linux-phytec-ti

sched/core: Fix task and run queue sched_info::run_delay inconsistencies

Mike Meyer reported the following bug:

> During evaluation of some performance data, it was discovered thread
> and run queue run_delay accounting data was inconsistent with the other
> accounting data that was collected.  Further investigation found under
> certain circumstances execution time was leaking into the task and
> run queue accounting of run_delay.
>
> Consider the following sequence:
>
>     a. thread is running.
>     b. thread moves beween cgroups, changes scheduling class or priority.
>     c. thread sleeps OR
>     d. thread involuntarily gives up cpu.
>
> a. implies:
>
>     thread->sched_info.last_queued = 0
>
> a. and b. results in the following:
>
>     1. dequeue_task(rq, thread)
>
>            sched_info_dequeued(rq, thread)
>                delta = 0
>
>                sched_info_reset_dequeued(thread)
>                    thread->sched_info.last_queued = 0
>
>                thread->sched_info.run_delay += delta
>
>     2. enqueue_task(rq, thread)
>
>            sched_info_queued(rq, thread)
>
>                /* thread is still on cpu at this point. */
>                thread->sched_info.last_queued = task_rq(thread)->clock;
>
> c. results in:
>
>     dequeue_task(rq, thread)
>
>         sched_info_dequeued(rq, thread)
>
>             /* delta is execution time not run_delay. */
>             delta = task_rq(thread)->clock - thread->sched_info.last_queued
>
>         sched_info_reset_dequeued(thread)
>             thread->sched_info.last_queued = 0
>
>         thread->sched_info.run_delay += delta
>
>     Since thread was running between enqueue_task(rq, thread) and
>     dequeue_task(rq, thread), the delta above is really execution
>     time and not run_delay.
>
> d. results in:
>
>     __sched_info_switch(thread, next_thread)
>
>         sched_info_depart(rq, thread)
>
>             sched_info_queued(rq, thread)
>
>                 /* last_queued not updated due to being non-zero */
>                 return
>
>     Since thread was running between enqueue_task(rq, thread) and
>     __sched_info_switch(thread, next_thread), the execution time
>     between enqueue_task(rq, thread) and
>     __sched_info_switch(thread, next_thread) now will become
>     associated with run_delay due to when last_queued was last updated.
>

This alternative patch solves the problem by not calling
sched_info_{de,}queued() in {de,en}queue_task(). Therefore the
sched_info state is preserved and things work as expected.

By inlining the {de,en}queue_task() functions the new condition
becomes (mostly) a compile-time constant and we'll not emit any new
branch instructions.

It even shrinks the code (due to inlining {en,de}queue_task()):

$ size defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o.orig
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  64019   23378    2344   89741   15e8d defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o
  64149   23378    2344   89871   15f0f defconfig-build/kernel/sched/core.o.orig

Reported-by: Mike Meyer <Mike.Meyer@Teradata.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150930154413.GO3604@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>