Re: [PATCH v2] sched/fair: Fix enqueue_task_fair warning some more

From: Vincent Guittot
Date: Mon May 11 2020 - 15:25:59 EST


On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 22:36, Phil Auld <pauld@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> sched/fair: Fix enqueue_task_fair warning some more
>
> The recent patch, fe61468b2cb (sched/fair: Fix enqueue_task_fair warning)
> did not fully resolve the issues with the rq->tmp_alone_branch !=
> &rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list warning in enqueue_task_fair. There is a case where
> the first for_each_sched_entity loop exits due to on_rq, having incompletely
> updated the list. In this case the second for_each_sched_entity loop can
> further modify se. The later code to fix up the list management fails to do
> what is needed because se no longer points to the sched_entity which broke
> out of the first loop.
>
> Address this by calling leaf_add_rq_list if there are throttled parents while
> doing the second for_each_sched_entity loop.
>

Fixes: fe61468b2cb (sched/fair: Fix enqueue_task_fair warning)

> Suggested-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Phil Auld <pauld@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>

With the Fixes tag and the typo mentioned by Tao

Reviewed-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 02f323b85b6d..c6d57c334d51 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -5479,6 +5479,13 @@ enqueue_task_fair(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p, int flags)
> /* end evaluation on encountering a throttled cfs_rq */
> if (cfs_rq_throttled(cfs_rq))
> goto enqueue_throttle;
> +
> + /*
> + * One parent has been throttled and cfs_rq removed from the
> + * list. Add it back to not break the leaf list.
> + */
> + if (throttled_hierarchy(cfs_rq))
> + list_add_leaf_cfs_rq(cfs_rq);
> }
>
> enqueue_throttle:
> --
> 2.18.0
>
> V2 rework the fix based on Vincent's suggestion. Thanks Vincent.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>
> --
>