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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/5] sched/fair: Fix use of find_idlest_group when no groups are allowed
On 25 August 2017 at 12:16, Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@arm.com> wrote:
> When p is allowed on none of the CPUs in the sched_domain, we
> currently return NULL from find_idlest_group, and pointlessly
> continue the search on lower sched_domain levels (where p is also not
> allowed) before returning prev_cpu regardless (as we have not updated
> new_cpu).
>
> Add an explicit check for this case, and a comment to
> find_idlest_group. Now when find_idlest_group returns NULL, it always
> means that the local group is allowed and idlest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@arm.com>
> Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>


Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>

> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 0ce75bbcde45..26080917ff8d 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -5380,6 +5380,8 @@ static unsigned long capacity_spare_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
> /*
> * find_idlest_group finds and returns the least busy CPU group within the
> * domain.
> + *
> + * Assumes p is allowed on at least one CPU in sd.
> */
> static struct sched_group *
> find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
> @@ -5567,6 +5569,9 @@ static inline int find_idlest_cpu(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p
> {
> int new_cpu = prev_cpu;
>
> + if (!cpumask_intersects(sched_domain_span(sd), &p->cpus_allowed))
> + return prev_cpu;
> +
> while (sd) {
> struct sched_group *group;
> struct sched_domain *tmp;
> --
> 2.14.1
>

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