside of the whole insanity of calling init_idle() _twice_, change the
code to call set_cpus_allowed_common() instead as this is 'obviously'
before the idle task gets ran etc..

Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Fixes: 6c37067e2786 ("sched: Change the sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() calling context")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Sasha reports that his virtual machine tries to schedule the idle
thread since commit 6c37067e2786 ("sched: Change the
sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() calling context").

Hit trace shows this happening from idle_thread_get()-&gt;init_idle(),
which is the _second_ init_idle() invocation on that task_struct, the
first being done through idle_init()-&gt;fork_idle(). (this code is
insane...)

Because we call init_idle() twice in a row, its -&gt;sched_class ==
&amp;idle_sched_class and -&gt;on_rq = TASK_ON_RQ_QUEUED. This means
do_set_cpus_allowed() think we're queued and will call dequeue_task(),
which is implemented with BUG() for the idle class, seeing how
dequeueing the idle task is a daft thing.

Aside of the whole insanity of calling init_idle() _twice_, change the
code to call set_cpus_allowed_common() instead as this is 'obviously'
before the idle task gets ran etc..

Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Tested-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Fixes: 6c37067e2786 ("sched: Change the sched_class::set_cpus_allowed() calling context")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2015-09-17T17:49:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-17T17:49:42+00:00</published>
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Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "A migrate_tasks() locking fix, and a late-coming nohz change plus a
  nohz debug check"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: 'Annotate' migrate_tasks()
  nohz: Assert existing housekeepers when nohz full enabled
  nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers
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Pull scheduler fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "A migrate_tasks() locking fix, and a late-coming nohz change plus a
  nohz debug check"

* 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  sched: 'Annotate' migrate_tasks()
  nohz: Assert existing housekeepers when nohz full enabled
  nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers
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<entry>
<title>sched: 'Annotate' migrate_tasks()</title>
<updated>2015-09-11T05:57:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wanpeng Li</name>
<email>wanpeng.li@hotmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-08-28T06:55:56+00:00</published>
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Kernel testing triggered this warning:

| WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 13 at kernel/sched/core.c:1156 do_set_cpus_allowed+0x7e/0x80()
| Modules linked in:
| CPU: 0 PID: 13 Comm: migration/0 Not tainted 4.2.0-rc1-00049-g25834c7 #2
| Call Trace:
|   dump_stack+0x4b/0x75
|   warn_slowpath_common+0x8b/0xc0
|   warn_slowpath_null+0x22/0x30
|   do_set_cpus_allowed+0x7e/0x80
|   cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback+0x7c/0x170
|   select_fallback_rq+0x221/0x280
|   migration_call+0xe3/0x250
|   notifier_call_chain+0x53/0x70
|   __raw_notifier_call_chain+0x1e/0x30
|   cpu_notify+0x28/0x50
|   take_cpu_down+0x22/0x40
|   multi_cpu_stop+0xd5/0x140
|   cpu_stopper_thread+0xbc/0x170
|   smpboot_thread_fn+0x174/0x2f0
|   kthread+0xc4/0xe0
|   ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30

As Peterz pointed out:

| So the normal rules for changing task_struct::cpus_allowed are holding
| both pi_lock and rq-&gt;lock, such that holding either stabilizes the mask.
|
| This is so that wakeup can happen without rq-&gt;lock and load-balance
| without pi_lock.
|
| From this we already get the relaxation that we can omit acquiring
| rq-&gt;lock if the task is not on the rq, because in that case
| load-balancing will not apply to it.
|
| ** these are the rules currently tested in do_set_cpus_allowed() **
|
| Now, since __set_cpus_allowed_ptr() uses task_rq_lock() which
| unconditionally acquires both locks, we could get away with holding just
| rq-&gt;lock when on_rq for modification because that'd still exclude
| __set_cpus_allowed_ptr(), it would also work against
| __kthread_bind_mask() because that assumes !on_rq.
|
| That said, this is all somewhat fragile.
|
| Now, I don't think dropping rq-&gt;lock is quite as disastrous as it
| usually is because !cpu_active at this point, which means load-balance
| will not interfere, but that too is somewhat fragile.
|
| So we end up with a choice of two fragile..

This patch fixes it by following the rules for changing
task_struct::cpus_allowed with both pi_lock and rq-&gt;lock held.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;ying.huang@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li &lt;wanpeng.li@hotmail.com&gt;
[ Modified changelog and patch. ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/BLU436-SMTP1660820490DE202E3934ED3806E0@phx.gbl
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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Kernel testing triggered this warning:

| WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 13 at kernel/sched/core.c:1156 do_set_cpus_allowed+0x7e/0x80()
| Modules linked in:
| CPU: 0 PID: 13 Comm: migration/0 Not tainted 4.2.0-rc1-00049-g25834c7 #2
| Call Trace:
|   dump_stack+0x4b/0x75
|   warn_slowpath_common+0x8b/0xc0
|   warn_slowpath_null+0x22/0x30
|   do_set_cpus_allowed+0x7e/0x80
|   cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback+0x7c/0x170
|   select_fallback_rq+0x221/0x280
|   migration_call+0xe3/0x250
|   notifier_call_chain+0x53/0x70
|   __raw_notifier_call_chain+0x1e/0x30
|   cpu_notify+0x28/0x50
|   take_cpu_down+0x22/0x40
|   multi_cpu_stop+0xd5/0x140
|   cpu_stopper_thread+0xbc/0x170
|   smpboot_thread_fn+0x174/0x2f0
|   kthread+0xc4/0xe0
|   ret_from_kernel_thread+0x21/0x30

As Peterz pointed out:

| So the normal rules for changing task_struct::cpus_allowed are holding
| both pi_lock and rq-&gt;lock, such that holding either stabilizes the mask.
|
| This is so that wakeup can happen without rq-&gt;lock and load-balance
| without pi_lock.
|
| From this we already get the relaxation that we can omit acquiring
| rq-&gt;lock if the task is not on the rq, because in that case
| load-balancing will not apply to it.
|
| ** these are the rules currently tested in do_set_cpus_allowed() **
|
| Now, since __set_cpus_allowed_ptr() uses task_rq_lock() which
| unconditionally acquires both locks, we could get away with holding just
| rq-&gt;lock when on_rq for modification because that'd still exclude
| __set_cpus_allowed_ptr(), it would also work against
| __kthread_bind_mask() because that assumes !on_rq.
|
| That said, this is all somewhat fragile.
|
| Now, I don't think dropping rq-&gt;lock is quite as disastrous as it
| usually is because !cpu_active at this point, which means load-balance
| will not interfere, but that too is somewhat fragile.
|
| So we end up with a choice of two fragile..

This patch fixes it by following the rules for changing
task_struct::cpus_allowed with both pi_lock and rq-&gt;lock held.

Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;ying.huang@intel.com&gt;
Reported-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sasha.levin@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li &lt;wanpeng.li@hotmail.com&gt;
[ Modified changelog and patch. ]
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/BLU436-SMTP1660820490DE202E3934ED3806E0@phx.gbl
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2015-09-03T22:46:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-03T22:46:07+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=ca520cab25e0e8da717c596ccaa2c2b3650cfa09'/>
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Pull locking and atomic updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Main changes in this cycle are:

   - Extend atomic primitives with coherent logic op primitives
     (atomic_{or,and,xor}()) and deprecate the old partial APIs
     (atomic_{set,clear}_mask())

     The old ops were incoherent with incompatible signatures across
     architectures and with incomplete support.  Now every architecture
     supports the primitives consistently (by Peter Zijlstra)

   - Generic support for 'relaxed atomics':

       - _acquire/release/relaxed() flavours of xchg(), cmpxchg() and {add,sub}_return()
       - atomic_read_acquire()
       - atomic_set_release()

     This came out of porting qwrlock code to arm64 (by Will Deacon)

   - Clean up the fragile static_key APIs that were causing repeat bugs,
     by introducing a new one:

       DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(name);
       DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(name);

     which define a key of different types with an initial true/false
     value.

     Then allow:

       static_branch_likely()
       static_branch_unlikely()

     to take a key of either type and emit the right instruction for the
     case.  To be able to know the 'type' of the static key we encode it
     in the jump entry (by Peter Zijlstra)

   - Static key self-tests (by Jason Baron)

   - qrwlock optimizations (by Waiman Long)

   - small futex enhancements (by Davidlohr Bueso)

   - ... and misc other changes"

* 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (63 commits)
  jump_label/x86: Work around asm build bug on older/backported GCCs
  locking, ARM, atomics: Define our SMP atomics in terms of _relaxed() operations
  locking, include/llist: Use linux/atomic.h instead of asm/cmpxchg.h
  locking/qrwlock: Make use of _{acquire|release|relaxed}() atomics
  locking/qrwlock: Implement queue_write_unlock() using smp_store_release()
  locking/lockref: Remove homebrew cmpxchg64_relaxed() macro definition
  locking, asm-generic: Add _{relaxed|acquire|release}() variants for 'atomic_long_t'
  locking, asm-generic: Rework atomic-long.h to avoid bulk code duplication
  locking/atomics: Add _{acquire|release|relaxed}() variants of some atomic operations
  locking, compiler.h: Cast away attributes in the WRITE_ONCE() magic
  locking/static_keys: Make verify_keys() static
  jump label, locking/static_keys: Update docs
  locking/static_keys: Provide a selftest
  jump_label: Provide a self-test
  s390/uaccess, locking/static_keys: employ static_branch_likely()
  x86, tsc, locking/static_keys: Employ static_branch_likely()
  locking/static_keys: Add selftest
  locking/static_keys: Add a new static_key interface
  locking/static_keys: Rework update logic
  locking/static_keys: Add static_key_{en,dis}able() helpers
  ...
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<pre>
Pull locking and atomic updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Main changes in this cycle are:

   - Extend atomic primitives with coherent logic op primitives
     (atomic_{or,and,xor}()) and deprecate the old partial APIs
     (atomic_{set,clear}_mask())

     The old ops were incoherent with incompatible signatures across
     architectures and with incomplete support.  Now every architecture
     supports the primitives consistently (by Peter Zijlstra)

   - Generic support for 'relaxed atomics':

       - _acquire/release/relaxed() flavours of xchg(), cmpxchg() and {add,sub}_return()
       - atomic_read_acquire()
       - atomic_set_release()

     This came out of porting qwrlock code to arm64 (by Will Deacon)

   - Clean up the fragile static_key APIs that were causing repeat bugs,
     by introducing a new one:

       DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(name);
       DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(name);

     which define a key of different types with an initial true/false
     value.

     Then allow:

       static_branch_likely()
       static_branch_unlikely()

     to take a key of either type and emit the right instruction for the
     case.  To be able to know the 'type' of the static key we encode it
     in the jump entry (by Peter Zijlstra)

   - Static key self-tests (by Jason Baron)

   - qrwlock optimizations (by Waiman Long)

   - small futex enhancements (by Davidlohr Bueso)

   - ... and misc other changes"

* 'locking-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (63 commits)
  jump_label/x86: Work around asm build bug on older/backported GCCs
  locking, ARM, atomics: Define our SMP atomics in terms of _relaxed() operations
  locking, include/llist: Use linux/atomic.h instead of asm/cmpxchg.h
  locking/qrwlock: Make use of _{acquire|release|relaxed}() atomics
  locking/qrwlock: Implement queue_write_unlock() using smp_store_release()
  locking/lockref: Remove homebrew cmpxchg64_relaxed() macro definition
  locking, asm-generic: Add _{relaxed|acquire|release}() variants for 'atomic_long_t'
  locking, asm-generic: Rework atomic-long.h to avoid bulk code duplication
  locking/atomics: Add _{acquire|release|relaxed}() variants of some atomic operations
  locking, compiler.h: Cast away attributes in the WRITE_ONCE() magic
  locking/static_keys: Make verify_keys() static
  jump label, locking/static_keys: Update docs
  locking/static_keys: Provide a selftest
  jump_label: Provide a self-test
  s390/uaccess, locking/static_keys: employ static_branch_likely()
  x86, tsc, locking/static_keys: Employ static_branch_likely()
  locking/static_keys: Add selftest
  locking/static_keys: Add a new static_key interface
  locking/static_keys: Rework update logic
  locking/static_keys: Add static_key_{en,dis}able() helpers
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup</title>
<updated>2015-09-02T15:04:23+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-02T15:04:23+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=8bdc69b764013a9b5ebeef7df8f314f1066c5d79'/>
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Pull cgroup updates from Tejun Heo:

 - a new PIDs controller is added.  It turns out that PIDs are actually
   an independent resource from kmem due to the limited PID space.

 - more core preparations for the v2 interface.  Once cpu side interface
   is settled, it should be ready for lifting the devel mask.
   for-4.3-unified-base was temporarily branched so that other trees
   (block) can pull cgroup core changes that blkcg changes depend on.

 - a non-critical idr_preload usage bug fix.

* 'for-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cgroup: pids: fix invalid get/put usage
  cgroup: introduce cgroup_subsys-&gt;legacy_name
  cgroup: don't print subsystems for the default hierarchy
  cgroup: make cftype-&gt;private a unsigned long
  cgroup: export cgrp_dfl_root
  cgroup: define controller file conventions
  cgroup: fix idr_preload usage
  cgroup: add documentation for the PIDs controller
  cgroup: implement the PIDs subsystem
  cgroup: allow a cgroup subsystem to reject a fork
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<pre>
Pull cgroup updates from Tejun Heo:

 - a new PIDs controller is added.  It turns out that PIDs are actually
   an independent resource from kmem due to the limited PID space.

 - more core preparations for the v2 interface.  Once cpu side interface
   is settled, it should be ready for lifting the devel mask.
   for-4.3-unified-base was temporarily branched so that other trees
   (block) can pull cgroup core changes that blkcg changes depend on.

 - a non-critical idr_preload usage bug fix.

* 'for-4.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup:
  cgroup: pids: fix invalid get/put usage
  cgroup: introduce cgroup_subsys-&gt;legacy_name
  cgroup: don't print subsystems for the default hierarchy
  cgroup: make cftype-&gt;private a unsigned long
  cgroup: export cgrp_dfl_root
  cgroup: define controller file conventions
  cgroup: fix idr_preload usage
  cgroup: add documentation for the PIDs controller
  cgroup: implement the PIDs subsystem
  cgroup: allow a cgroup subsystem to reject a fork
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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers</title>
<updated>2015-09-02T08:33:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Vatika Harlalka</name>
<email>vatikaharlalka@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-01T14:50:59+00:00</published>
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The problem addressed in this patch is about affining unpinned
timers. Adaptive or Full Dynticks CPUs are currently disturbed
by unnecessary jitter due to firing of such timers on them.

This patch will affine timers to online CPUs which are not full
dynticks in NOHZ_FULL configured systems. It should not
introduce overhead in nohz full off case due to static keys.

Signed-off-by: Vatika Harlalka &lt;vatikaharlalka@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Preeti U Murthy &lt;preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Chris Metcalf &lt;cmetcalf@ezchip.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441119060-2230-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
The problem addressed in this patch is about affining unpinned
timers. Adaptive or Full Dynticks CPUs are currently disturbed
by unnecessary jitter due to firing of such timers on them.

This patch will affine timers to online CPUs which are not full
dynticks in NOHZ_FULL configured systems. It should not
introduce overhead in nohz full off case due to static keys.

Signed-off-by: Vatika Harlalka &lt;vatikaharlalka@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;fweisbec@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Preeti U Murthy &lt;preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: Chris Metcalf &lt;cmetcalf@ezchip.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Lameter &lt;cl@linux.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul E. McKenney &lt;paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441119060-2230-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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