Re: sched_setscheduler() vs idle_balance() race

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 08:39:04AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> I don't see why we can't just say no in can_migrate_task() if ->pi_lock
> is held.

I suppose we could do that; what I really want to avoid is also
requiring pi_lock for scheduling.

The down-side of looking at pi_lock for migration is that there is no
common point for migrating tasks, its all inside the classes, so we'd
get to sprinkle it all over the place.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/