Re: [PATCH -next] sched: Dec __cfs_bandwith_used in destroy_cfs_bandwidth()

From: Zhang Qiao
Date: Wed Jul 14 2021 - 07:20:51 EST


> On Tue, Jul 06, 2021 at 04:38:20PM +0800, Zhang Qiao wrote:
>> __cfs_bandwith_uesd is a static_key to control cfs bandwidth
>> feature. When adding a cfs_bandwidth group, we need increase
>> the key, and decrease it when removing. But currently when we
>> remove a cfs_bandwidth group, we don't decrease the key and
>> this switch will always be on even if there is no cfs bandwidth
>> group in the system.
>
> Yep, that's broken.
>
>> Therefore, when removing a cfs bandwidth group, we decrease
>> __cfs_bandwith_used by calling cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec().
>>
>> Fixes: 56f570e512ee ("sched: use jump labels to reduce overhead when bandwidth control is inactive")
>> Signed-off-by: Zhang Qiao <zhangqiao22@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> kernel/sched/fair.c | 3 +++
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> index 103e31e53e2b..857e8908b7f7 100644
>> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
>> @@ -5344,6 +5344,9 @@ static void destroy_cfs_bandwidth(struct cfs_bandwidth *cfs_b)
>> if (!cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq.next)
>> return;
>>
>> + if (cfs_b->quota != RUNTIME_INF)
>> + cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec();
>
> This calls static_key_slow_dec_cpuslocked, but destroy_cfs_bandwidth
> isn't holding the hotplug lock.
>
> The other caller of cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec needs to hold it for another
> reason, so what about having both cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec() and
> cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec_cpuslocked()? In that case, the _inc one could
> be renamed similarly so this isn't a stumbling block later on.
Hi Jordan, thanks for your comments.It is valuable to me.

And i have another thought is that we can hold the
hotplug lock before calling cfs_bandwidth_usage_dec().
This way, fewer modifications are involved.
What do you think about it?

thanks.
>
>> +
>> hrtimer_cancel(&cfs_b->period_timer);
>> hrtimer_cancel(&cfs_b->slack_timer);
>> }
>> --
>> 2.18.0.huawei.25
>>