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authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>2023-02-24 08:50:00 -0800
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2023-03-22 17:09:28 +0100
commite3ff7c609f39671d1aaff4fb4a8594e14f3e03f8 (patch)
tree6a531478136effed64ac3f8c738dd8c99615cbe9 /include/linux/livepatch_sched.h
parent383439d3d400d4c5a7ffb4495124adc6be6a05e2 (diff)
livepatch,sched: Add livepatch task switching to cond_resched()
There have been reports [1][2] of live patches failing to complete within a reasonable amount of time due to CPU-bound kthreads. Fix it by patching tasks in cond_resched(). There are four different flavors of cond_resched(), depending on the kernel configuration. Hook into all of them. A more elegant solution might be to use a preempt notifier. However, non-ORC unwinders can't unwind a preempted task reliably. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220507174628.2086373-1-song@kernel.org/ [2] https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/20230120-vhost-klp-switching-v1-0-7c2b65519c43@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> Tested-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <sforshee@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4ae981466b7814ec221014fc2554b2f86f3fb70b.1677257135.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+#ifndef _LINUX_LIVEPATCH_SCHED_H_
+#define _LINUX_LIVEPATCH_SCHED_H_
+
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <linux/static_call_types.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIVEPATCH
+
+void __klp_sched_try_switch(void);
+
+#if !defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC) || !defined(CONFIG_HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL)
+
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(klp_sched_try_switch_key);
+
+static __always_inline void klp_sched_try_switch(void)
+{
+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&klp_sched_try_switch_key))
+ __klp_sched_try_switch();
+}
+
+#endif /* !CONFIG_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC || !CONFIG_HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC_CALL */
+
+#else /* !CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
+static inline void klp_sched_try_switch(void) {}
+static inline void __klp_sched_try_switch(void) {}
+#endif /* CONFIG_LIVEPATCH */
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_LIVEPATCH_SCHED_H_ */