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[PATCH] tick/rcu: fix false positive "softirq work is pending" messages on RT

paul.gortmaker@windriver.com posted 1 patch 2 years, 4 months ago
[PATCH] tick/rcu: fix false positive "softirq work is pending" messages on RT
Posted by paul.gortmaker@windriver.com 2 years, 4 months ago 
From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

In commit 0345691b24c0 ("tick/rcu: Stop allowing RCU_SOFTIRQ in idle")
the new function report_idle_softirq() was created by breaking code out
of the existing can_stop_idle_tick() for kernels v5.18 and newer.

In doing so, the code essentially went from a one conditional:

	if (a && b && c)
		warn();

to a three conditional:

	if (!a)
		return;
	if (!b)
		return;
	if (!c)
		return;
	warn();

However, it seems one of the conditionals didn't get a "!" removed.
Compare the instance of local_bh_blocked() in the old code:

-               if (ratelimit < 10 && !local_bh_blocked() &&
-                   (local_softirq_pending() & SOFTIRQ_STOP_IDLE_MASK)) {
-                       pr_warn("NOHZ tick-stop error: Non-RCU local softirq work is pending, handler #%02x!!!\n",
-                               (unsigned int) local_softirq_pending());
-                       ratelimit++;
-               }

...to the usage in the new (5.18+) code:

+       /* On RT, softirqs handling may be waiting on some lock */
+       if (!local_bh_blocked())
+               return false;

It seems apparent that the "!" should be removed from the new code.

This issue lay dormant until another fixup for the same commit was added
in commit a7e282c77785 ("tick/rcu: Fix bogus ratelimit condition").
This commit realized the ratelimit was essentially set to zero instead
of ten, and hence *no* softirq pending messages would ever be issued.

Once this commit was backported via linux-stable, both the v6.1 and v6.4
preempt-rt kernels started printing out 10 instances of this at boot:

  NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #80!!!

Just to double check my understanding of things, I confirmed that the
v5.18-rt did print the pending-80 messages with a cherry pick of the
ratelimit fix, and then confirmed no pending softirq messages were
printed with a revert of mainline's 034569 on a v5.18-rt baseline.

Finally I confirmed it fixed the issue on v6.1-rt and v6.4-rt, and
also didn't break anything on a defconfig of mainline master of today.

Fixes: 0345691b24c0 ("tick/rcu: Stop allowing RCU_SOFTIRQ in idle")
Cc: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 2b865cb77feb..b52e1861b913 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static bool report_idle_softirq(void)
 		return false;
 
 	/* On RT, softirqs handling may be waiting on some lock */
-	if (!local_bh_blocked())
+	if (local_bh_blocked())
 		return false;
 
 	pr_warn("NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #%02x!!!\n",
-- 
2.40.0
Re: [PATCH] tick/rcu: fix false positive "softirq work is pending" messages on RT
Posted by Ahmad Fatoum 2 years, 3 months ago 
On 18.08.23 22:07, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com wrote:
> From: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
> 
> In commit 0345691b24c0 ("tick/rcu: Stop allowing RCU_SOFTIRQ in idle")
> the new function report_idle_softirq() was created by breaking code out
> of the existing can_stop_idle_tick() for kernels v5.18 and newer.
> 
> In doing so, the code essentially went from a one conditional:
> 
> 	if (a && b && c)
> 		warn();
> 
> to a three conditional:
> 
> 	if (!a)
> 		return;
> 	if (!b)
> 		return;
> 	if (!c)
> 		return;
> 	warn();
> 
> However, it seems one of the conditionals didn't get a "!" removed.
> Compare the instance of local_bh_blocked() in the old code:
> 
> -               if (ratelimit < 10 && !local_bh_blocked() &&
> -                   (local_softirq_pending() & SOFTIRQ_STOP_IDLE_MASK)) {
> -                       pr_warn("NOHZ tick-stop error: Non-RCU local softirq work is pending, handler #%02x!!!\n",
> -                               (unsigned int) local_softirq_pending());
> -                       ratelimit++;
> -               }
> 
> ...to the usage in the new (5.18+) code:
> 
> +       /* On RT, softirqs handling may be waiting on some lock */
> +       if (!local_bh_blocked())
> +               return false;
> 
> It seems apparent that the "!" should be removed from the new code.
> 
> This issue lay dormant until another fixup for the same commit was added
> in commit a7e282c77785 ("tick/rcu: Fix bogus ratelimit condition").
> This commit realized the ratelimit was essentially set to zero instead
> of ten, and hence *no* softirq pending messages would ever be issued.
> 
> Once this commit was backported via linux-stable, both the v6.1 and v6.4
> preempt-rt kernels started printing out 10 instances of this at boot:
> 
>   NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #80!!!
> 
> Just to double check my understanding of things, I confirmed that the
> v5.18-rt did print the pending-80 messages with a cherry pick of the
> ratelimit fix, and then confirmed no pending softirq messages were
> printed with a revert of mainline's 034569 on a v5.18-rt baseline.
> 
> Finally I confirmed it fixed the issue on v6.1-rt and v6.4-rt, and
> also didn't break anything on a defconfig of mainline master of today.
> 
> Fixes: 0345691b24c0 ("tick/rcu: Stop allowing RCU_SOFTIRQ in idle")
> Cc: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>

Tested-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>

Thanks,
Ahmad

> 
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 2b865cb77feb..b52e1861b913 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static bool report_idle_softirq(void)
>  		return false;
>  
>  	/* On RT, softirqs handling may be waiting on some lock */
> -	if (!local_bh_blocked())
> +	if (local_bh_blocked())
>  		return false;
>  
>  	pr_warn("NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #%02x!!!\n",

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[tip: timers/urgent] tick/rcu: Fix false positive "softirq work is pending" messages
Posted by tip-bot2 for Paul Gortmaker 2 years, 3 months ago 
The following commit has been merged into the timers/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     96c1fa04f089a7e977a44e4e8fdc92e81be20bef
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/96c1fa04f089a7e977a44e4e8fdc92e81be20bef
Author:        Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:07:57 -04:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:20:28 +02:00

tick/rcu: Fix false positive "softirq work is pending" messages

In commit 0345691b24c0 ("tick/rcu: Stop allowing RCU_SOFTIRQ in idle") the
new function report_idle_softirq() was created by breaking code out of the
existing can_stop_idle_tick() for kernels v5.18 and newer.

In doing so, the code essentially went from a one conditional:

	if (a && b && c)
		warn();

to a three conditional:

	if (!a)
		return;
	if (!b)
		return;
	if (!c)
		return;
	warn();

But that conversion got the condition for the RT specific
local_bh_blocked() wrong. The original condition was:

   	!local_bh_blocked()

but the conversion failed to negate it so it ended up as:

        if (!local_bh_blocked())
		return false;

This issue lay dormant until another fixup for the same commit was added
in commit a7e282c77785 ("tick/rcu: Fix bogus ratelimit condition").
This commit realized the ratelimit was essentially set to zero instead
of ten, and hence *no* softirq pending messages would ever be issued.

Once this commit was backported via linux-stable, both the v6.1 and v6.4
preempt-rt kernels started printing out 10 instances of this at boot:

  NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #80!!!

Remove the negation and return when local_bh_blocked() evaluates to true to
bring the correct behaviour back.

Fixes: 0345691b24c0 ("tick/rcu: Stop allowing RCU_SOFTIRQ in idle")
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Wen Yang <wenyang.linux@foxmail.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230818200757.1808398-1-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com


---
 kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index 4df14db..87015e9 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static bool report_idle_softirq(void)
 		return false;
 
 	/* On RT, softirqs handling may be waiting on some lock */
-	if (!local_bh_blocked())
+	if (local_bh_blocked())
 		return false;
 
 	pr_warn("NOHZ tick-stop error: local softirq work is pending, handler #%02x!!!\n",

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