[PATCH-next v5 4/6] cgroup/cpuset: Make cpuset_attach_old_cs track task group leaders

[Waiman Long]

There are two possible ways that migration of tasks from multiple source
cpusets to a target cpuset can happen. Either a multithread application
with threads in different cpusets is wholely moved to a new cpuset
or disabling of v2 cpuset controller will move all the tasks in child
cpusets to the parent cpuset.

In the former case, it is the mm setting of the group leader that really
matters. So cpuset_attach_old_cs should track the oldcs of the thread
leader. In the latter case, effective_mems of child cpusets must always
be a subset of the parent. So no real page migration will be necessary
no matter which child cpuset is selected as cpuset_attach_old_cs.

IOW, cpuset_attach_old_cs should be updated to match the latest task
group leader in cpuset_can_attach(), but fall back to that of the first
task if there is no group leader in the taskset.

Suggested-by: Ridong Chen <ridong.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 5c777b1237a8..60e8149cc907 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -2975,6 +2975,10 @@ static int update_prstate(struct cpuset *cs, int new_prs)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * cpuset_can_attach() and cpuset_attach() specific internal data
+ * Protected by cpuset_mutex
+ */
 static struct cpuset *cpuset_attach_old_cs;
 
 /*
@@ -3065,11 +3069,32 @@ static int cpuset_can_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	/*
+	 * The cpuset_attach_old_cs is used mainly by cpuset_migrate_mm() to get
+	 * the old_mems_allowed value. There are two ways that many-to-one
+	 * cpuset migration can happen:
+	 * 1) A multithread application with threads in different cpusets is
+	 *    wholely migrated to a new cpuset.
+	 * 2) Disabling v2 cpuset controller will move all the tasks in child
+	 *    cpusets to the parent cpuset.
+	 *
+	 * In the former case, it is the mm setting of the group leader that
+	 * really matters. So cpuset_attach_old_cs should track the oldcs of the
+	 * group leader. It falls back to the oldcs of the first task if there
+	 * is no group leader in the taskset. In the latter case, effective_mems
+	 * of child cpusets must always be a subset of the parent. So no real
+	 * page migration will be necessary no matter which child cpuset is
+	 * selected as cpuset_attach_old_cs.
+	 */
 	cgroup_taskset_for_each(task, css, tset) {
 		ret = task_can_attach(task);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_unlock;
 
+		/* Update cpuset_attach_old_cs to the latest group leader */
+		if (task == task->group_leader)
+			cpuset_attach_old_cs = task_cs(task);
+
 		if (setsched_check) {
 			ret = security_task_setscheduler(task);
 			if (ret)
-- 
2.54.0