tree f7408140458c2d287014fb66d2b474af01ae9658
parent ed48ece27cd3d5ee0354c32bbaec0f3e1d4715c3
author Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1348003499 -0700
committer Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1348074901 -0700

cpufreq/powernow-k8: workqueue user shouldn't migrate the kworker to another CPU

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>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301