[PATCH 4.4 064/113] sched/nohz: Fix affine unpinned timers mess

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 444969223c81c7d0a95136b7b4cfdcfbc96ac5bd upstream.

The following commit:

  9642d18eee2c ("nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers")'

intended to affine unpinned timers to housekeepers:

  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, idle)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, busy)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(houserkeepers, idle)    =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to itself)

However, the !idle_cpu(i) && is_housekeeping_cpu(cpu) check modified the
intention to:

  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, idle)   =>   any housekeepers(no mattter cpu topology)
  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, busy)   =>   any housekeepers(no mattter cpu topology)
  unpinned timers(housekeepers, idle)     =>   any busy cpus(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)

This patch fixes it by checking if there are busy housekeepers nearby,
otherwise falls to any housekeepers/itself. After the patch:

  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, idle)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, busy)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(housekeepers, idle)     =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to itself)

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Fixed the changelog. ]
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 'commit 9642d18eee2c ("nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers")'
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462344334-8303-1-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 kernel/sched/core.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -627,7 +627,10 @@ int get_nohz_timer_target(void)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
 		for_each_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(sd)) {
-			if (!idle_cpu(i) && is_housekeeping_cpu(cpu)) {
+			if (cpu == i)
+				continue;
+
+			if (!idle_cpu(i) && is_housekeeping_cpu(i)) {
 				cpu = i;
 				goto unlock;
 			}