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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] sched/deadline: fix start high-res preemption tick for a non-running task
Hi Juri,
On 11/17/14, 5:50 PM, Juri Lelli wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 13/11/14 10:30, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> Hi Juri,
>> On 11/13/14, 5:37 PM, Juri Lelli wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> not sure I understand what the problem is here.
>>>
>>> On 11/11/14 01:52, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>>> Queued ticks are scheduled to match the budget, which means the budget
>>>> is overall consumed and the dl task should be throttled.
>>> ... enforce the budget? It means that when the budget is consumed the
>>> task has to be throttled...
>> Agreed.
>>
>>>> Dl task will
>>>> be replenished immediately if fail to start a dl timer.
>>>>
>>>> However, the curr maybe not the left most dl task in the rb tree any
>>>> more after this immediately replenished and reschedule is needed.
>>>> Start high-res preemption tick for this upcoming rescheduled dl task
>>>> is not correct.
>>>>
>>> So, the task that is going to preempt curr is picked by
>>> pick_next_task_dl(), that correctly starts the hrtick for this new task.
>>>
>>> Maybe you can add more information about what you are seeing? A callpath
>>> maybe?
>> The parameter of task_tick_dl() queued == 1 means that hrtick is fired.
>> hrtick() => task_tick_dl( , ,1), so p->dl.runtime should be <= 0 if
>> queued == 1. What I see is queued == 1 && p->dl.runtime > 0 && p is not
>> the left most task and hrtick is start for this task.
>>
> Oh, right, now it makes sense. Good catch! :)
>
> Could you please post a second version with a more explanatory changelog
> and maybe a comment just above the check?

Ok, I will do it and send out a new version tomorrow. ;-) Btw, could you
review this patch? https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/13/51 The bug is
introduced by deadline.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> Thanks,
>
> - Juri
>
>> Regards,
>> Wanpeng Li
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> - Juri
>>>
>>>> This patch fix it by not starting high-res preemption tick for a
>>>> non-running dl task.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> kernel/sched/deadline.c | 3 ++-
>>>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
>>>> index 56674f6..2a6a5bb 100644
>>>> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
>>>> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
>>>> @@ -1090,7 +1090,8 @@ static void task_tick_dl(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int queued)
>>>> {
>>>> update_curr_dl(rq);
>>>>
>>>> - if (hrtick_enabled(rq) && queued && p->dl.runtime > 0)
>>>> + if (hrtick_enabled(rq) && queued && p->dl.runtime > 0 &&
>>>> + is_leftmost(p, &rq->dl))
>>>> start_hrtick_dl(rq, p);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
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