Re: [PATCH v8 3/6] cpuset: Add cpuset.sched.load_balance flag to v2

[Juri Lelli]

On 17/05/18 16:55, Waiman Long wrote:

[...]

> +	A parent cgroup cannot distribute all its CPUs to child
> +	scheduling domain cgroups unless its load balancing flag is
> +	turned off.
> +
> +  cpuset.sched.load_balance
> +	A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
> +	cpuset-enabled cgroups.  It is a binary value flag that accepts
> +	either "0" (off) or a non-zero value (on).  This flag is set
> +	by the parent and is not delegatable.
> +
> +	When it is on, tasks within this cpuset will be load-balanced
> +	by the kernel scheduler.  Tasks will be moved from CPUs with
> +	high load to other CPUs within the same cpuset with less load
> +	periodically.
> +
> +	When it is off, there will be no load balancing among CPUs on
> +	this cgroup.  Tasks will stay in the CPUs they are running on
> +	and will not be moved to other CPUs.
> +
> +	The initial value of this flag is "1".	This flag is then
> +	inherited by child cgroups with cpuset enabled.  Its state
> +	can only be changed on a scheduling domain cgroup with no
> +	cpuset-enabled children.

[...]

> +	/*
> +	 * On default hierachy, a load balance flag change is only allowed
> +	 * in a scheduling domain with no child cpuset.
> +	 */
> +	if (cgroup_subsys_on_dfl(cpuset_cgrp_subsys) && balance_flag_changed &&
> +	   (!is_sched_domain(cs) || css_has_online_children(&cs->css))) {
> +		err = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}

The rule is actually

 - no child cpuset
 - and it must be a scheduling domain

Right?