Re: for_each_domain()/sched_domain_span() has offline CPUs (was Re: [PATCH 2/2] timers: Fix removed self-IPI on global timer's enqueue in nohz_full)

From: Valentin Schneider
Date: Tue Mar 26 2024 - 12:46:23 EST



I've just noticed this thread while cleaning up my inbox, apologies for the
delayed response.

On 22/03/24 14:22, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:32:26PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 05:47:59AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
>> [ 1484.955213] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 162 at kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1088 enqueue_hrtimer+0x6f/0x80
>> [ 1484.962513] Modules linked in:
>> [ 1484.966476] CPU: 6 PID: 162 Comm: rcu_torture_rea Not tainted 6.8.0 #25
>> [ 1484.972975] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.2-3-gd478f380-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014
>> [ 1484.977653] RIP: 0010:enqueue_hrtimer+0x6f/0x80
>> [ 1484.978679] Code: a3 05 75 6a b7 01 73 bd 48 8b 05 e4 47 b5 01 48 85 c0 74 0c 48 8b 78 08 48 89 ee e8 eb bd ff ff 48 8b 03 f6 40 10 10 75 a5 90 <0f> 0b 90 eb 9f 66 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90
>> [ 1484.983136] RSP: 0000:ffffa553805cfd70 EFLAGS: 00010046
>> [ 1484.984386] RAX: ffff8c395f260440 RBX: ffff8c395f260480 RCX: ffff8c395f260440
>> [ 1484.986121] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff8c395f260480 RDI: ffffa553805cfde0
>> [ 1484.987704] RBP: ffffa553805cfde0 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 000000000000fc03
>> [ 1484.989513] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffff8c3941248e40 R12: 0000000000000040
>> [ 1484.991116] R13: ffff8c395f260480 R14: ffff8c395f260480 R15: ffff8c395f260440
>> [ 1484.992835] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8c395f380000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
>> [ 1484.994683] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
>> [ 1484.995985] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000001a62c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
>> [ 1484.997789] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
>> [ 1484.999376] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
>> [ 1485.001177] Call Trace:
>> [ 1485.002388] <TASK>
>> [ 1485.002923] ? __warn+0x78/0x120
>> [ 1485.003641] ? enqueue_hrtimer+0x6f/0x80
>> [ 1485.004641] ? report_bug+0xf1/0x1d0
>> [ 1485.005537] ? handle_bug+0x40/0x70
>> [ 1485.006318] ? exc_invalid_op+0x13/0x70
>> [ 1485.007167] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x16/0x20
>> [ 1485.008117] ? enqueue_hrtimer+0x6f/0x80
>> [ 1485.009131] hrtimer_start_range_ns+0x258/0x2f0
>> [ 1485.010153] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_reader+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1485.011185] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x96/0x120
>> [ 1485.012394] ? __pfx_hrtimer_wakeup+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1485.013502] stutter_wait+0x7f/0x90
>> [ 1485.014319] rcu_torture_reader+0x10e/0x280
>> [ 1485.015240] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_timer+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1485.016317] ? kthread+0xc6/0xf0
>> [ 1485.017169] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_reader+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1485.018215] kthread+0xc6/0xf0
>> [ 1485.018899] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1485.019703] ret_from_fork+0x2b/0x40
>> [ 1485.020546] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
>> [ 1485.021428] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
>> [ 1485.022295] </TASK>
>>
>> This happens within the following loop
>>
>> for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
>> for_each_cpu_and(i, sched_domain_span(sd), hk_mask) {
>> if (cpu == i)
>> continue;
>>
>> if (!idle_cpu(i))
>> return i;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> An offline CPU is returned from there. Which is not supposed to happen
>> as it's within an RCU read side. But I can't manage to find where those
>> rq->sd things are modified when a CPU is offlining. The code path is hard
>> to follow. Adding some scheduler people involved in topology just in case.
>> Investigation continues...
>
> So I just tried a simple test. I applied the following PoF patch, under the
> assumption that right after the exit of takedown_cpu(), the target CPU is
> offline and all CPUs must see the updates perfomed by the now dead target
> CPU. I expect also that the target CPU should have removed itself from the
> scheduling domains (though I don't know where that happens in the maze):
>

If it's of any help:

during hot-unplug, the scheduler will start poking the sched_domains in
CPUHP_AP_ACTIVE:sched_cpu_deactivate(). We then get to, in the "worst" case
with CONFIG_CPUSET=y:

sched_cpu_deactivate()
`\
cpuset_cpu_inactive()
`\
cpuset_update_active_cpus() # delegated to a workqueue because cpusets are fun

cpuset_hotplug_workfn()
`\
rebuild_sched_domains()
`\
rebuild_sched_domains_locked()

And there, eventually, we assign a NULL rq->sd to the offline CPU:

partition_sched_domains_locked()
`\
detach_destroy_domains()
`\
for_each_cpu(i, cpu_map)
cpu_attach_domain(NULL, &def_root_domain, i);
rcu_assign_pointer(rq->sd, sd);

The steps can be followed with CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG=y and sched_verbose on
the cmdline:

# echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu3/online
[ 23.173551] smpboot: CPU 3 is now offline

# That's the detach_destroy_domains() loop:
[ 23.174125] CPU0 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 23.174570] CPU1 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 23.175008] CPU2 attaching NULL sched-domain.
[ 23.175410] CPU3 attaching NULL sched-domain.

# That's the build_sched_domains() loop:
[ 23.175767] CPU0 attaching sched-domain(s):
[ 23.176091] domain-0: span=0-2 level=MC
[ 23.176381] groups: 0:{ span=0 }, 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }
[ 23.176805] CPU1 attaching sched-domain(s):
[ 23.177127] domain-0: span=0-2 level=MC
[ 23.177426] groups: 1:{ span=1 }, 2:{ span=2 }, 0:{ span=0 }
[ 23.177849] CPU2 attaching sched-domain(s):
[ 23.178171] domain-0: span=0-2 level=MC
[ 23.178482] groups: 2:{ span=2 }, 0:{ span=0 }, 1:{ span=1 }
[ 23.178902] root domain span: 0-2

> diff --git a/include/linux/sched/nohz.h b/include/linux/sched/nohz.h
> index 6d67e9a5af6b..2e0580abc73a 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched/nohz.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched/nohz.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON)
> extern void nohz_balance_enter_idle(int cpu);
> extern int get_nohz_timer_target(void);
> +extern void sched_assert_online_domains(int cpu);
> #else
> static inline void nohz_balance_enter_idle(int cpu) { }
> #endif
> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
> index 6c0a92ca6bb5..3424d1d40142 100644
> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
> @@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ void clear_tasks_mm_cpumask(int cpu)
> }
>
> /* Take this CPU down. */
> -static int take_cpu_down(void *_param)
> +int take_cpu_down(void *_param)
> {
> struct cpuhp_cpu_state *st = this_cpu_ptr(&cpuhp_state);
> enum cpuhp_state target = max((int)st->target, CPUHP_AP_OFFLINE);
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 0d18c3969f90..57f483fc1037 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -1055,6 +1055,22 @@ void resched_cpu(int cpu)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_COMMON
> +void sched_assert_online_domains(int cpu)
> +{
> + struct sched_domain *sd;
> + int i;
> +
> + rcu_read_lock();
> + for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
> + for_each_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(sd)) {
> + if (cpu == i)
> + continue;
> +
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(cpu_is_offline(i));
> + }
> + }
> + rcu_read_unlock();
> +}
> /*
> * In the semi idle case, use the nearest busy CPU for migrating timers
> * from an idle CPU. This is good for power-savings.
> diff --git a/kernel/stop_machine.c b/kernel/stop_machine.c
> index cedb17ba158a..354806156bd9 100644
> --- a/kernel/stop_machine.c
> +++ b/kernel/stop_machine.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #include <linux/atomic.h>
> #include <linux/nmi.h>
> #include <linux/sched/wake_q.h>
> +#include <linux/sched/nohz.h>
>
> /*
> * Structure to determine completion condition and record errors. May
> @@ -199,6 +200,8 @@ notrace void __weak stop_machine_yield(const struct cpumask *cpumask)
> cpu_relax();
> }
>
> +extern int take_cpu_down(void *_param);
> +
> /* This is the cpu_stop function which stops the CPU. */
> static int multi_cpu_stop(void *data)
> {
> @@ -255,6 +258,8 @@ static int multi_cpu_stop(void *data)
> } while (curstate != MULTI_STOP_EXIT);
>
> local_irq_restore(flags);
> + if (!is_active && msdata->fn == take_cpu_down)
> + sched_assert_online_domains(smp_processor_id());
> return err;
> }
>
> Then with that patch I ran TREE07, just some short iterations:
>
> tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/kvm.sh --configs "10*TREE07" --allcpus --bootargs "rcutorture.onoff_interval=200" --duration 2
>
> And the warning triggers very quickly. At least since v6.3 but maybe since
> earlier. Is this expected behaviour or am I right to assume that
> for_each_domain()/sched_domain_span() shouldn't return an offline CPU?
>

I would very much assume an offline CPU shouldn't show up in a
sched_domain_span().

Now, on top of the above, there's one more thing worth noting:
cpu_up_down_serialize_trainwrecks()

This just flushes the cpuset work, so after that the sched_domain topology
should be sane. However I see it's invoked at the tail end of _cpu_down(),
IOW /after/ takedown_cpu() has run, which sounds too late. The comments
around this vs. lock ordering aren't very reassuring however, so I need to
look into this more.

Maybe as a "quick" test to see if this is the right culprit, you could try
that with CONFIG_CPUSET=n? Because in that case the sched_domain update is
ran within sched_cpu_deactivate().

> Thanks.