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The following invocation:
$ t1=send_signal/send_signal_perf_thread_remote \
t2=send_signal/send_signal_nmi_thread_remote \
./test_progs -t $t1,$t2
Leads to send_signal_nmi_thread_remote to be stuck
on a line 180:
/* wait for result */
err = read(pipe_c2p[0], buf, 1);
In this test case:
- perf event PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES is created for parent process;
- BPF program is attached to perf event, and sends a signal to child
process when event occurs;
- parent program burns some CPU in busy loop and calls read() to get
notification from child that it received a signal.
The perf event is declared with .sample_period = 1.
This forces perf to throttle events, and under some unclear conditions
the event does not always occur while parent is in busy loop.
After parent enters read() system call CPU cycles event won't be
generated for parent anymore. Thus, if perf event had not occurred
already the test is stuck.
This commit updates the parent to wait for notification with a timeout,
doing several iterations of busy loop + read_with_timeout().
Signed-off-by: Eduard Zingerman <eddyz87@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241112110906.3045278-4-eddyz87@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.