[PATCH] sched/core: remove get_cpu() from sched_fork()

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Fri Jul 06 2018 - 09:06:22 EST


get_cpu() disables preemption for the entire sched_fork() function.
This get_cpu() was introduced in commit dd41f596cda0 ("sched: cfs core
code") which also invoked sched_balance_self() and this function
required preemption do be off.
Today, sched_balance_self() seems to be moved to ->task_fork callback
which is invoked while the ->pi_lock is held.
set_load_weight() could invoke reweight_task() which then via $callchain
might end up in smp_processor_id() but since `update_load' is false
this won't happen.
I didn't find any this_cpu*() or similar usage during the initialisation
of the task_struct.
The `cpu' value (from get_cpu()) is only used later in __set_task_cpu()
while the ->pi_lock lock is held.

Based on this it is possible to remove get_cpu() and use
smp_processor_id() for the `cpu' variable without breaking anything.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 13 ++++---------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 78d8facba456..b6ec6ebe620d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2318,7 +2318,6 @@ static inline void init_schedstats(void) {}
int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
{
unsigned long flags;
- int cpu = get_cpu();

__sched_fork(clone_flags, p);
/*
@@ -2354,14 +2353,12 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
p->sched_reset_on_fork = 0;
}

- if (dl_prio(p->prio)) {
- put_cpu();
+ if (dl_prio(p->prio))
return -EAGAIN;
- } else if (rt_prio(p->prio)) {
+ else if (rt_prio(p->prio))
p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class;
- } else {
+ else
p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class;
- }

init_entity_runnable_average(&p->se);

@@ -2377,7 +2374,7 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
* We're setting the CPU for the first time, we don't migrate,
* so use __set_task_cpu().
*/
- __set_task_cpu(p, cpu);
+ __set_task_cpu(p, smp_processor_id());
if (p->sched_class->task_fork)
p->sched_class->task_fork(p);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
@@ -2394,8 +2391,6 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
plist_node_init(&p->pushable_tasks, MAX_PRIO);
RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->pushable_dl_tasks);
#endif
-
- put_cpu();
return 0;
}

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2.18.0