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FAILED: Patch "posix-cpu-timers: Clear TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER on clone" failed to apply to v4.19-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the v4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From b5413156bad91dc2995a5c4eab1b05e56914638a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Segall <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:35:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: Clear TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER on clone

When cloning a new thread, its posix_cputimers are not inherited, and are cleared by posix_cputimers_init(). However, this does not clear the tick dependency it creates in tsk->tick_dep_mask, and the handler does not reach the code to clear the dependency if there were no timers to begin with.

Thus if a thread has a cputimer running before clone/fork, all descendants will prevent nohz_full unless they create a cputimer of their own.

Fix this by entirely clearing the tick_dep_mask in copy_process(). (There is currently no inherited state that needs a tick dependency)

Process-wide timers do not have this problem because fork does not copy signal_struct as a baseline, it creates one from scratch.

Fixes b78783000d5c ("posix-cpu-timers: Migrate to use new tick dependency mask model")
---
 include/linux/tick.h | 8 ++++++++
 kernel/fork.c        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
include/linux/tick.h +8 -0
index 72744638c5b0f..99c9c5a7252aa 100644
@@ -251,12 +251,19 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_set_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	atomic_set(&tsk->tick_dep_mask, 0);
+}
+
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
@@ -290,6 +297,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
kernel/fork.c +2 -0
index 89ceb4a68af25..6fa9fe62e01e3 100644
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
 #include <linux/rseq.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/pidfd.h>
 #include <linux/pidfs.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -2292,6 +2293,7 @@ __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	acct_clear_integrals(p);
 
 	posix_cputimers_init(&p->posix_cputimers);
+	tick_dep_init_task(p);
 
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	audit_set_context(p, NULL);
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Quoted 7 lines · Sasha Levin

The patch below does not apply to the v4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

Thanks,
Sasha

Please try this:

---
From ee0d95090203b7ee4cb1f29c586cd7d0dbf79fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Segall <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:35:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: Clear TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER on clone

When cloning a new thread, its posix_cputimers are not inherited, and are cleared by posix_cputimers_init(). However, this does not clear the tick dependency it creates in tsk->tick_dep_mask, and the handler does not reach the code to clear the dependency if there were no timers to begin with.

Thus if a thread has a cputimer running before clone/fork, all descendants will prevent nohz_full unless they create a cputimer of their own.

Fix this by entirely clearing the tick_dep_mask in copy_process(). (There is currently no inherited state that needs a tick dependency)

Process-wide timers do not have this problem because fork does not copy signal_struct as a baseline, it creates one from scratch.

Fixes b78783000d5c ("posix-cpu-timers: Migrate to use new tick dependency mask model")
---
 include/linux/tick.h | 8 ++++++++
 kernel/fork.c        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
include/linux/tick.h +8 -0
index 443726085f6c..832381b812c2 100644
@@ -233,12 +233,19 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_set_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	atomic_set(&tsk->tick_dep_mask, 0);
+}
+
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
@@ -272,6 +279,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
kernel/fork.c +2 -0
index b65871600507..1fb06d8952bc 100644
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #include <linux/kcov.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -1829,6 +1830,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	acct_clear_integrals(p);
 
 	posix_cpu_timers_init(p);
+	tick_dep_init_task(p);
 
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	audit_set_context(p, NULL);
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#2 lore raw
Quoted 100 lines · Frederic Weisbecker
Quoted 7 lines · Sasha Levin

The patch below does not apply to the v4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

Thanks,
Sasha

Please try this:

---

Quoted 1 line

From ee0d95090203b7ee4cb1f29c586cd7d0dbf79fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Benjamin Segall <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:35:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: Clear TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER on clone

When cloning a new thread, its posix_cputimers are not inherited, and are cleared by posix_cputimers_init(). However, this does not clear the tick dependency it creates in tsk->tick_dep_mask, and the handler does not reach the code to clear the dependency if there were no timers to begin with.

Thus if a thread has a cputimer running before clone/fork, all descendants will prevent nohz_full unless they create a cputimer of their own.

Fix this by entirely clearing the tick_dep_mask in copy_process(). (There is currently no inherited state that needs a tick dependency)

Process-wide timers do not have this problem because fork does not copy signal_struct as a baseline, it creates one from scratch.

Fixes b78783000d5c ("posix-cpu-timers: Migrate to use new tick dependency mask model")
---
 include/linux/tick.h | 8 ++++++++
 kernel/fork.c        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
include/linux/tick.h +8 -0
index 443726085f6c..832381b812c2 100644
@@ -233,12 +233,19 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_set_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	atomic_set(&tsk->tick_dep_mask, 0);
+}
+
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
@@ -272,6 +279,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
kernel/fork.c +2 -0
index b65871600507..1fb06d8952bc 100644
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #include <linux/kcov.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -1829,6 +1830,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	acct_clear_integrals(p);
 
 	posix_cpu_timers_init(p);
+	tick_dep_init_task(p);
 
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	audit_set_context(p, NULL);
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What is the git id of this in Linus's tree?

thanks,

greg k-h

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Hi Greg,

Quoted 95 lines · Greg KH
Quoted 94 lines · Frederic Weisbecker
Quoted 7 lines · Sasha Levin

The patch below does not apply to the v4.19-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

Thanks,
Sasha

Please try this:

---

Quoted 1 line

From ee0d95090203b7ee4cb1f29c586cd7d0dbf79fff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Benjamin Segall <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:35:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] posix-cpu-timers: Clear TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER on clone

When cloning a new thread, its posix_cputimers are not inherited, and are cleared by posix_cputimers_init(). However, this does not clear the tick dependency it creates in tsk->tick_dep_mask, and the handler does not reach the code to clear the dependency if there were no timers to begin with.

Thus if a thread has a cputimer running before clone/fork, all descendants will prevent nohz_full unless they create a cputimer of their own.

Fix this by entirely clearing the tick_dep_mask in copy_process(). (There is currently no inherited state that needs a tick dependency)

Process-wide timers do not have this problem because fork does not copy signal_struct as a baseline, it creates one from scratch.

Fixes b78783000d5c ("posix-cpu-timers: Migrate to use new tick dependency mask model")
---
 include/linux/tick.h | 8 ++++++++
 kernel/fork.c        | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
include/linux/tick.h +8 -0
index 443726085f6c..832381b812c2 100644
@@ -233,12 +233,19 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_set_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
 	if (tick_nohz_full_enabled())
 		tick_nohz_dep_clear_task(tsk, bit);
 }
+
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+	atomic_set(&tsk->tick_dep_mask, 0);
+}
+
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit)
 {
@@ -272,6 +279,7 @@ static inline void tick_dep_set_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				     enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
+static inline void tick_dep_init_task(struct task_struct *tsk) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_set_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
 				       enum tick_dep_bits bit) { }
 static inline void tick_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *signal,
kernel/fork.c +2 -0
index b65871600507..1fb06d8952bc 100644
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #include <linux/kcov.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
 #include <linux/thread_info.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -1829,6 +1830,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	acct_clear_integrals(p);
 
 	posix_cpu_timers_init(p);
+	tick_dep_init_task(p);
 
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kernel/fork.c +0 -0
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	audit_set_context(p, NULL);
Signature · 1 line
2.46.0

What is the git id of this in Linus's tree?

b5413156bad9 (posix-cpu-timers: Clear TICK_DEP_BIT_POSIX_TIMER on clone)

Thanks.

Quoted 4 lines

thanks,

greg k-h