Re: [RFC PATCH] kernel: sched: Provide a pointer to the valid CPU mask

[Ingo Molnar]

* Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2017-04-05 09:39:43 [+0200], Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > So maybe we could add the following facility:
> > 
> > 	ptr = sched_migrate_to_cpu_save(cpu);
> > 
> > 	...
> > 
> > 	sched_migrate_to_cpu_restore(ptr);

BTW., and I'm sure this has come up before, but why doesn't migrate_disable() use 
a simple per task flag that the scheduler migration code takes into account?

It should be functionally equivalent to the current solution, and it appears to 
have a heck of a smaller cross section with the rest of the scheduler.

I.e.:

	static inline void migrate_disable(void)
	{
		current->migration_disabled++;
	}

	...

	static inline void migrate_enable(void)
	{
		current->migration_disabled--;
	}

or so? Then add this flag as a condition to can_migrate_task() et al.

While we generally dislike such flags as they wreck havoc with the scheduler if 
overused, the cpus_allowed based solution has the exact same effect so it's not 
like it's a step backwards - and it should also be much faster and less intrusive.

Am I missing some complication?

Thanks,

	Ingo