Re: single aio thread is migrated crazily by scheduler

[Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

* Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> [2019-12-10 10:17:43]:

> On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 10:21:22PM +0530, Srikar Dronamraju wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > index 44123b4d14e8..efd740aafa17 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > @@ -2664,7 +2664,12 @@ try_to_wake_up(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int state, int wake_flags)
> >   */
> >  int wake_up_process(struct task_struct *p)
> >  {
> > -	return try_to_wake_up(p, TASK_NORMAL, 0);
> > +	int wake_flags = 0;
> > +
> > +	if (is_per_cpu_kthread(p))
> > +		wake_flags = WF_KTHREAD;
> > +
> > +	return try_to_wake_up(p, TASK_NORMAL, WF_KTHREAD);
> 
> This is buggy. It always sets WF_KTHREAD, even for non-kernel
> processes. I think you meant:
> 
> 	return try_to_wake_up(p, TASK_NORMAL, wake_flags);

Yes, I meant the above. Thanks for catching.
Will test with this and repost.

> 
> I suspect this bug invalidates the test results presented, too...
> 
> -Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
> david@fromorbit.com

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Thanks and Regards
Srikar Dronamraju