From owner-svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 24 09:08:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 523A8106566B; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from attilio@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::2c]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 400448FC19; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8O98NVR091258; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:23 GMT (envelope-from attilio@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from attilio@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8O98Ncg091256; Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:23 GMT (envelope-from attilio@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <200909240908.n8O98Ncg091256@svn.freebsd.org> From: Attilio Rao Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:23 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-7@freebsd.org X-SVN-Group: stable-7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: svn commit: r197453 - in stable/7/sys: . contrib/pf kern X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:08:23 -0000 Author: attilio Date: Thu Sep 24 09:08:22 2009 New Revision: 197453 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197453 Log: MFC r197223: Fix a deadlock in sched_switch_migrate given by the runqueues being not locked at once together when doing the switch. Modified: stable/7/sys/ (props changed) stable/7/sys/contrib/pf/ (props changed) stable/7/sys/kern/sched_ule.c Modified: stable/7/sys/kern/sched_ule.c ============================================================================== --- stable/7/sys/kern/sched_ule.c Thu Sep 24 08:35:17 2009 (r197452) +++ stable/7/sys/kern/sched_ule.c Thu Sep 24 09:08:22 2009 (r197453) @@ -1822,18 +1822,24 @@ sched_switch_migrate(struct tdq *tdq, st */ spinlock_enter(); thread_block_switch(td); /* This releases the lock on tdq. */ - TDQ_LOCK(tdn); - tdq_add(tdn, td, flags); - tdq_notify(td->td_sched); - /* - * After we unlock tdn the new cpu still can't switch into this - * thread until we've unblocked it in cpu_switch(). The lock - * pointers may match in the case of HTT cores. Don't unlock here - * or we can deadlock when the other CPU runs the IPI handler. + + /* + * Acquire both run-queue locks before placing the thread on the new + * run-queue to avoid deadlocks created by placing a thread with a + * blocked lock on the run-queue of a remote processor. The deadlock + * occurs when a third processor attempts to lock the two queues in + * question while the target processor is spinning with its own + * run-queue lock held while waiting for the blocked lock to clear. */ - if (TDQ_LOCKPTR(tdn) != TDQ_LOCKPTR(tdq)) { - TDQ_UNLOCK(tdn); + if (TDQ_LOCKPTR(tdn) == TDQ_LOCKPTR(tdq)) { TDQ_LOCK(tdq); + tdq_add(tdn, td, flags); + tdq_notify(td->td_sched); + } else { + tdq_lock_pair(tdn, tdq); + tdq_add(tdn, td, flags); + tdq_notify(td->td_sched); + TDQ_UNLOCK(tdn); } spinlock_exit(); #endif