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cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:24:59 +0000 (14:24 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:47:22 +0000 (09:47 -0700)
commit4b1785ad00ad1b809a4a224499ed605f2eb516fa
tree262c9f4cd573ec1aac9f11570563a4babbbb5df2
parent3d45db6b5158a7f09f8be651577416ef6a4dcbd4
cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU

commit 6889125b8b4e09c5e53e6ecab3433bed1ce198c9 upstream.

powernowk8_target() runs off a per-cpu work item and if the
cpufreq_policy->cpu is different from the current one, it migrates the
kworker to the target CPU by manipulating current->cpus_allowed.  The
function migrates the kworker back to the original CPU but this is
still broken.  Workqueue concurrency management requires the kworkers
to stay on the same CPU and powernowk8_target() ends up triggerring
BUG_ON(rq != this_rq()) in try_to_wake_up_local() if it contends on
fidvid_mutex and sleeps.

It is unclear why this bug is being reported now.  Duncan says it
appeared to be a regression of 3.6-rc1 and couldn't reproduce it on
3.5.  Bisection seemed to point to 63d95a91 "workqueue: use @pool
instead of @gcwq or @cpu where applicable" which is an non-functional
change.  Given that the reproduce case sometimes took upto days to
trigger, it's easy to be misled while bisecting.  Maybe something made
contention on fidvid_mutex more likely?  I don't know.

This patch fixes the bug by using work_on_cpu() instead if @pol->cpu
isn't the same as the current one.  The code assumes that
cpufreq_policy->cpu is kept online by the caller, which Rafael tells
me is the case.

stable: ed48ece27c ("workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using
        system_wq") should be applied before this; otherwise, the
        behavior could be horrible.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
Tested-by: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
Cc: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c