[RFC PATCH] sched/core: Fix premature p->migration_pending completion

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Wed Jan 27 2021 - 14:31:50 EST


Fiddling some more with a TLA+ model of set_cpus_allowed_ptr() & friends
unearthed one more outstanding issue. This doesn't even involve
migrate_disable(), but rather affinity changes and execution of the stopper
racing with each other.

My own interpretation of the (lengthy) TLA+ splat (note the potential for
errors at each level) is:

Initial conditions:
victim.cpus_mask = {CPU0, CPU1}

CPU0 CPU1 CPU<don't care>

switch_to(victim)
set_cpus_allowed(victim, {CPU1})
kick CPU0 migration_cpu_stop({.dest_cpu = CPU1})
switch_to(stopper/0)
// e.g. CFS load balance
move_queued_task(CPU0, victim, CPU1);
switch_to(victim)
set_cpus_allowed(victim, {CPU0});
task_rq_unlock();
migration_cpu_stop(dest_cpu=CPU1)
task_rq(p) != rq && pending
kick CPU1 migration_cpu_stop({.dest_cpu = CPU1})

switch_to(stopper/1)
migration_cpu_stop(dest_cpu=CPU1)
task_rq(p) == rq && pending
__migrate_task(dest_cpu) // no-op
complete_all() <-- !!! affinity is {CPU0} !!!

I believe there are two issues there:
- retriggering of migration_cpu_stop() from within migration_cpu_stop()
itself doesn't change arg.dest_cpu
- we'll issue a complete_all() in the task_rq(p) == rq path of
migration_cpu_stop() even if the dest_cpu has been superseded by a
further affinity change.

Something similar could happen with NUMA's migrate_task_to(), and arguably
any other user of migration_cpu_stop() with a .dest_cpu >= 0.
Consider:

CPU0 CPUX

switch_to(victim)
migrate_task_to(victim, CPU1)
kick CPU0 migration_cpu_stop({.dest_cpu = CPU1})

set_cpus_allowed(victim, {CPU42})
task_rq_unlock();
switch_to(stopper/0)
migration_cpu_stop(dest_cpu=CPU1)
task_rq(p) == rq && pending
__migrate_task(dest_cpu)
complete_all() <-- !!! affinity is {CPU42} !!!

Prevent such premature completions by ensuring the dest_cpu in
migration_cpu_stop() is in the task's allowed cpumask.

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 06b449942adf..b57326b0a742 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1923,20 +1923,28 @@ static int migration_cpu_stop(void *data)
complete = true;
}

- /* migrate_enable() -- we must not race against SCA */
- if (dest_cpu < 0) {
- /*
- * When this was migrate_enable() but we no longer
- * have a @pending, a concurrent SCA 'fixed' things
- * and we should be valid again. Nothing to do.
- */
- if (!pending) {
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(task_cpu(p), &p->cpus_mask));
- goto out;
- }
+ /*
+ * When this was migrate_enable() but we no longer
+ * have a @pending, a concurrent SCA 'fixed' things
+ * and we should be valid again.
+ *
+ * This can also be a stopper invocation that was 'fixed' by an
+ * earlier one.
+ *
+ * Nothing to do.
+ */
+ if ((dest_cpu < 0 || dest_cpu == cpu_of(rq)) && !pending) {
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(task_cpu(p), &p->cpus_mask));
+ goto out;
+ }

+ /*
+ * Catch any affinity change between the stop_cpu() call and us
+ * getting here.
+ * For migrate_enable(), we just want to pick an allowed one.
+ */
+ if (dest_cpu < 0 || !cpumask_test_cpu(dest_cpu, &p->cpus_mask))
dest_cpu = cpumask_any_distribute(&p->cpus_mask);
- }

if (task_on_rq_queued(p))
rq = __migrate_task(rq, &rf, p, dest_cpu);
--
2.27.0