From ed48ece27cd3d5ee0354c32bbaec0f3e1d4715c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:48:43 -0700 Subject: workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq The existing work_on_cpu() implementation is hugely inefficient. It creates a new kthread, execute that single function and then let the kthread die on each invocation. Now that system_wq can handle concurrent executions, there's no advantage of doing this. Reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq which makes it simpler and way more efficient. stable: While this isn't a fix in itself, it's needed to fix a workqueue related bug in cpufreq/powernow-k8. AFAICS, this shouldn't break other existing users. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Jiri Kosina Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Len Brown Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c index b80065a..3c5a79e 100644 --- a/kernel/workqueue.c +++ b/kernel/workqueue.c @@ -3576,18 +3576,17 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_down_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb, #ifdef CONFIG_SMP struct work_for_cpu { - struct completion completion; + struct work_struct work; long (*fn)(void *); void *arg; long ret; }; -static int do_work_for_cpu(void *_wfc) +static void work_for_cpu_fn(struct work_struct *work) { - struct work_for_cpu *wfc = _wfc; + struct work_for_cpu *wfc = container_of(work, struct work_for_cpu, work); + wfc->ret = wfc->fn(wfc->arg); - complete(&wfc->completion); - return 0; } /** @@ -3602,19 +3601,11 @@ static int do_work_for_cpu(void *_wfc) */ long work_on_cpu(unsigned int cpu, long (*fn)(void *), void *arg) { - struct task_struct *sub_thread; - struct work_for_cpu wfc = { - .completion = COMPLETION_INITIALIZER_ONSTACK(wfc.completion), - .fn = fn, - .arg = arg, - }; + struct work_for_cpu wfc = { .fn = fn, .arg = arg }; - sub_thread = kthread_create(do_work_for_cpu, &wfc, "work_for_cpu"); - if (IS_ERR(sub_thread)) - return PTR_ERR(sub_thread); - kthread_bind(sub_thread, cpu); - wake_up_process(sub_thread); - wait_for_completion(&wfc.completion); + INIT_WORK_ONSTACK(&wfc.work, work_for_cpu_fn); + schedule_work_on(cpu, &wfc.work); + flush_work(&wfc.work); return wfc.ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(work_on_cpu); -- cgit v0.10.2 From 6889125b8b4e09c5e53e6ecab3433bed1ce198c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:24:59 -0700 Subject: cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU powernowk8_target() runs off a per-cpu work item and if the cpufreq_policy->cpu is different from the current one, it migrates the kworker to the target CPU by manipulating current->cpus_allowed. The function migrates the kworker back to the original CPU but this is still broken. Workqueue concurrency management requires the kworkers to stay on the same CPU and powernowk8_target() ends up triggerring BUG_ON(rq != this_rq()) in try_to_wake_up_local() if it contends on fidvid_mutex and sleeps. It is unclear why this bug is being reported now. Duncan says it appeared to be a regression of 3.6-rc1 and couldn't reproduce it on 3.5. Bisection seemed to point to 63d95a91 "workqueue: use @pool instead of @gcwq or @cpu where applicable" which is an non-functional change. Given that the reproduce case sometimes took upto days to trigger, it's easy to be misled while bisecting. Maybe something made contention on fidvid_mutex more likely? I don't know. This patch fixes the bug by using work_on_cpu() instead if @pol->cpu isn't the same as the current one. The code assumes that cpufreq_policy->cpu is kept online by the caller, which Rafael tells me is the case. stable: ed48ece27c ("workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using system_wq") should be applied before this; otherwise, the behavior could be horrible. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Reported-by: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Tested-by: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki Cc: Andreas Herrmann Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301 diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c index c0e8164..1a40935 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ #include #include #include -#include /* for current / set_cpus_allowed() */ #include #include @@ -1139,16 +1138,23 @@ static int transition_frequency_pstate(struct powernow_k8_data *data, return res; } -/* Driver entry point to switch to the target frequency */ -static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol, - unsigned targfreq, unsigned relation) +struct powernowk8_target_arg { + struct cpufreq_policy *pol; + unsigned targfreq; + unsigned relation; +}; + +static long powernowk8_target_fn(void *arg) { - cpumask_var_t oldmask; + struct powernowk8_target_arg *pta = arg; + struct cpufreq_policy *pol = pta->pol; + unsigned targfreq = pta->targfreq; + unsigned relation = pta->relation; struct powernow_k8_data *data = per_cpu(powernow_data, pol->cpu); u32 checkfid; u32 checkvid; unsigned int newstate; - int ret = -EIO; + int ret; if (!data) return -EINVAL; @@ -1156,29 +1162,16 @@ static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol, checkfid = data->currfid; checkvid = data->currvid; - /* only run on specific CPU from here on. */ - /* This is poor form: use a workqueue or smp_call_function_single */ - if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&oldmask, GFP_KERNEL)) - return -ENOMEM; - - cpumask_copy(oldmask, tsk_cpus_allowed(current)); - set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(pol->cpu)); - - if (smp_processor_id() != pol->cpu) { - printk(KERN_ERR PFX "limiting to cpu %u failed\n", pol->cpu); - goto err_out; - } - if (pending_bit_stuck()) { printk(KERN_ERR PFX "failing targ, change pending bit set\n"); - goto err_out; + return -EIO; } pr_debug("targ: cpu %d, %d kHz, min %d, max %d, relation %d\n", pol->cpu, targfreq, pol->min, pol->max, relation); if (query_current_values_with_pending_wait(data)) - goto err_out; + return -EIO; if (cpu_family != CPU_HW_PSTATE) { pr_debug("targ: curr fid 0x%x, vid 0x%x\n", @@ -1196,7 +1189,7 @@ static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol, if (cpufreq_frequency_table_target(pol, data->powernow_table, targfreq, relation, &newstate)) - goto err_out; + return -EIO; mutex_lock(&fidvid_mutex); @@ -1209,9 +1202,8 @@ static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol, ret = transition_frequency_fidvid(data, newstate); if (ret) { printk(KERN_ERR PFX "transition frequency failed\n"); - ret = 1; mutex_unlock(&fidvid_mutex); - goto err_out; + return 1; } mutex_unlock(&fidvid_mutex); @@ -1220,12 +1212,25 @@ static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol, data->powernow_table[newstate].index); else pol->cur = find_khz_freq_from_fid(data->currfid); - ret = 0; -err_out: - set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, oldmask); - free_cpumask_var(oldmask); - return ret; + return 0; +} + +/* Driver entry point to switch to the target frequency */ +static int powernowk8_target(struct cpufreq_policy *pol, + unsigned targfreq, unsigned relation) +{ + struct powernowk8_target_arg pta = { .pol = pol, .targfreq = targfreq, + .relation = relation }; + + /* + * Must run on @pol->cpu. cpufreq core is responsible for ensuring + * that we're bound to the current CPU and pol->cpu stays online. + */ + if (smp_processor_id() == pol->cpu) + return powernowk8_target_fn(&pta); + else + return work_on_cpu(pol->cpu, powernowk8_target_fn, &pta); } /* Driver entry point to verify the policy and range of frequencies */ -- cgit v0.10.2