[PATCH v2 3/4] cpuset: settle isolation state when CPUs are given back to parent

From: Ridong Chen

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 06:02:09 EST


From: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>

partition_xcpus_del() only updates isolated_cpus when the partition that
gives back the CPUs has a different state than its parent. CPUs that were
further distributed to descendant isolated partitions are not taken into
account, so isolated_cpus_release() has to be called afterwards in
several places to walk up the ancestors and fix isolated_cpus.

Make partition_xcpus_del() always set the isolation state of the given
back CPUs to the state of the parent that receives them. As the
effective_xcpus of a partition covers the CPUs distributed to its
descendants, the isolation state of those CPUs is settled at the same
time. Boot-time isolated CPUs are still preserved by isolated_cpu_update().

compute_partition_effective_cpumask() invalidates a child partition
without going through partition_xcpus_del(), so do the same there: the
CPUs of the invalidated child take the isolation state of its parent.

As the parent may be shrunk and its effective_xcpus not updated yet,
only do so for the CPUs the parent still owns. This is to keep the
isolation state correct for now, the in-place invalidation here will be
removed later in the partition rework.

isolated_cpus_release() is no longer needed and is removed.

Acked-by: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ridong Chen <chenridong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 86 +++++++++++-------------------------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 85e5b529d144..a5ab9396eb61 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -1264,42 +1264,21 @@ static void isolated_cpus_update(int old_prs, int new_prs, struct cpumask *xcpus
}

/*
- * isolated_cpus_release - Remove the relevant CPUs in @xcpus from isolated_cpus
- * @cs: the current cpuset
- * @xcpus: the set of effective xcpus to be considered for removal
- *
- * This function is called when an isolated partition is invalidated or when
- * some of its effective xcpus are to be removed from isolated_cpus due to
- * changes in parent cpuset. The given @xcpus must be modifiable as the function
- * will update its value to determine the right set of CPUs to be removed.
+ * isolated_cpus_set_state - Set the isolation state of @xcpus
+ * @prs: partition root state that @xcpus will belong to
+ * @xcpus: exclusive CPUs whose isolation state may change
*/
-static void isolated_cpus_release(struct cpuset *cs, struct cpumask *xcpus)
+static void isolated_cpus_set_state(int prs, struct cpumask *xcpus)
{
- struct cpuset *ancestor = parent_cs(cs);
- struct cpuset *iancestor = NULL;
-
- /*
- * Search the furthest isolated partition root ancestor available
- * until top_cpuset or a remote partition root is hit.
- */
- for (; ancestor; ancestor = parent_cs(ancestor)) {
- if (ancestor->partition_root_state == PRS_ISOLATED)
- iancestor = ancestor;
- if (is_remote_partition(ancestor))
- break;
- }
-
- /*
- * If a furthest isolated partition acnestor is found, use it to
- * determine which of the CPUs in @xcpus should be removed from
- * isolated_cpus. Otherwise, all of them will be removed.
- */
- if (iancestor && !cpumask_andnot(xcpus, xcpus, iancestor->effective_xcpus))
- return; /* No CPU should be removed from isolated_cpus */
+ bool updated = false;
+ int cpu;

- spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
- isolated_cpus_update(PRS_ISOLATED, PRS_ROOT, xcpus);
- spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&callback_lock);
+ lockdep_assert_held(&cpuset_mutex);
+ for_each_cpu(cpu, xcpus)
+ updated |= isolated_cpu_update(prs, cpu);
+ if (updated)
+ update_housekeeping = true;
}

/*
@@ -1355,9 +1334,8 @@ static void partition_xcpus_del(int old_prs, struct cpuset *parent,
if (parent == &top_cpuset)
cpumask_andnot(subpartitions_cpus, subpartitions_cpus, xcpus);

- if (old_prs != parent->partition_root_state)
- isolated_cpus_update(old_prs, parent->partition_root_state,
- xcpus);
+ /* CPUs given back, including those of descendants, take parent's state */
+ isolated_cpus_set_state(parent->partition_root_state, xcpus);

cpumask_or(parent->effective_cpus, parent->effective_cpus, xcpus);
cpumask_and(parent->effective_cpus, parent->effective_cpus, cpu_active_mask);
@@ -1612,6 +1590,7 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
struct cpuset *child;
bool populated = partition_is_populated(cs, NULL);
+ static cpumask_t xcpus; /* Protected by cpuset_mutex */

/*
* Check child partition roots to see if they should be invalidated
@@ -1640,14 +1619,15 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
int parent_prs = cs->partition_root_state;

/*
- * Invalidate child partition and update isolated_cpus
- * if necessary.
+ * Invalidate child partition. Its CPUs still owned by
+ * cs take the isolation state of cs. effective_xcpus
+ * of cs may not be updated yet, so recompute it.
*/
spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
WRITE_ONCE(child->prs_err, PERR_NOCPUS);
- if ((old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) && (parent_prs == PRS_ROOT))
- isolated_cpus_update(PRS_ISOLATED, PRS_ROOT,
- child->effective_xcpus);
+ compute_excpus(cs, &xcpus);
+ cpumask_and(&xcpus, &xcpus, child->effective_xcpus);
+ isolated_cpus_set_state(parent_prs, &xcpus);
child->partition_root_state = -old_prs;
spin_unlock_irq(&callback_lock);
notify_partition_change(child, old_prs);
@@ -2080,22 +2060,8 @@ static int update_parent_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs, int cmd,
*
* A partition error happens when parent has tasks and all
* its effective CPUs will have to be distributed out.
- *
- * For an isolated partition with a shrunk root partition parent
- * we may need to return some or all of its isolated CPUs.
*/
nocpu |= cpumask_empty(tmp->delmask);
- if ((parent_prs == PRS_ROOT) && (old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED)) {
- cpumask_clear(tmp->addmask);
- if (nocpu)
- cpumask_copy(tmp->addmask, cs->effective_xcpus);
- else if (!cpumask_subset(cs->effective_xcpus, parent->effective_xcpus))
- cpumask_andnot(tmp->addmask, cs->effective_xcpus,
- parent->effective_xcpus);
- if (!cpumask_empty(tmp->addmask))
- isolated_cpus_release(cs, tmp->addmask);
- /* Expansion of parent's effective_xcpus is handled below */
- }
if (nocpu) {
part_error = PERR_NOCPUS;
if (is_partition_valid(cs))
@@ -2341,18 +2307,12 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
/*
* When parent is not a valid partition root,
* child partition roots become invalid too.
- *
- * For a to be invalidated isolated partition,
- * call return_isolated_cpus() to remove the
- * relevant CPUs from isolated_cpus.
+ * The isolation state of their CPUs has been
+ * settled when the parent gave them back.
*/
if (is_partition_valid(cp))
new_prs = -old_prs;

- if (old_prs == PRS_ISOLATED) {
- cpumask_copy(tmp->delmask, cp->effective_xcpus);
- isolated_cpus_release(cp, tmp->delmask);
- }
WRITE_ONCE(cp->prs_err,
is_partition_invalid(parent)
? PERR_INVPARENT : PERR_NOTPART);
--
2.34.1