From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v5 19/29] cgroup/cpuset: Wait for an attach before rebuilding the sched domains
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 13:53:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261108185406.1549770-20-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261108185406.1549770-1-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
cpuset_can_attach() reserves the bandwidth of the deadline tasks it
moves in the destination root domain. cpuset_attach() moves their
bandwidth later, on the strength of that reservation.
Commit 75f7a25ec6bb ("cgroup/cpuset: Prevent race between task attach
and cpuset state change") lets cpuset_attach() rely on what
cpuset_can_attach() set up. The writes of cpus, mems and cpus.partition
wait for an attach in progress, in wait_attach_done_lock(). CPU hotplug
cannot run in between either: it takes cpus_write_lock, and the attach
holds cpus_read_lock throughout.
But a rebuild of the sched domains does not wait. A write of
sched_rt_runtime_us and the energy model rebuild them through
rebuild_sched_domains(). The cgroup v1 writes of sched_load_balance and
sched_relax_domain_level, and hk_sd_workfn(), use cpuset_full_lock().
In this example, a rebuild drops the reservation. T is a deadline task
asleep in root domain R. Thread A moves T to a partition root P, which
has a root domain of its own. Thread B writes sched_rt_runtime_us:
A B
cpuset_can_attach()
takes cpuset_mutex
cpuset_reserve_dl_bw()
P's total_bw += T's bandwidth
drops cpuset_mutex
rebuild_sched_domains()
takes cpuset_mutex
dl_rebuild_rd_accounting()
clears R's and P's total_bw
counts T in R (not moved yet)
drops cpuset_mutex
cpuset_attach()
takes cpuset_mutex
cpuset_attach_task(T)
set_cpus_allowed_dl(T)
R's total_bw -= T's bandwidth
records a CPU of P
P now lacks the bandwidth of T, and admits deadline tasks beyond its
capacity. When T leaves P, P's total_bw underflows. In testing, the
race left a destination admitting 3 tasks of 10% too many, or P
admitting no task at all.
Fix this by waiting for an attach in progress in
rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked() and in cpuset_full_lock(). The
latter then takes its locks in the order of the writes of cpus and
cpus.partition. A rebuild from CPU hotplug finds no attach in progress.
The online, offline and kill of a cpuset never wait: they hold
cgroup_mutex, which the attach holds throughout.
The move_vs_rebuild case of deadline_bw_test, added later in this
series, tests this race. Without this patch, it fails in 5 of 8 VMs with
8 CPUs. With it, the case passes in 8 of 8. The next patch needs this
wait too: without it, it would give back a reservation that a rebuild
dropped already.
Found by the Sashiko AI reviews of v2 (the race) and v3 (the cgroup v1
writes) of this series.
Fixes: 2ef269ef1ac0 ("cgroup/cpuset: Free DL BW in case can_attach() fails")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 194a438e25c3..51b6be460794 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -296,17 +296,20 @@ void lockdep_assert_cpuset_lock_held(void)
lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
}
+static void wait_attach_done_lock(void) __acquires(&cpuset_mutex);
+
/**
* cpuset_full_lock - Acquire full protection for cpuset modification
*
* Takes both CPU hotplug read lock (cpus_read_lock()) and cpuset mutex
- * to safely modify cpuset data.
+ * to safely modify cpuset data. Waits for an attach in progress before
+ * it takes cpuset mutex.
*/
void cpuset_full_lock(void)
{
mutex_lock(&cpuset_top_mutex);
cpus_read_lock();
- mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
+ wait_attach_done_lock();
}
void cpuset_full_unlock(void)
@@ -1005,7 +1008,14 @@ void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
static void rebuild_sched_domains_cpuslocked(void)
{
- mutex_lock(&cpuset_mutex);
+ /*
+ * Wait for an attach in progress. cpuset_can_attach() has reserved
+ * the deadline bandwidth of the moving tasks in their new root
+ * domain, and cpuset_attach() moves it on the strength of that
+ * reservation. A rebuild of the accounting in between would drop
+ * the reservation.
+ */
+ wait_attach_done_lock();
rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
mutex_unlock(&cpuset_mutex);
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-08 18:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-08 18:53 [PATCH v5 00/29] sched/deadline: bandwidth accounting fixes and selftests Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 01/29] sched: Fix cpuset_mutex double unlock in __sched_setscheduler() Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 02/29] sched: Refuse SCHED_FLAG_KEEP_PARAMS that would change the policy or the class Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 03/29] sched/deadline: Do not admit bandwidth for parameters that are kept Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 04/29] sched: Let a task boosted by a deadline waiter change its policy Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 05/29] sched/deadline: Do not divide by zero active CPUs of a root domain Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 06/29] sched: Take cpuset_mutex for a deadline policy change only with pi Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 07/29] sched/deadline: Do not lose a throttled task switched out and back Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 08/29] sched/deadline: Take a deadline boost from the waiter's rt_mutex node Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 09/29] sched/deadline: Reset the deadline and the runtime with the parameters Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 10/29] sched/deadline: Reset the donor's runtime at a deboost in the class Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 19:17 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 11/29] sched/deadline: Release the bandwidth of a task that leaves the class asleep Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 12/29] sched/deadline: Reject SCHED_DEADLINE on exited tasks Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 13/29] sched/deadline: Keep departing bandwidth across a root domain rebuild Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 14/29] sched/deadline: Fix this_bw when a task is changed during a remote wakeup Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 15/29] sched/deadline: Rebuild the root domains' accounting from the task list Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 16/29] sched/deadline: Record the root domain holding a task's bandwidth Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 17/29] sched/deadline: Leave a dying task out of a rebuild of the accounting Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 18/29] sched/deadline: Move a task's bandwidth only where room was made Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` Mathieu Desnoyers [this message]
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 20/29] cgroup/cpuset: Give back the bandwidth an attach did not move Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 21/29] cgroup/cpuset: Reserve the bandwidth in the root domain a task moves to Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:53 ` [PATCH v5 22/29] sched/deadline: Make a rebuild use the CPU recorded with a task's bandwidth Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 23/29] sched/deadline: Move a task's bandwidth when it must leave its CPU Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 24/29] sched/deadline: Cancel the replenishment timer with the parameters Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 25/29] sched/deadline: Count the bandwidth a boosted task is given Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 26/29] sched/debug: Show the deadline bandwidth of each runqueue Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 27/29] selftests/sched: Add a test of SCHED_DEADLINE policy round trips Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 28/29] selftests/sched: Test SCHED_DEADLINE bandwidth across a root domain rebuild Mathieu Desnoyers
2026-11-08 18:54 ` [PATCH v5 29/29] selftests/sched: Add a test of SCHED_DEADLINE bandwidth accounting Mathieu Desnoyers
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