Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/rt: Fix RT utilization tracking during policy change

From: Vincent Donnefort
Date: Mon Jun 21 2021 - 05:03:37 EST


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> > /*
> > - * If we are already running, then there's nothing
> > - * that needs to be done. But if we are not running
> > - * we may need to preempt the current running task.
> > - * If that current running task is also an RT task
> > + * If we are not running we may need to preempt the current
> > + * running task. If that current running task is also an RT task
> > * then see if we can move to another run queue.
> > */
> > if (task_on_rq_queued(p) && rq->curr != p) {
> > @@ -2355,6 +2353,13 @@ static void switched_to_rt(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
> > if (p->prio < rq->curr->prio && cpu_online(cpu_of(rq)))
> > resched_curr(rq);
> > }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * If we are running, update the avg_rt tracking, as the running time
> > + * will now on be accounted into the latter.
> > + */
> > + if (task_current(rq, p))
>
> task_current(rq,p) equals the "rq->curr != p" above. Having 2
> different ways to get the same value in the function is a bit
> confusing.
>
> And call it once
>
> Otherwise, the fix looks good to me

I can change it to something like:

if (task_current(rq, p)) {
update_rt_rq_load_avg()
return;
}

if (task_on_rq_queued(p) {
...
if (p->prio ...)
resched_curr(rq);
}

?

>
> > + update_rt_rq_load_avg(rq_clock_pelt(rq), rq, 0);
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > --
> > 2.7.4
> >