Re: [PATCH V2] rcu/torture replace wait_event with wait_event_idle

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Tue, May 02, 2023 at 08:01:41AM +0800, zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> In kfree_rcu_test, kfree_scale_shutdown will be detected as hung task
> if kfree_loops is too big. Replace wait_event with wait_event_idle
> to avoid false positive.
> 
> Tested in the PPC VM of Open Source Lab of Oregon State University.
> 
> Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>    
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx>                    

Good catch, thank you!

However, this commit beat you to it:

ef1ef3d47677 ("rcuscale: Move shutdown from wait_event() to wait_event_idle()")

							Thanx, Paul

> ---
>  kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
> index 91fb5905a008..d99c586939d1 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/rcuscale.c
> @@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ kfree_scale_cleanup(void)
>  static int
>  kfree_scale_shutdown(void *arg)
>  {
> -	wait_event(shutdown_wq,
> +	wait_event_idle(shutdown_wq,
>  		   atomic_read(&n_kfree_scale_thread_ended) >= kfree_nrealthreads);
>  
>  	smp_mb(); /* Wake before output. */
> -- 
> 2.34.1
>