Re: [PATCH RESEND v10] sched/deadline: support dl task migration during cpu hotplug

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Tue Mar 17 2015 - 04:06:31 EST



* Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 04:01:02PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * If cannot preempt any rq, fallback to pick any
> >> + * online cpu.
> >
> >s/If cannot/If we cannot
> >s/fallback/fall back
>
> Will do.
>
> >
> >> + */
> >> + fallback = true;
> >> + cpu = cpumask_any_and(cpu_active_mask,
> >> + tsk_cpus_allowed(p));
> >
> >shouldn't be on separate lines - but this is also a sign that the guts
>
> Otherwise there is a "WARNING: line over 80 characters".

Yes, but did your reaction to that tool's warning improve the code? I
don't think so. If do what I suggested and reduce indentation a bit,
you'll fix the warning _and_ improve the code. Win-win.

> > of this new code should be in a helper function, not inside
> > several layers of branches.
>
> Do you mean the whole patch should be in a helper function?

Probably.

> >> + if (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
> >> + if (dl_bandwidth_enabled()) {
> >> + /*
> >> + * Fail to find any suitable cpu.
> >> + * The task will never come back!
> >> + */
> >> + WARN_ON(1);
> >
> > Can this condition happen to users with a non-buggy kernel?
>
> What do you prefer? ;-)

That was a yes/no question: can this condition trigger on correctly
working kernels?

Thanks,

Ingo
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