[GIT pull] sched/urgent for 5.3-rc5

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Aug 25 2019 - 05:45:49 EST


Linus,

please pull the latest sched-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git sched-urgent-for-linus

up to: b0fdc01354f4: sched/core: Schedule new worker even if PI-blocked

Handle the worker management in situations where a task is scheduled out on
a PI lock contention correctly and schedule a new worker if possible.

Thanks,

tglx

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Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (1):
sched/core: Schedule new worker even if PI-blocked


kernel/sched/core.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 2b037f195473..010d578118d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3904,7 +3904,7 @@ void __noreturn do_task_dead(void)

static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
- if (!tsk->state || tsk_is_pi_blocked(tsk))
+ if (!tsk->state)
return;

/*
@@ -3920,6 +3920,9 @@ static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk)
preempt_enable_no_resched();
}

+ if (tsk_is_pi_blocked(tsk))
+ return;
+
/*
* If we are going to sleep and we have plugged IO queued,
* make sure to submit it to avoid deadlocks.