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

From: Waiman Long

Date: Fri Nov 06 2026 - 21:33:49 EST



On 11/6/26 5:55 AM, Ridong Chen wrote:
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;
}

isolated_cpus_set_state() is almost the same as isolated_cpus_update(). isolated_cpus_update() just assumes that parent and child prs state should be different. You are right that we should proceed no matter if the parent and child has the same state or not. So you should consider merging these two functions as well.

Cheers,
Longman

/*
@@ -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);