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A running task's state can be sampled in a consistent manner (for example, for diagnostic purposes) simply by invoking smp_call_function_single() on its CPU, which may be obtained using task_cpu(), then having the IPI handler verify that the desired task is in fact still running. However, if the task is not running, this sampling can in theory be done immediately and directly. In practice, the task might start running at any time, including during the sampling period. Gaining a consistent sample of a not-running task therefore requires that something be done to lock down the target task's state. This commit therefore adds a try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() function that invokes a specified function if the specified task can be locked down, returning true if successful and if the specified function returns true. Otherwise this function simply returns false. Given that the function passed to try_invoke_on_nonrunning_task() might be invoked with a runqueue lock held, that function had better be quite lightweight. The function is passed the target task's task_struct pointer and the argument passed to try_invoke_on_locked_down_task(), allowing easy access to task state and to a location for further variables to be passed in and out. Note that the specified function will be called even if the specified task is currently running. The function can use ->on_rq and task_curr() to quickly and easily determine the task's state, and can return false if this state is not to the function's liking. The caller of the try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() would then see the false return value, and could take appropriate action, for example, trying again later or sending an IPI if matters are more urgent. It is expected that use cases such as the RCU CPU stall warning code will simply return false if the task is currently running. However, there are use cases involving nohz_full CPUs where the specified function might instead fall back to an alternative sampling scheme that relies on heavier synchronization (such as memory barriers) in the target task. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com> Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de> [ paulmck: Apply feedback from Peter Zijlstra and Steven Rostedt. ] [ paulmck: Invoke if running to handle feedback from Mathieu Desnoyers. ] Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@joelfernandes.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org> |
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| autogroup.c | ||
| autogroup.h | ||
| clock.c | ||
| completion.c | ||
| core.c | ||
| cpuacct.c | ||
| cpudeadline.c | ||
| cpudeadline.h | ||
| cpufreq.c | ||
| cpufreq_schedutil.c | ||
| cpupri.c | ||
| cpupri.h | ||
| cputime.c | ||
| deadline.c | ||
| debug.c | ||
| fair.c | ||
| features.h | ||
| idle.c | ||
| isolation.c | ||
| loadavg.c | ||
| Makefile | ||
| membarrier.c | ||
| pelt.c | ||
| pelt.h | ||
| psi.c | ||
| rt.c | ||
| sched-pelt.h | ||
| sched.h | ||
| stats.c | ||
| stats.h | ||
| stop_task.c | ||
| swait.c | ||
| topology.c | ||
| wait.c | ||
| wait_bit.c | ||