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smp/scf: Evaluate local cond_func() before IPI side-effects

In smp_call_function_many_cond(), the local cond_func() is evaluated
after triggering the remote CPU IPIs.

If cond_func() depends on loading shared state updated by other CPU's
IPI handlers func(), then triggering execution of remote CPUs IPI before
evaluating cond_func() may have unexpected consequences.

One example scenario is evaluating a jiffies delay in cond_func(), which
is updated by func() in the IPI handlers. This situation can prevent
execution of periodic cleanup code on the local CPU.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241203163558.3455535-1-mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com

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Mathieu Desnoyers and committed by
Ingo Molnar
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kernel/smp.c
··· 815 815 WARN_ON_ONCE(!in_task()); 816 816 817 817 /* Check if we need local execution. */ 818 - if ((scf_flags & SCF_RUN_LOCAL) && cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, mask)) 818 + if ((scf_flags & SCF_RUN_LOCAL) && cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, mask) && 819 + (!cond_func || cond_func(this_cpu, info))) 819 820 run_local = true; 820 821 821 822 /* Check if we need remote execution, i.e., any CPU excluding this one. */ ··· 869 868 send_call_function_ipi_mask(cfd->cpumask_ipi); 870 869 } 871 870 872 - if (run_local && (!cond_func || cond_func(this_cpu, info))) { 871 + if (run_local) { 873 872 unsigned long flags; 874 873 875 874 local_irq_save(flags);