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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 63d95a9 "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: ed48ece ("workqueue: reimplement work_on_cpu() using
system_wq") should be applied before this; otherwise, the
behavior could be horrible.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Duncan <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Duncan <[email protected]>
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]>
Cc: Andreas Herrmann <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47301
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