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SubjectRe: [PATCH] cpu/hotplug: Fix rollback during error-out in takedown_cpu()
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On 9/5/2018 5:03 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Sep 2018, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>> If takedown_cpu() fails during _cpu_down(), st->state is reset,
>> by calling cpuhp_reset_state(). This results in an additional
>> increment of st->state, which results in CPUHP_AP_SMPBOOT_THREADS
>> state being skipped during rollback. Fix this by not calling
>> cpuhp_reset_state() and doing the state reset directly in
>> _cpu_down().
>>
>> Fixes: 4dddfb5faa61 ("smp/hotplug: Rewrite AP state machine core")
>> Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraju@codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>> kernel/cpu.c | 9 ++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
>> index aa7fe85..9f49edb 100644
>> --- a/kernel/cpu.c
>> +++ b/kernel/cpu.c
>> @@ -970,7 +970,14 @@ static int __ref _cpu_down(unsigned int cpu, int tasks_frozen,
>> */
>> ret = cpuhp_down_callbacks(cpu, st, target);
>> if (ret && st->state > CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU && st->state < prev_state) {
>> - cpuhp_reset_state(st, prev_state);
>> + /*
>> + * As st->last is not set, cpuhp_reset_state() increments
>> + * st->state, which results in CPUHP_AP_SMPBOOT_THREADS being
>> + * skipped during rollback. So, don't use it here.
>> + */
>> + st->rollback = true;
>> + st->target = prev_state;
>> + st->bringup = !st->bringup;
> No, this is just papering over the actual problem.
>
> The state inconsistency happens in take_cpu_down() when it returns with a
> failure from __cpu_disable() because that returns with state = TEARDOWN_CPU
> and st->state is then incremented in undo_cpu_down().
>
> That's the real issue and we need to analyze the whole cpu_down rollback
> logic first.

Could this be done like below ?

diff --git a/kernel/cpu.c b/kernel/cpu.c
index aa7fe85..47bce90 100644
--- a/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -802,17 +802,18 @@ static int take_cpu_down(void *_param)
        int err, cpu = smp_processor_id();
        int ret;

-       /* Ensure this CPU doesn't handle any more interrupts. */
-       err = __cpu_disable();
-       if (err < 0)
-               return err;
-
        /*
         * We get here while we are in CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU state and we
must not
         * do this step again.
         */
        WARN_ON(st->state != CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU);
        st->state--;
+
+       /* Ensure this CPU doesn't handle any more interrupts. */
+       err = __cpu_disable();
+       if (err < 0)
+               return err;
+
        /* Invoke the former CPU_DYING callbacks */

Thanks,
Mukesh
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