[PATCH] sched/rt: Disable RT_RUNTIME_SHARE by default

From: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira
Date: Mon Sep 21 2020 - 10:40:32 EST


The RT_RUNTIME_SHARE sched feature enables the sharing of rt_runtime
between CPUs, allowing a CPU to run a real-time task up to 100% of the
time while leaving more space for non-real-time tasks to run on the CPU
that lend rt_runtime.

The problem is that a CPU can easily borrow enough rt_runtime to allow
a spinning rt-task to run forever, starving per-cpu tasks like kworkers,
which are non-real-time by design.

This patch disables RT_RUNTIME_SHARE by default, avoiding this problem.
The feature will still be present for users that want to enable it,
though.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
kernel/sched/features.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/features.h b/kernel/sched/features.h
index 7481cd96f391..68d369cba9e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/features.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/features.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ SCHED_FEAT(WARN_DOUBLE_CLOCK, false)
SCHED_FEAT(RT_PUSH_IPI, true)
#endif

-SCHED_FEAT(RT_RUNTIME_SHARE, true)
+SCHED_FEAT(RT_RUNTIME_SHARE, false)
SCHED_FEAT(LB_MIN, false)
SCHED_FEAT(ATTACH_AGE_LOAD, true)

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2.26.2