[PATCH v3 4/5] sched/fair: Fix use of find_idlest_group when no groups are allowed

[Brendan Jackman]

When p is allowed on none of the CPUs in the sched_domain, we
currently return NULL from find_idlest_group, and pointlessly
continue the search on lower sched_domain levels (where p is also not
allowed) before returning prev_cpu regardless (as we have not updated
new_cpu).

Add an explicit check for this case, and a comment to
find_idlest_group. Now when find_idlest_group returns NULL, it always
means that the local group is allowed and idlest.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <brendan.jackman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0ce75bb..2608091 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5380,6 +5380,8 @@ static unsigned long capacity_spare_wake(int cpu, struct task_struct *p)
 /*
  * find_idlest_group finds and returns the least busy CPU group within the
  * domain.
+ *
+ * Assumes p is allowed on at least one CPU in sd.
  */
 static struct sched_group *
 find_idlest_group(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p,
@@ -5567,6 +5569,9 @@ static inline int find_idlest_cpu(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p
 {
 	int new_cpu = prev_cpu;
 
+	if (!cpumask_intersects(sched_domain_span(sd), &p->cpus_allowed))
+		return prev_cpu;
+
 	while (sd) {
 		struct sched_group *group;
 		struct sched_domain *tmp;
-- 
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