Re: [PATCH v8 4/6] cpuset: Make generate_sched_domains() recognize isolated_cpus

[Juri Lelli]

On 28/05/18 21:24, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 05/28/2018 09:12 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> > On 05/24/2018 06:28 AM, Juri Lelli wrote:
> >> On 17/05/18 16:55, Waiman Long wrote:
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >>> @@ -849,7 +860,12 @@ static void rebuild_sched_domains_locked(void)
> >>>  	 * passing doms with offlined cpu to partition_sched_domains().
> >>>  	 * Anyways, hotplug work item will rebuild sched domains.
> >>>  	 */
> >>> -	if (!cpumask_equal(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
> >>> +	if (!top_cpuset.isolation_count &&
> >>> +	    !cpumask_equal(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
> >>> +		goto out;
> >>> +
> >>> +	if (top_cpuset.isolation_count &&
> >>> +	   !cpumask_subset(top_cpuset.effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask))
> >>>  		goto out;
> >> Do we cover the case in which hotplug removed one of the isolated cpus
> >> from cpu_active_mask?
> > Yes, you are right. That is the remnant of my original patch that allows
> > only one isolated_cpus at root. Thanks for spotting that.
> 
> I am sorry. I would like to take it back my previous comment. The code
> above looks for inconsistency in the state of the effective_cpus mask to
> find out if it is racing with a hotplug event. If it is, we can skip the
> domain generation as the hotplug event will do that too. The checks are
> still valid with the current patchset. So I don't think we need to make
> any change here.

Yes, these checks are valid, but don't we also need to check for hotplug
races w.r.t. isolated CPUs (of some other sub domain)?