From: Guopeng Zhang <guopeng.zhang@linux.dev>
To: longman@redhat.com
Cc: ridong.chen@linux.dev, tj@kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org,
mkoutny@suse.com, shuah@kernel.org, cgroups@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Fix missing effective_xcpus accounting of child partitions
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:51:16 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43d07d41-6597-4979-b99d-bd87dddc36b0@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8cd8d3e9-da10-4201-ba76-e1ce8ae5d50a@linux.dev>
在 2026/10/27 21:44, Guopeng Zhang 写道:
>
>
> 在 2026/10/27 20:38, Guopeng Zhang 写道:
>> From: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
>>
>> When a partition root expands its exclusive CPUs, a valid child
>> partition will be able to claim more CPUs from its parent. As
>> update_cpumasks_hier() always updates a cpuset before its descendants,
>> the parent has already been committed when the child partition is
>> reached. Its effective_cpus is computed with the child's old
>> effective_xcpus subtracted and no further adjustment is made
>> after the child commits its new effective_xcpus.
>>
>> The additional CPUs are thus granted to both the parent and the child
>> partitions. generate_sched_domains() then emits the warning below
>> about the overlapping sched domains:
>>
>> WARNING: kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:919 at rebuild_sched_domains_locked+0x1ec/0x2e0, CPU#21: bash/1225
>>
>> Fix that by taking the CPUs newly added to a valid child partition
>> away from its parent at the commit point of update_cpumasks_hier()
>> right before the new effective_xcpus is committed. The tasks in the
>> parent cpuset as well as its other children will be updated if its
>> effective_cpus is changed.
>>
>> A new test case is added to test_cpuset_prs.sh to test this patch.
>>
>> Fixes: e2ffe502ba45 ("cgroup/cpuset: Add cpuset.cpus.exclusive for v2")
>> Signed-off-by: Guopeng Zhang <zhangguopeng@kylinos.cn>
>> ---
>> kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
>> .../selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh | 4 +++
>> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
>> index 3219f927c35e..ec0ef3ad0726 100644
>> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
>> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
>> @@ -2241,6 +2241,7 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
>> struct cpuset *parent = parent_cs(cp);
>> bool remote = is_remote_partition(cp);
>> bool update_parent = false;
>> + bool xcpus_added = false;
>>
>> old_prs = new_prs = cp->partition_root_state;
>>
>> @@ -2356,6 +2357,19 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
>> }
>>
>> spin_lock_irq(&callback_lock);
>> + /*
>> + * A child partition may claim more CPUs when its parent expands
>> + * the exclusive CPUs. Take the newly granted CPUs away from the
>> + * parent which was committed earlier in this walk.
>> + */
>> + if (!remote && new_prs > 0) {
>> + compute_excpus(cp, tmp->addmask);
>> + if (cpumask_andnot(tmp->delmask, tmp->addmask,
>> + cp->effective_xcpus)) {
>> + partition_xcpus_add(new_prs, parent, tmp->delmask);
>> + xcpus_added = true;
>> + }
>> + }
>> cpumask_copy(cp->effective_cpus, tmp->new_cpus);
>> cp->partition_root_state = new_prs;
>> /*
>> @@ -2375,6 +2389,17 @@ static void update_cpumasks_hier(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp,
>>
>> cpuset_update_tasks_cpumask(cp, tmp->new_cpus);
>>
>> + /*
>> + * The parent's effective_cpus may have been changed by
>> + * partition_xcpus_add() above. Update the tasks in the parent
>> + * cpuset and its other children, if necessary.
>> + */
>> + if (xcpus_added) {
>> + cpumask_copy(tmp->addmask, parent->effective_cpus);
>> + cpuset_update_tasks_cpumask(parent, tmp->addmask);
>> + update_sibling_cpumasks(parent, cp, tmp);
>> + }
>> +
>> /*
>> * On default hierarchy, inherit the CS_SCHED_LOAD_BALANCE
>> * from parent if current cpuset isn't a valid partition root
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
>> index 83ef6c781af3..09e430570815 100755
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/test_cpuset_prs.sh
>> @@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ TEST_MATRIX=(
>> " CX1-4:P1 CX3-4:P1 . . X1-2 . . . 0 A1:1-2|A2:1-2|XA2: A1:P1|A2:P-1"
>> " CX1-4:P1 CX3-4:P1 . . X1-2:X1-4 . . . 0 A1:1-2|A2:3-4|XA2:3-4 A1:P1|A2:P1"
>>
>> + # The extra CPUs gained by a child partition when its parent expands the
>> + # exclusive CPUs have to be taken away from the parent.
>> + " C2-6:X2-5:P1 C3-6:X3-6:P1 . . X2-6 . . . 0 A1:2|A2:3-6|XA2:3-6 A1:P1|A2:P1 ."
>> +
>> # Taking away all CPUs from parent or itself if there are tasks
>> # will make the partition invalid.
>> " C2-3:P1 C3:P1 . . T C2-3 . . 0 A1:2-3|A2:2-3 A1:P1|A2:P-1"
>
> Hi Longman,
>
> I thought of another way to fix this problem that attacks the stale
> value at its source. The comment in
> update_parent_effective_cpumask() says:
>
> When both cs and parent remain valid, parent's
> compute_partition_effective_cpumask() call would have removed cs's
> effective_xcpus from the parent's effective_cpus. So there is no
> need to adjust parent's effective_cpus here.
>
> That is the design intent, but compute_partition_effective_cpumask()
> subtracts the child's old effective_xcpus, which hasn't been updated
> yet when the parent is processed. What if the parent subtracts the
> CPUs the child can claim from the newly computed parent mask instead?
> The rework (on top of the same base as the posted patch) looks like:
>
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> index 3219f927c35e..cd02b6b74ca2 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> @@ -1602,10 +1602,14 @@ static int compute_trialcs_excpus(struct cpuset *trialcs, struct cpuset *cs)
> static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
> struct cpumask *new_ecpus)
> {
> + static cpumask_t child_xcpus;
> struct cgroup_subsys_state *css;
> struct cpuset *child;
> bool populated = partition_is_populated(cs, NULL);
>
> + lockdep_assert_cpuset_lock_held();
> +
> /*
> * Check child partition roots to see if they should be invalidated
> * when all the effective_cpus will be used up and cs is populated.
> @@ -1628,7 +1632,16 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
> * partition root.
> */
> WARN_ON_ONCE(is_remote_partition(child));
> - if (populated && cpumask_subset(new_ecpus, child->effective_xcpus)) {
> + /*
> + * The child has not been updated yet. Compute the CPUs it
> + * can take from this newly computed parent mask, without
> + * overwriting its old effective_xcpus.
> + */
> + cpumask_and(&child_xcpus, new_ecpus, user_xcpus(child));
> + if (cpumask_empty(child->exclusive_cpus))
> + rm_siblings_excl_cpus(cs, child, &child_xcpus);
> +
> + if (populated && cpumask_subset(new_ecpus, &child_xcpus)) {
> int old_prs = child->partition_root_state;
> int parent_prs = cs->partition_root_state;
>
> @@ -1646,8 +1659,7 @@ static void compute_partition_effective_cpumask(struct cpuset *cs,
> notify_partition_change(child, old_prs);
> continue;
> }
> - cpumask_andnot(new_ecpus, new_ecpus,
> - child->effective_xcpus);
> + cpumask_andnot(new_ecpus, new_ecpus, &child_xcpus);
> }
> rcu_read_unlock();
> }
>
> compute_excpus() is not directly reused here as it reads
> parent->effective_xcpus which hasn't been updated yet at this point.
>
> This fixes the double grant in one step and keeps the accounting
> inside compute_partition_effective_cpumask(). I boot tested it on a
> 32-CPU VM with the whole test_cpuset_prs.sh suite and it passes, same
> as the posted patch.
>
Sorry, the rework I suggested has a problem. I kept testing it and
found that it fixes the effective_cpus overlap, but misses the
isolated_cpus accounting.
Test setup (CPUs 2-6, A is a root partition, B is an isolated child):
A: cpuset.cpus = 2-6, cpuset.cpus.exclusive = 2-5
B: cpuset.cpus = 3-6, cpuset.cpus.exclusive = 3-6 (clamped to 3-5)
echo 2-6 > A/cpuset.cpus.exclusive
Expected after the expansion: B holds 3-6 and cpuset.cpus.isolated
becomes 3-6.
current code: B = 3-6, isolated = 3-5, A effective = 2,6
rework: B = 3-6, isolated = 3-5, A effective = 2
posted patch: B = 3-6, isolated = 3-6, A effective = 2
The rework subtracts the child's claim from the parent's effective_cpus
in one step, but the accounting for a growing child partition isn't
only about the parent's effective_cpus. partition_xcpus_add() also
updates subpartitions_cpus and isolated_cpus, e.g. a CPU newly gained
by an isolated child has to be added to isolated_cpus.
Note that the isolated_cpus miss above exists in the current code too:
an isolated child that gains CPUs from a parent expansion updates its
effective_xcpus, but isolated_cpus is never updated. The posted patch
fixes that as well.
Sorry again for the noise.
Thanks,
Guopeng
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-27 12:38 [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Fix missing effective_xcpus accounting of child partitions Guopeng Zhang
2026-10-27 13:44 ` Guopeng Zhang
2026-10-28 5:51 ` Guopeng Zhang [this message]
2026-10-28 15:30 ` Waiman Long
2026-10-29 1:52 ` Guopeng Zhang
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