[GIT pull] scheduler fixes for 2.6.31

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Wed Jul 22 2009 - 10:55:13 EST


Linus,

Please pull the latest sched-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git sched-fixes-for-linus

Thanks,

tglx

------------------>
Fabio Checconi (1):
sched: Account for vruntime wrapping

Thomas Gleixner (2):
sched: fix load average accounting vs. cpu hotplug
sched: fix nr_uninterruptible accounting of frozen tasks really


include/linux/sched.h | 3 ++-
kernel/freezer.c | 7 +++++++
kernel/sched.c | 4 ++--
kernel/sched_fair.c | 10 ++++++++--
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 16a982e..3ab08e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ extern unsigned long long time_sync_thresh;
((task->state & (__TASK_STOPPED | __TASK_TRACED)) != 0)
#define task_contributes_to_load(task) \
((task->state & TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) != 0 && \
- (task->flags & PF_FROZEN) == 0)
+ (task->flags & PF_FREEZING) == 0)

#define __set_task_state(tsk, state_value) \
do { (tsk)->state = (state_value); } while (0)
@@ -1680,6 +1680,7 @@ extern cputime_t task_gtime(struct task_struct *p);
#define PF_MEMALLOC 0x00000800 /* Allocating memory */
#define PF_FLUSHER 0x00001000 /* responsible for disk writeback */
#define PF_USED_MATH 0x00002000 /* if unset the fpu must be initialized before use */
+#define PF_FREEZING 0x00004000 /* freeze in progress. do not account to load */
#define PF_NOFREEZE 0x00008000 /* this thread should not be frozen */
#define PF_FROZEN 0x00010000 /* frozen for system suspend */
#define PF_FSTRANS 0x00020000 /* inside a filesystem transaction */
diff --git a/kernel/freezer.c b/kernel/freezer.c
index 2f4936c..bd1d42b 100644
--- a/kernel/freezer.c
+++ b/kernel/freezer.c
@@ -44,12 +44,19 @@ void refrigerator(void)
recalc_sigpending(); /* We sent fake signal, clean it up */
spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);

+ /* prevent accounting of that task to load */
+ current->flags |= PF_FREEZING;
+
for (;;) {
set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
if (!frozen(current))
break;
schedule();
}
+
+ /* Remove the accounting blocker */
+ current->flags &= ~PF_FREEZING;
+
pr_debug("%s left refrigerator\n", current->comm);
__set_current_state(save);
}
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 98972d3..1b59e26 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -7289,6 +7289,7 @@ static void migrate_dead_tasks(unsigned int dead_cpu)
static void calc_global_load_remove(struct rq *rq)
{
atomic_long_sub(rq->calc_load_active, &calc_load_tasks);
+ rq->calc_load_active = 0;
}
#endif /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */

@@ -7515,6 +7516,7 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
task_rq_unlock(rq, &flags);
get_task_struct(p);
cpu_rq(cpu)->migration_thread = p;
+ rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update;
break;

case CPU_ONLINE:
@@ -7525,8 +7527,6 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
/* Update our root-domain */
rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
- rq->calc_load_update = calc_load_update;
- rq->calc_load_active = 0;
if (rq->rd) {
BUG_ON(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, rq->rd->span));

diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 7c248dc..9ffb2b2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ static inline u64 min_vruntime(u64 min_vruntime, u64 vruntime)
return min_vruntime;
}

+static inline int entity_before(struct sched_entity *a,
+ struct sched_entity *b)
+{
+ return (s64)(a->vruntime - b->vruntime) < 0;
+}
+
static inline s64 entity_key(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se)
{
return se->vruntime - cfs_rq->min_vruntime;
@@ -1017,7 +1023,7 @@ static void yield_task_fair(struct rq *rq)
/*
* Already in the rightmost position?
*/
- if (unlikely(!rightmost || rightmost->vruntime < se->vruntime))
+ if (unlikely(!rightmost || entity_before(rightmost, se)))
return;

/*
@@ -1713,7 +1719,7 @@ static void task_new_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)

/* 'curr' will be NULL if the child belongs to a different group */
if (sysctl_sched_child_runs_first && this_cpu == task_cpu(p) &&
- curr && curr->vruntime < se->vruntime) {
+ curr && entity_before(curr, se)) {
/*
* Upon rescheduling, sched_class::put_prev_task() will place
* 'current' within the tree based on its new key value.
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