Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] sched/rt: fix bad task migration for rt tasks

From: Dietmar Eggemann
Date: Fri Aug 26 2022 - 14:49:51 EST


On 13/07/2022 15:48, Schspa Shi wrote:
> Commit 95158a89dd50 ("sched,rt: Use the full cpumask for balancing")
> allow find_lock_lowest_rq to pick a task with migration disabled.
> This commit is intended to push the current running task on this CPU
> away.
>
> There is a race scenario, which allows a migration disabled task to
> be migrated to another CPU.
>
> When there is a RT task with higher priority, rt sched class was
> intended to migrate higher priority task to lowest rq via push_rt_tasks,
> this BUG will happen here.
^^^

You mean the warning in set_task_cpu()?

> With the system running on PREEMPT_RT, rt_spin_lock will disable
> migration, this will make the problem easier to reproduce.
>
> I have seen this crash on PREEMPT_RT, from the logs, there is a race
^^^^^
?

We still talking about the set_task_cpu() warning, right?

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Reviewed-by: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>

You should carry the Reviewed-by:'s you got in previous versions.