Re: [PATCH v3] sched: do not call __put_task_struct() on rt if pi_blocked_on is set

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

On 2025-04-10 09:10:12 [-0300], Luis Claudio R. Goncalves wrote:
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
> --- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
> @@ -134,22 +134,12 @@ static inline void put_task_struct(struct task_struct *t)
>  		return;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * In !RT, it is always safe to call __put_task_struct().
> -	 * Under RT, we can only call it in preemptible context.
> -	 */
> -	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT) || preemptible()) {
> -		static DEFINE_WAIT_OVERRIDE_MAP(put_task_map, LD_WAIT_SLEEP);
> -
> -		lock_map_acquire_try(&put_task_map);
> -		__put_task_struct(t);
> -		lock_map_release(&put_task_map);
> -		return;
> -	}
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * under PREEMPT_RT, we can't call put_task_struct
> +	 * In !RT, it is always safe to call __put_task_struct(),
> +	 * but under PREEMPT_RT, we can't call put_task_struct
>  	 * in atomic context because it will indirectly
> -	 * acquire sleeping locks.
> +	 * acquire sleeping locks. The same is true if the
> +	 * current process has a mutex enqueued (blocked on
> +	 * a PI chain).
>  	 *
>  	 * call_rcu() will schedule delayed_put_task_struct_rcu()
>  	 * to be called in process context.

Did you test it with lockdep with and without PREEMPT_RT? It would be
nice to throw some testing on it.
This comment here "call_rcu will schedule bla in process context" is
wrong. It will schedule the callback in softirq context. Unless RCU is
configured to run the callbacks in rcuc/ thread which is the default for
PREEMPT_RT. Also delayed_put_task_struct_rcu() does not exist, imho
never did.

Sebastian