Re: [PATCH V3] sched/deadline: Update rq_clock of later_rq when pushing a task

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Jul 20 2018 - 08:46:25 EST


On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:16:30AM +0200, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> index fbfc3f1d368a..8b50eea4b607 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> @@ -2090,8 +2090,14 @@ static int push_dl_task(struct rq *rq)
> sub_rq_bw(&next_task->dl, &rq->dl);
> set_task_cpu(next_task, later_rq->cpu);
> add_rq_bw(&next_task->dl, &later_rq->dl);
> +
> + /*
> + * Update the later_rq clock here, because the clock is used
> + * by the cpufreq_update_util() inside __add_running_bw().
> + */
> + update_rq_clock(later_rq);
> add_running_bw(&next_task->dl, &later_rq->dl);
> - activate_task(later_rq, next_task, 0);
> + activate_task(later_rq, next_task, ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK);
> ret = 1;
>
> resched_curr(later_rq);

Why isn't push_rt_task() affected by the very same issue?