linux/arch/powerpc
Valentin Schneider f1a0a376ca sched/core: Initialize the idle task with preemption disabled
As pointed out by commit

  de9b8f5dcb ("sched: Fix crash trying to dequeue/enqueue the idle thread")

init_idle() can and will be invoked more than once on the same idle
task. At boot time, it is invoked for the boot CPU thread by
sched_init(). Then smp_init() creates the threads for all the secondary
CPUs and invokes init_idle() on them.

As the hotplug machinery brings the secondaries to life, it will issue
calls to idle_thread_get(), which itself invokes init_idle() yet again.
In this case it's invoked twice more per secondary: at _cpu_up(), and at
bringup_cpu().

Given smp_init() already initializes the idle tasks for all *possible*
CPUs, no further initialization should be required. Now, removing
init_idle() from idle_thread_get() exposes some interesting expectations
with regards to the idle task's preempt_count: the secondary startup always
issues a preempt_disable(), requiring some reset of the preempt count to 0
between hot-unplug and hotplug, which is currently served by
idle_thread_get() -> idle_init().

Given the idle task is supposed to have preemption disabled once and never
see it re-enabled, it seems that what we actually want is to initialize its
preempt_count to PREEMPT_DISABLED and leave it there. Do that, and remove
init_idle() from idle_thread_get().

Secondary startups were patched via coccinelle:

  @begone@
  @@

  -preempt_disable();
  ...
  cpu_startup_entry(CPUHP_AP_ONLINE_IDLE);

Signed-off-by: Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210512094636.2958515-1-valentin.schneider@arm.com
2021-05-12 13:01:45 +02:00
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boot kbuild: replace LANG=C with LC_ALL=C 2021-05-02 00:43:35 +09:00
configs powerpc updates for 5.13 2021-04-30 12:22:28 -07:00
crypto crypto: powepc/sha1 - remove unneeded semicolon 2021-03-07 15:13:14 +11:00
include Merge branch 'master' into next 2021-05-08 21:12:55 +10:00
kernel sched/core: Initialize the idle task with preemption disabled 2021-05-12 13:01:45 +02:00
kexec powerpc/kexec_file: Use current CPU info while setting up FDT 2021-05-04 22:26:57 +10:00
kvm KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix conversion to gfn-based MMU notifier callbacks 2021-05-06 00:25:42 +10:00
lib powerpc/32: Fix boot failure with CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR 2021-05-04 22:28:05 +10:00
math-emu powerpc/math: Fix missing __user qualifier for get_user() and other sparse warnings 2021-03-29 13:22:12 +11:00
mm Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-05-05 13:50:15 -07:00
net powerpc/ebpf32: Use standard function call for functions within 32M distance 2021-04-21 22:52:33 +10:00
perf powerpc/perf: Fix the threshold event selection for memory events in power10 2021-04-23 01:38:02 +10:00
platforms Merge branch 'master' into next 2021-05-08 21:12:55 +10:00
purgatory powerpc/kexec: Don't use .machine ppc64 in trampoline_64.S 2021-04-08 21:17:43 +10:00
sysdev Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2021-04-30 14:38:01 -07:00
tools powerpc/tools: Remove 90 line limit in checkpatch script 2020-09-08 22:57:11 +10:00
xmon powerpc updates for 5.13 2021-04-30 12:22:28 -07:00
Kbuild
Kconfig Merge branch 'master' into next 2021-05-08 21:12:55 +10:00
Kconfig.debug powerpc: iommu: fix build when neither PCI or IBMVIO is set 2021-04-08 21:17:46 +10:00
Makefile powerpc: Only define _TASK_CPU for 32-bit 2021-04-20 14:22:24 +10:00
Makefile.postlink powerpc: unrel_branch_check.sh: use nm to find symbol value 2020-09-02 11:00:22 +10:00