[PATCH v2] sched/fair: Avoid divide by zero when rebalancing domains

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Wed Jul 04 2018 - 09:22:51 EST


It's possible that the CPU doing nohz idle balance hasn't had its own
load updated for many seconds. This can lead to huge deltas between
rq->avg_stamp and rq->clock when rebalancing, and has been seen to
cause the following crash:

divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff810bcba8>] update_sd_lb_stats+0xe8/0x560
[<ffffffff810bd04d>] find_busiest_group+0x2d/0x4b0
[<ffffffff810bd640>] load_balance+0x170/0x950
[<ffffffff810be3ff>] rebalance_domains+0x13f/0x290
[<ffffffff810852bc>] __do_softirq+0xec/0x300
[<ffffffff8108578a>] irq_exit+0xfa/0x110
[<ffffffff816167d9>] reschedule_interrupt+0xc9/0xd0

Make sure we update the rq clock and load before balancing.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Changes in v2: Balance IRQ flags properly.

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 2f0a0be4d344..150b92c7c9d1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -9676,6 +9676,7 @@ static bool nohz_idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
{
int this_cpu = this_rq->cpu;
unsigned int flags;
+ struct rq_flags rf;

if (!(atomic_read(nohz_flags(this_cpu)) & NOHZ_KICK_MASK))
return false;
@@ -9692,6 +9693,16 @@ static bool nohz_idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, enum cpu_idle_type idle)
if (!(flags & NOHZ_KICK_MASK))
return false;

+ /*
+ * Ensure this_rq's clock and load are up-to-date before we
+ * rebalance since it's possible that they haven't been
+ * updated for multiple schedule periods, i.e. many seconds.
+ */
+ rq_lock_irqsave(this_rq, &rf);
+ update_rq_clock(this_rq);
+ cpu_load_update_idle(this_rq);
+ rq_unlock_irqrestore(this_rq, &rf);
+
_nohz_idle_balance(this_rq, flags, idle);

return true;
--
2.13.6