2015-11-09 09:44:02

by Juri Lelli

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/deadline: fix earliest_dl.next is not the pushable candidate

Hi,

On 10/22/15, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> earliest_dl.next is used to cache the next earliest ready task
> which also is pushable in order to be a candidate of pushable
> tasks during pull algorithm. If the earliest_dl.next deadline
> of the sr_rq is earlier than the earliest_dl.curr deadline of
> current rq, the task from the sr_rq can be pulled. However,
> current implementation logic of earliest_dl.next just guarantee
> it is the next earliest ready task instead of the next pushable
> earliest task, which will result in hold both rqs' lock and find
> nothing to preempt our current since the affinity in pull algorithm.
> In addition, current logic doesn't update the next candidate for
> pushing in pick_next_task_dl() even if the running task is never
> eligible.
>
> This patch fix it by updating earliest_dl.next when pushable dl task is
> enqueued/dequeued the same way as rt class.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <[email protected]>
> ---
> kernel/sched/deadline.c | 58 ++++++-------------------------------------------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> index 142df26..6175c94 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> @@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ void init_dl_rq(struct dl_rq *dl_rq)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>
> +static struct task_struct *pick_next_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq);
> +
> static inline int dl_overloaded(struct rq *rq)
> {
> return atomic_read(&rq->rd->dlo_count);
> @@ -181,6 +183,9 @@ static void enqueue_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>
> rb_link_node(&p->pushable_dl_tasks, parent, link);
> rb_insert_color(&p->pushable_dl_tasks, &dl_rq->pushable_dl_tasks_root);
> +
> + if (dl_time_before(p->dl.deadline, dl_rq->earliest_dl.next))
> + dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = p->dl.deadline;
> }
>
> static void dequeue_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
> @@ -199,6 +204,8 @@ static void dequeue_pushable_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
>
> rb_erase(&p->pushable_dl_tasks, &dl_rq->pushable_dl_tasks_root);
> RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->pushable_dl_tasks);
> +
> + dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = pick_next_pushable_dl_task(rq)->dl.deadline;

NULL pointer dereference if rq doesn't have pushable tasks.

Thanks,

- Juri

> }
>
> static inline int has_pushable_dl_tasks(struct rq *rq)
> @@ -775,42 +782,14 @@ static void update_curr_dl(struct rq *rq)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
>
> -static struct task_struct *pick_next_earliest_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu);
> -
> -static inline u64 next_deadline(struct rq *rq)
> -{
> - struct task_struct *next = pick_next_earliest_dl_task(rq, rq->cpu);
> -
> - if (next && dl_prio(next->prio))
> - return next->dl.deadline;
> - else
> - return 0;
> -}
> -
> static void inc_dl_deadline(struct dl_rq *dl_rq, u64 deadline)
> {
> struct rq *rq = rq_of_dl_rq(dl_rq);
>
> if (dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr == 0 ||
> dl_time_before(deadline, dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr)) {
> - /*
> - * If the dl_rq had no -deadline tasks, or if the new task
> - * has shorter deadline than the current one on dl_rq, we
> - * know that the previous earliest becomes our next earliest,
> - * as the new task becomes the earliest itself.
> - */
> - dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr;
> dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr = deadline;
> cpudl_set(&rq->rd->cpudl, rq->cpu, deadline, 1);
> - } else if (dl_rq->earliest_dl.next == 0 ||
> - dl_time_before(deadline, dl_rq->earliest_dl.next)) {
> - /*
> - * On the other hand, if the new -deadline task has a
> - * a later deadline than the earliest one on dl_rq, but
> - * it is earlier than the next (if any), we must
> - * recompute the next-earliest.
> - */
> - dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = next_deadline(rq);
> }
> }
>
> @@ -832,7 +811,6 @@ static void dec_dl_deadline(struct dl_rq *dl_rq, u64 deadline)
>
> entry = rb_entry(leftmost, struct sched_dl_entity, rb_node);
> dl_rq->earliest_dl.curr = entry->deadline;
> - dl_rq->earliest_dl.next = next_deadline(rq);
> cpudl_set(&rq->rd->cpudl, rq->cpu, entry->deadline, 1);
> }
> }
> @@ -1267,28 +1245,6 @@ static int pick_dl_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int cpu)
> return 0;
> }
>
> -/* Returns the second earliest -deadline task, NULL otherwise */
> -static struct task_struct *pick_next_earliest_dl_task(struct rq *rq, int cpu)
> -{
> - struct rb_node *next_node = rq->dl.rb_leftmost;
> - struct sched_dl_entity *dl_se;
> - struct task_struct *p = NULL;
> -
> -next_node:
> - next_node = rb_next(next_node);
> - if (next_node) {
> - dl_se = rb_entry(next_node, struct sched_dl_entity, rb_node);
> - p = dl_task_of(dl_se);
> -
> - if (pick_dl_task(rq, p, cpu))
> - return p;
> -
> - goto next_node;
> - }
> -
> - return NULL;
> -}
> -
> /*
> * Return the earliest pushable rq's task, which is suitable to be executed
> * on the CPU, NULL otherwise:
> --
> 1.9.1
>
>