Re: [RESEND, v3, 2/2] sched/deadline: Initialize cp->elements[].cpu to an invalid value

From: Joel Fernandes
Date: Fri Jun 01 2018 - 02:18:55 EST


On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 11:12:55PM -0700, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 08, 2018 at 03:14:41PM +0900, byungchul park wrote:
> > Currently, migrating tasks to cpu0 unconditionally happens when the
> > heap is empty, since cp->elements[].cpu was initialized to 0(=cpu0).
> > We have to distinguish between the empty case and cpu0 to avoid the
> > unnecessary migrations. Therefore, it has to return an invalid value
> > e.i. -1 in that case.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Byungchul Park <byungchul.park@xxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c | 10 +++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c b/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c
> > index 9f02035..bcf903f 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/cpudeadline.c
> > @@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ int cpudl_find(struct cpudl *cp, struct task_struct *p,
> > int best_cpu = cpudl_maximum_cpu(cp);
> > WARN_ON(best_cpu != -1 && !cpu_present(best_cpu));
> >
> > + /*
> > + * The heap tree is empty for now, just return.
> > + */
> > + if (best_cpu == -1)
> > + return 0;
> > +
> > if (cpumask_test_cpu(best_cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) &&
> > dl_time_before(dl_se->deadline, cpudl_maximum_dl(cp))) {
> > if (later_mask)
> > @@ -265,8 +271,10 @@ int cpudl_init(struct cpudl *cp)
> > return -ENOMEM;
> > }
> >
> > - for_each_possible_cpu(i)
> > + for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
> > + cp->elements[i].cpu = -1;
> > cp->elements[i].idx = IDX_INVALID;
>
> Shouldn't you also set cp->elements[cpu].cpu to -1 in cpudl_clear (when you
> set cp->elements[cpu].cpu to IDX_INVALID there)?

I messed up my words, I meant : "when setting cp->elements[cpu].idx to
IDX_INVALID there". Which means I need to call it a day :-)

- Joel