sched/core: Create preempt_count invariant

Assuming units of PREEMPT_DISABLE_OFFSET for preempt_count() numbers.

Now that TASK_DEAD no longer results in preempt_count() == 3 during
scheduling, we will always call context_switch() with preempt_count()
== 2.

However, we don't always end up with preempt_count() == 2 in
finish_task_switch() because new tasks get created with
preempt_count() == 1.

Create FORK_PREEMPT_COUNT and set it to 2 and use that in the right
places. Note that we cannot use INIT_PREEMPT_COUNT as that serves
another purpose (boot).

After this, preempt_count() is invariant across the context switch,
with exception of PREEMPT_ACTIVE.

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
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 530fe8baa645..8d8722b84dee 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2504,6 +2504,18 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = rq->prev_mm;
 	long prev_state;
 
+	/*
+	 * The previous task will have left us with a preempt_count of 2
+	 * because it left us after:
+	 *
+	 *	schedule()
+	 *	  preempt_disable();			// 1
+	 *	  __schedule()
+	 *	    raw_spin_lock_irq(&rq->lock)	// 2
+	 *
+	 * Also, see FORK_PREEMPT_COUNT.
+	 */
+
 	rq->prev_mm = NULL;
 
 	/*
@@ -2588,8 +2600,15 @@ asmlinkage __visible void schedule_tail(struct task_struct *prev)
 {
 	struct rq *rq;
 
-	/* finish_task_switch() drops rq->lock and enables preemtion */
-	preempt_disable();
+	/*
+	 * New tasks start with FORK_PREEMPT_COUNT, see there and
+	 * finish_task_switch() for details.
+	 *
+	 * finish_task_switch() will drop rq->lock() and lower preempt_count
+	 * and the preempt_enable() will end up enabling preemption (on
+	 * PREEMPT_COUNT kernels).
+	 */
+
 	rq = finish_task_switch(prev);
 	balance_callback(rq);
 	preempt_enable();