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From: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
To: "Chen Ridong" <chenridong@huaweicloud.com>,
	"Tejun Heo" <tj@kernel.org>,
	"Johannes Weiner" <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	"Michal Koutný" <mkoutny@suse.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@atomlin.com>,
	Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>,
	Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH-next v5 1/6] cgroup/cpuset: Fix node inconsistencies between cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask() and cpuset_attach()
Date: Mon,  1 Jun 2026 22:31:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260602023203.248077-2-longman@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260602023203.248077-1-longman@redhat.com>

Whenever memory node mask is changed, there are 4 places where the node
mask has to be updated or used.
 1) task's node mask via cpuset_change_task_nodemask()
 2) memory policy binding via mpol_rebind_mm()
 3) if memory migration is enabled, migrate from old_mems_allowed to
    the new node mask via cpuset_migrate_mm().
 4) setting old_mems_allowed

These memory actions are done in cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask() and
cpuset_attach(). However there are inconsistencies in what node masks
are being used in these 2 functions.

In cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask(),
 - cpuset_change_task_nodemask(): guarantee_online_mems()
 - mpol_rebind_mm(): mems_allowed
 - cpuset_migrate_mm(): guarantee_online_mems()
 - old_mems_allowed: guarantee_online_mems()

In cpuset_attach(),
 - cpuset_change_task_nodemask(): guarantee_online_mems()
 - mpol_rebind_mm(): effective_mems
 - cpuset_migrate_mm(): effective_mems
 - old_mems_allowed: effective_mems

These inconsistencies dates back to quite a long time ago and it is
hard to say what should be the correct values.

The guarantee_online_mems() function returns a node mask from current or
an ancestor cpuset that is a subset of node_states[N_MEMORY]. Nodes in
node_states[N_MEMORY] are all online, i.e. in node_states[N_ONLINE].
However, node in node_states[N_ONLINE] may not have memory. So
node_states[N_MEMORY] should be a subset of node_states[N_ONLINE].

The guarantee_online_mems() function should only be useful for v1 where
mems_allowed is the same as effective_mems. With v2, the memory nodes
in effective_mems should always be a subset of node_states[N_MEMORY].
The only time that may not be true is when a memory hot-unplug operation
is in progress and a memory node is removed from node_states[N_MEMORY]
but not yet reflected in effective_mems as cpuset_handle_hotplug()
has not yet been called from cpuset_track_online_nodes(). When
cpuset_handle_hotplug() is called later, the memory node setting
of the relevant cpusets and tasks will be updated. So replacing the
guarantee_online_mems() call by just using cs->effective_mems should
be fine.

Let use the following setup for both of them and make them consistent.
 - cpuset_change_task_nodemask(): guarantee_online_mems()
 - mpol_rebind_mm(): effective_mems
 - cpuset_migrate_mm(): guarantee_online_mems()
 - old_mems_allowed: guarantee_online_mems()

So for v2, it is effectively all effective_mems. For v1, mpol_rebind_mm()
uses cpus_allowed which may differ from what guarantee_online_mems()
returns.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
index 6bdb68689c24..987456b6d879 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
@@ -2616,6 +2616,13 @@ static void *cpuset_being_rebound;
  * Iterate through each task of @cs updating its mems_allowed to the
  * effective cpuset's.  As this function is called with cpuset_mutex held,
  * cpuset membership stays stable.
+ *
+ * - cpuset_change_task_nodemask(): guarantee_online_mems()
+ * - mpol_rebind_mm(): effective_mems
+ * - cpuset_migrate_mm(): guarantee_online_mems()
+ * - old_mems_allowed: guarantee_online_mems()
+ *
+ * For v2, guarantee_online_mems() should just return effective_mems.
  */
 void cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs)
 {
@@ -2625,7 +2632,10 @@ void cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs)
 
 	cpuset_being_rebound = cs;		/* causes mpol_dup() rebind */
 
-	guarantee_online_mems(cs, &newmems);
+	if (cpuset_v2())
+		newmems = cs->effective_mems;
+	else
+		guarantee_online_mems(cs, &newmems);
 
 	/*
 	 * The mpol_rebind_mm() call takes mmap_lock, which we couldn't
@@ -2650,7 +2660,7 @@ void cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask(struct cpuset *cs)
 
 		migrate = is_memory_migrate(cs);
 
-		mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &cs->mems_allowed);
+		mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &cs->effective_mems);
 		if (migrate)
 			cpuset_migrate_mm(mm, &cs->old_mems_allowed, &newmems);
 		else
@@ -3148,17 +3158,18 @@ static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 
 	/*
 	 * In the default hierarchy, enabling cpuset in the child cgroups
-	 * will trigger a number of cpuset_attach() calls with no change
-	 * in effective cpus and mems. In that case, we can optimize out
-	 * by skipping the task iteration and update.
+	 * will trigger a cpuset_attach() call with no change in effective cpus
+	 * and mems. In that case, we can optimize out by skipping the task
+	 * iteration and update.
 	 */
-	if (cpuset_v2() && !cpus_updated && !mems_updated) {
+	if (cpuset_v2()) {
 		cpuset_attach_nodemask_to = cs->effective_mems;
-		goto out;
+		if (!cpus_updated && !mems_updated)
+			goto out;
+	} else {
+		guarantee_online_mems(cs, &cpuset_attach_nodemask_to);
 	}
 
-	guarantee_online_mems(cs, &cpuset_attach_nodemask_to);
-
 	cgroup_taskset_for_each(task, css, tset)
 		cpuset_attach_task(cs, task);
 
@@ -3168,7 +3179,6 @@ static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 	 * if there is no change in effective_mems and CS_MEMORY_MIGRATE is
 	 * not set.
 	 */
-	cpuset_attach_nodemask_to = cs->effective_mems;
 	if (!is_memory_migrate(cs) && !mems_updated)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3176,7 +3186,7 @@ static void cpuset_attach(struct cgroup_taskset *tset)
 		struct mm_struct *mm = get_task_mm(leader);
 
 		if (mm) {
-			mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &cpuset_attach_nodemask_to);
+			mpol_rebind_mm(mm, &cs->effective_mems);
 
 			/*
 			 * old_mems_allowed is the same with mems_allowed
-- 
2.54.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-02  2:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-02  2:31 [PATCH-next v5 0/6] cgroup/cpuset: Support multiple source/destination cpusets for cpuset_*attach() Waiman Long
2026-06-02  2:31 ` Waiman Long [this message]
2026-06-02 13:37   ` [PATCH-next v5 1/6] cgroup/cpuset: Fix node inconsistencies between cpuset_update_tasks_nodemask() and cpuset_attach() Ridong Chen
2026-06-02 18:43     ` Waiman Long
2026-06-02  2:31 ` [PATCH-next v5 2/6] cgroup/cpuset: Add a cpuset_reserve_dl_bw() helper Waiman Long
2026-06-02 13:40   ` Ridong Chen
2026-06-02  2:32 ` [PATCH-next v5 3/6] cgroup/cpuset: Expand the scope of cpuset_can_attach_check() Waiman Long
2026-06-02 13:51   ` Ridong Chen
2026-06-02  2:32 ` [PATCH-next v5 4/6] cgroup/cpuset: Make cpuset_attach_old_cs track task group leaders Waiman Long
2026-06-02 13:58   ` Ridong Chen
2026-06-02  2:32 ` [PATCH-next v5 5/6] cgroup/cpuset: Move mpol_rebind_mm/cpuset_migrate_mm() calls inside cpuset_attach_task() Waiman Long
2026-06-02  2:32 ` [PATCH-next v5 6/6] cgroup/cpuset: Support multiple source/destination cpusets for cpuset_*attach() Waiman Long
2026-06-03 10:26   ` [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Support multiple source/destination cpusets using pids pattern Ridong Chen
2026-06-03 10:32     ` Ridong Chen
2026-06-03 18:47     ` Waiman Long

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