Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched: Make select_task_rq() require cpu_active() for user tasks

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 08:46:47AM -0700, Paul Burton wrote:

> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -1565,7 +1565,8 @@ int select_task_rq(struct task_struct *p, int cpu, int sd_flags, int wake_flags)
>  	 *   not worry about this generic constraint ]
>  	 */
>  	if (unlikely(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) ||
> -		     !cpu_online(cpu)))
> +		     !cpu_online(cpu) ||
> +		     (!cpu_active(cpu) && !(p->flags & PF_KTHREAD))))
>  		cpu = select_fallback_rq(task_cpu(p), p);

That is not quite right.. and I find that the wrong patch:

  955dbdf4ce87 ("sched: Allow migrating kthreads into online but inactive CPUs")

got merged over my suggested alternative :-(

  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170725165821.cejhb7v2s3kecems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So, lets first fix that, and then your patch becomes something like the
below I think.


--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1562,7 +1562,7 @@ int select_task_rq(struct task_struct *p
 	 *   not worry about this generic constraint ]
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &p->cpus_allowed) ||
-		     !cpu_online(cpu)))
+		     (is_per_cpu_kthread(p) ? !cpu_online(cpu) : !cpu_active(cpu)))
 		cpu = select_fallback_rq(task_cpu(p), p);
 
 	return cpu;