2013-09-30 07:52:21

by Yong Zhang

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Subject: [PATCH] sched:rt: don't try to pull a running task

If we happen to pull a running task on other cpu, a WARNING
will happen. But the very task will be pulled to this cpu
finally. This pulling is dangerous since the task's private
data could be broken. Fix it by skipping this kind of task.

Signed-off-by: Yong Zhang <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
---
kernel/sched/rt.c | 10 +++++++++-
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/rt.c b/kernel/sched/rt.c
index 01970c8..e76d278 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/rt.c
@@ -1665,7 +1665,15 @@ static int pull_rt_task(struct rq *this_rq)
* the to-be-scheduled task?
*/
if (p && (p->prio < this_rq->rt.highest_prio.curr)) {
- WARN_ON(p == src_rq->curr);
+ /*
+ * if we happen to choose a running task on other
+ * cpu, skip it and find another one.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(p == src_rq->curr)) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
+ goto skip;
+ }
+
WARN_ON(!p->on_rq);

/*
--
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