[PATCH 2/2] keep rd->online and cpu_online_map in sync

From: Gregory Haskins
Date: Mon Mar 10 2008 - 17:23:37 EST


It is possible to allow the root-domain cache of online cpus to
become out of sync with the global cpu_online_map. This is because we
currently trigger removal of cpus too early in the notifier chain.
Other DOWN_PREPARE handlers may in fact run and reconfigure the
root-domain topology, thereby stomping on our own offline handling.

The end result is that rd->online may become out of sync with
cpu_online_map, which results in potential task misrouting.

So change the offline handling to be more tightly coupled with the
global offline process by triggering on CPU_DYING intead of
CPU_DOWN_PREPARE.

Signed-off-by: Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gautham R Shenoy <ego@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Siddha, Suresh B" <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

kernel/sched.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 52b9867..a616fa1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -5881,7 +5881,7 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
break;

- case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
+ case CPU_DYING:
/* Update our root-domain */
rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);

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