livepatch,sched: Add livepatch task switching to cond_resched()
authorJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:50:00 +0000 (08:50 -0800)
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 16:09:28 +0000 (17:09 +0100)
commite3ff7c609f39671d1aaff4fb4a8594e14f3e03f8
tree6a531478136effed64ac3f8c738dd8c99615cbe9
parent383439d3d400d4c5a7ffb4495124adc6be6a05e2
livepatch,sched: Add livepatch task switching to cond_resched()

There have been reports [1][2] of live patches failing to complete
within a reasonable amount of time due to CPU-bound kthreads.

Fix it by patching tasks in cond_resched().

There are four different flavors of cond_resched(), depending on the
kernel configuration.  Hook into all of them.

A more elegant solution might be to use a preempt notifier.  However,
non-ORC unwinders can't unwind a preempted task reliably.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220507174628.2086373-1-song@kernel.org/
[2] https://lkml.kernel.org/lkml/20230120-vhost-klp-switching-v1-0-7c2b65519c43@kernel.org

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Tested-by: Seth Forshee (DigitalOcean) <sforshee@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4ae981466b7814ec221014fc2554b2f86f3fb70b.1677257135.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
include/linux/livepatch.h
include/linux/livepatch_sched.h [new file with mode: 0644]
include/linux/sched.h
kernel/livepatch/core.c
kernel/livepatch/transition.c
kernel/sched/core.c