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Fix lost wakeup and spurious wakeup race condition in scheduler_base - #7784
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- Line 199: Update the post-wait HPX_ASSERT in the worker wait path to accept
expected being running when the compare-and-exchange observes a normal resume.
Preserve the existing accepted states and apply the same invariant to the
single-thread resume path if it uses this assertion.
- Around line 170-171: Update the worker state transition in suspend() so a
resume() arriving during pre_sleep is not overwritten by the unconditional
sleeping store. Coordinate the pre_sleep transition with resume() and enter
sleeping only while the suspend request remains active, preserving the resumed
state otherwise.
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Thanks for looking into this. Taking the lock in resume() before notifying, and waiting with a predicate, are the right fixes for the lost and the spurious wakeup, and the compare-exchange from pre_sleep also fixes a problem the description doesn't mention: the old unconditional store(sleeping) could overwrite a stopping that was set between the scheduling loop's pre_sleep check and the call to suspend(). A few things need another look, though.
1. The assertion after the wait can now fire in debug builds.
resume() now changes the state from sleeping to running itself, so resume_processing_unit_direct (which loops until the state is no longer sleeping) returns before the worker has woken up. If the PU is suspended again right away, suspend_processing_unit_direct changes running to pre_sleep while the worker is still waking up. The worker's predicate then sees pre_sleep, the wait returns, the compare-exchange from sleeping fails with expected == pre_sleep, and the HPX_ASSERT fails, because pre_sleep is not among the accepted states. A resume followed quickly by a suspend of the same PU is exactly what suspend_thread.cpp does in its loops, so this can show up in the debug CI runs. In release builds the worker just returns to the scheduling loop, sees pre_sleep and suspends again, so it only affects the assertion.
2. The compare-exchange after the wait can never succeed any more.
If the first compare-exchange succeeded, the wait only returns once the state is no longer sleeping. If it failed, the state was neither pre_sleep nor sleeping (only this thread sets sleeping). Either way the second compare-exchange from sleeping to running fails, so the comment above it ("Only set running if still in sleeping...") no longer describes what happens. I'd remove the compare-exchange and, if you want to keep a check, assert on the loaded state, accepting running, pre_sleep, stopping and terminating. That also takes care of point 1.
3. A resume that arrives while the worker is in pre_sleep is still lost.
The compare-exchange from pre_sleep fixes the unconditional store CodeRabbit pointed out, but a resume that arrives during pre_sleep is still lost. suspend_processing_unit_direct and suspend_internal set pre_sleep without suspend_mtxs_, and the worker only moves to sleeping later. A resume() in between finds pre_sleep, its compare-exchange from sleeping fails, and the notification wakes nobody. The worker then moves to sleeping and waits. With a blocking resume the caller's loop returns immediately because the state is not sleeping yet, and when stop_locked resumes the workers with blocking == false (resume_internal(blocking, throws) calls resume() once per PU) nothing retries, so a worker that was about to suspend while the pool is stopped sleeps forever, and the following set_all_states_at_least(stopping) doesn't notify it. One way to close this is to let resume() also change pre_sleep to running under the lock, so that a resume that comes later than a suspend request wins; suspend_processing_unit_direct waits for the state to leave pre_sleep and returns in that case as well. If you'd rather keep this PR small, please at least say in the description that this case is not covered.
4. Memory orders.
All the transitions this PR touches happen under suspend_mtxs_[num_thread], so the explicit acquire/release/acq_rel arguments don't add anything over the mutex, and the description's claim that they "enforce correct memory ordering" overstates what they do. Please drop them.
5. Tests.
The checklist says a regression test was added, but the PR only changes scheduler_base.cpp. A test for the race itself is hard to make deterministic, but a loop of resume_processing_unit(tp, n).get() immediately followed by suspend_processing_unit(tp, n).get() on the same PU, run in a debug build, should trigger point 1 with the current version and pass once it's fixed. Please also run the existing suspend_thread, suspend_pool and shutdown_suspended_pus tests (libs/core/resource_partitioner/tests/unit), and workrequesting_suspend_resume (libs/core/schedulers/tests/unit), in a debug build a number of times, and mention the results.
…roject#7784) - Removed redundant explicit memory orders protected by mutex. - Updated resume() to also transition from pre_sleep to running to avoid lost wakeups. - Replaced dead post-wait compare_exchange with an assertion that accepts pre_sleep. Signed-off-by: Shivansh Singh <[email protected]>
Applied the corrections! resume() now handles the pre_sleep transition under the lock, explicit memory orders have been dropped, and the post-wait CAS was replaced with an assertion that correctly accepts pre_sleep. I also ran suspend_thread, suspend_pool, shutdown_suspended_pus, and workrequesting_suspend_resume tests in a loop locally on a debug build, and they all pass without tripping the new assertion. |
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Thanks for the update. suspend() and resume() now agree with each other: both change the state under suspend_mtxs_, so a resume can no longer be lost while the worker goes to sleep, the assertion after the wait accepts the states that can really be seen there, and the explicit memory orders are gone. Unfortunately the pre_sleep to running transition in resume(), which I suggested in point 3 of my last review, breaks an assumption of the scheduling loop, and the Jenkins debug builds show it.
1. suspend_thread fails in all Jenkins debug builds.
tests.unit.modules.resource_partitioner.suspend_thread fails in the clang-16, clang-17 and clang-18 debug builds of the last run, e.g. https://cdash.rostam.cct.lsu.edu/test/93363257, with Assertion 'this_state.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) != hpx::state::pre_sleep' failed in scheduling_loop.hpp line 562, the may_exit branch. CDash lists 25 failed runs of this test for this PR since October 6, against one on master and at most three on any other PR.
The scheduling loop reads its state once at the top of each iteration (running = this_state < pre_sleep) and relies on the state not going back below pre_sleep unless the worker itself does that in suspend(). With this PR another thread can do it:
- The worker starts an iteration while its state is
pre_sleep, sorunningis false. resume()changespre_sleeptorunning.- The worker gets to the
this_state == pre_sleepcheck afterwait_or_add_new, seesrunning, and takes theelsebranch. Therecan_exitstill uses the stalerunning, so with an empty queue it is true, and asdelay_exitis part of the default scheduler mode, the worker setsmay_exit. - In the
may_exitbranch at the end of the same iteration,can_exitis computed from the stalerunningagain, so the worker storesstoppedand leaves the scheduling loop, although its PU was just resumed. If the test has suspended the PU again in the meantime, the state ispre_sleepthere, and that is the assertion that fires in the debug builds. In release builds the worker thread silently exits, and the PU stays dead.
There are two ways to fix this:
- Keep
resume()from changingpre_sleep, and let the worker handle a resume that arrives duringpre_sleep:resume()sets a per-PU flag undersuspend_mtxs_when it findspre_sleep, andsuspend()checks that flag under the same lock before changingpre_sleeptosleeping, changing the state torunningitself instead of waiting. Then only the worker moves its state out ofpre_sleep, as before. The flag has to be cleared when a new suspend request setspre_sleep, so that an old resume doesn't cancel a later suspend. - Keep the change in
resume()and make the scheduling loop decide from the current state: load the state once at thepre_sleepcheck and use that value forcan_exitthere as well, instead of therunningfrom the top of the iteration. Thenmay_exitcan only be set once the state isstoppingorterminating, which never go back, and themay_exitbranch and its assertion hold again.
The second one is the smaller change, but it touches the scheduling loop, so please also check the other places that use running after wait_or_add_new.
2. Tests.
Thanks for running the tests locally. The failure needs the resume to land between the top of the loop and the pre_sleep check, so a few local runs can easily miss it. Please run suspend_thread (4 threads, debug build) in a loop of a few hundred runs with whichever fix you choose, and mention the result. The description should also be updated: it still claims explicit memory orders, and the checklist still says a regression test was added.
3. History.
Before this is merged, please squash the three commits into one that describes the final change.
Thanks for catching that stale state assumption in the scheduling loop! I went with Option 2: the scheduling loop now explicitly re-loads the current state at the I also ran Finally, I have squashed the commits down to a single clean history and updated the PR description to remove the claims about explicit memory orders and regression tests. The CI should hopefully be happy with this one! |
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Thanks, the scheduling loop change looks right to me. With the state loaded again at the pre_sleep check, may_exit can only be set once the state is above pre_sleep, and as pre_sleep is only ever set by a compare-exchange from running (in suspend_internal and suspend_processing_unit_direct), a state above it never goes back. So the may_exit branch, its new stopping/terminating check and the assertion before it hold again, and a resume that arrives during pre_sleep no longer makes the worker leave the scheduling loop. The other uses of the stale running (get_next_thread and the wait_or_add_new calls) only affect stealing and idling for one iteration, so they're fine. Two things have to be fixed before this can go in, though, and there are a few small ones.
1. The last commit adds an Agent-CLI submodule.
2e9806a adds Agent-CLI as a gitlink (to d0a7a195e5) without a .gitmodules entry, presumably a local checkout that got committed by accident. Please remove it (git rm --cached Agent-CLI), and maybe add it to your local .git/info/exclude so it doesn't happen again.
2. The history isn't squashed yet.
The PR still has four commits, and the last one, "Fix lost and spurious wakeups in scheduler_base", contains only the scheduling loop change and Agent-CLI; the scheduler_base.cpp changes are in the three earlier commits. Please squash all four into one commit (e.g. git rebase -i origin/master and squash, or git reset --soft $(git merge-base HEAD origin/master) and commit again), without Agent-CLI, and force-push.
3. Smaller things.
- In the
elsebranch,!(current_state < hpx::state::pre_sleep)reads more easily ascurrent_state > hpx::state::pre_sleep(the branch already excludespre_sleep). - The two new loads use
std::memory_order_acquire, while the other loads ofthis_statein the loop usestd::memory_order_relaxed. Nothing here depends on acquire semantics (the state is only compared), so please use relaxed like the surrounding code, for the same reason as the memory orders inscheduler_base.cppwere dropped. - The two branches of
resume()repeat the same compare-exchange sequence. A small helper that resumes one PU (taking the lock, tryingsleepingand thenpre_sleep, and notifying) would make the loop over all PUs and the single PU case one line each.
4. CI.
So far only the gcc-12-cuda-12 builds of the new version have run on Jenkins, and suspend_thread, suspend_pool, shutdown_suspended_pus and workrequesting_suspend_resume pass in both. The failure of counting_semaphore_cpp20 in the debug build is not related to this PR, it's a test that was added to master yesterday and fails on other PRs as well. The clang debug builds, where suspend_thread failed with the previous version, haven't reported yet. Thanks also for the 500 runs of suspend_thread.
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- Around line 190-204: Update the `resume_pu` lambda so
`suspend_conds_[pu].notify_one()` runs after the compare-exchange attempts
regardless of whether either succeeds. Preserve the existing attempts to
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- Handle pre_sleep transitions in resume() under lock to prevent lost wakeups. - Update scheduling_loop.hpp to evaluate current state rather than a stale running flag. - Replace post-wait CAS with assertions accepting pre_sleep. Signed-off-by: Shivansh Singh <[email protected]>
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Fixes #7783
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scheduler_base::resumeby acquiringsuspend_mtxs_before issuing notifications, and allowingresume()to transitionpre_sleeptorunningdirectly under the lock.scheduler_base::suspendby providing a state-checking predicate tosuspend_conds_.wait().scheduling_loop.hppto evaluate the current state dynamically (via explicit state reloads) at thepre_sleepandmay_exitchecks rather than relying on a stalerunningboolean, preventing workers from accidentally exiting after a mid-loop resume.suspend()with a robust assertion that accepts valid states (includingpre_sleep).Any background context you want to provide?
Previously,
suspend()storedhpx::state::sleepingbefore acquiring the lock. Ifresume()executed immediately after, it issuednotify_one()without acquiring the lock. If the suspending thread hadn't enteredwait(l)yet, the notification was permanently lost, leaving the worker thread deadlocked. Furthermore,wait(l)lacked a predicate, meaning OS spurious wakeups could falsely wake suspended cores.Note: During review, we also identified and fixed a secondary race condition in the scheduling loop where a mid-loop resume caused the worker to shut itself down due to reading a stale state flag.
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suspend_thread, which was verified locally in a 500-iteration stress loop).