* Re: [PATCH v2] sched/topology: Add a cpus_read_lock to rebuild_sched_domains()
2026-08-13 7:48 ` [PATCH v2] sched/topology: Add a cpus_read_lock to rebuild_sched_domains() Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
@ 2026-08-13 9:20 ` Chen Yu
2026-08-13 9:43 ` Ridong Chen
2026-08-19 18:52 ` Waiman Long
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Chen Yu @ 2026-08-13 9:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Cc: linux-kernel, cgroups, Ben Segall, Dietmar Eggemann, Ingo Molnar,
Juri Lelli, K Prateek Nayak, Mel Gorman, Peter Zijlstra,
Steven Rostedt, Tim Chen, Valentin Schneider, Vincent Guittot,
Chen, Yu C, Waiman Long, Ridong Chen
On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 09:48:17AM +0200, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>
> + CPUSET maintainer which I missed because re-used the CCs from v1.
>
> On 2026-08-13 09:38:56 [+0200], To linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote:
> > A read from /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us leads to backtrace due
> > to missing cpu_hotplug_lock with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n. The callchain is
> > sched_rt_handler() -> partition_sched_domains() -> sched_cache_set() ->
> > static_key_enable_cpuslocked(&sched_cache_present).
> >
> > sched_cache_set() itself is also invoked from sched_init_domains() which
> > is early during the boot, holding just the sched_domains_mutex_lock().
> > Here is no warning because it happens before user space is running (and
> > hotplug operations are not possible).
> >
> > There is also sched_cache_active_set() which acquires the hotplug lock
> > before invoking any of the _cpuslocked() functions.
> >
> > This is only a problem with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n because in the =y case the
> > other implementation of rebuild_sched_domains acquires the CPU-hotplug
> > lock.
> >
> > Acquire CPU hotplug lock before in rebuild_sched_domains(), before
> > partition_sched_domains() is invoked for the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n case.
> >
> > Fixes: a7660ce1590fc ("sched/cache: Fix has_multi_llcs iff at least one partition has multiple LLCs")
> > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@intel.com>
thanks,
Chenyu
> > ---
> > v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812095800.gl06ANul@linutronix.de/
> > - Move the lock from partition_sched_domains() to
> > rebuild_sched_domains() in the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n since this is the
> > only affected case. Noticed by Yu C Chen and Tim Chen.
> >
> > include/linux/cpuset.h | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > index 65d76a38974ba..bf3999daa080a 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static inline void dl_rebuild_rd_accounting(void)
> >
> > static inline void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
> > {
> > + guard(cpus_read_lock)();
> > partition_sched_domains(1, NULL, NULL);
> > }
> >
> > --
> > 2.55.0
> >
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread* Re: [PATCH v2] sched/topology: Add a cpus_read_lock to rebuild_sched_domains()
2026-08-13 7:48 ` [PATCH v2] sched/topology: Add a cpus_read_lock to rebuild_sched_domains() Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-13 9:20 ` Chen Yu
@ 2026-08-13 9:43 ` Ridong Chen
2026-08-19 17:14 ` Tim Chen
2026-08-19 18:52 ` Waiman Long
2 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Ridong Chen @ 2026-08-13 9:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior, linux-kernel, cgroups
Cc: Ben Segall, Dietmar Eggemann, Ingo Molnar, Juri Lelli,
K Prateek Nayak, Mel Gorman, Peter Zijlstra, Steven Rostedt,
Tim Chen, Valentin Schneider, Vincent Guittot, chen.yu@linux.dev,
Chen, Yu C, Waiman Long
On 8/13/2026 3:48 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> + CPUSET maintainer which I missed because re-used the CCs from v1.
>
> On 2026-08-13 09:38:56 [+0200], To linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote:
>> A read from /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us leads to backtrace due
>> to missing cpu_hotplug_lock with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n. The callchain is
>> sched_rt_handler() -> partition_sched_domains() -> sched_cache_set() ->
>> static_key_enable_cpuslocked(&sched_cache_present).
>>
>> sched_cache_set() itself is also invoked from sched_init_domains() which
>> is early during the boot, holding just the sched_domains_mutex_lock().
>> Here is no warning because it happens before user space is running (and
>> hotplug operations are not possible).
>>
>> There is also sched_cache_active_set() which acquires the hotplug lock
>> before invoking any of the _cpuslocked() functions.
>>
>> This is only a problem with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n because in the =y case the
>> other implementation of rebuild_sched_domains acquires the CPU-hotplug
>> lock.
>>
>> Acquire CPU hotplug lock before in rebuild_sched_domains(), before
>> partition_sched_domains() is invoked for the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n case.
>>
>> Fixes: a7660ce1590fc ("sched/cache: Fix has_multi_llcs iff at least one partition has multiple LLCs")
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
>> ---
>> v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812095800.gl06ANul@linutronix.de/
>> - Move the lock from partition_sched_domains() to
>> rebuild_sched_domains() in the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n since this is the
>> only affected case. Noticed by Yu C Chen and Tim Chen.
>>
>> include/linux/cpuset.h | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
>> index 65d76a38974ba..bf3999daa080a 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
>> @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static inline void dl_rebuild_rd_accounting(void)
>>
>> static inline void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
>> {
>> + guard(cpus_read_lock)();
>> partition_sched_domains(1, NULL, NULL);
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 2.55.0
>>
LGTM. Thanks.
Reivewed-by: Ridong Chen <ridong.chen@linux.dev>
--
Best regards
Ridong
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2026-08-13 9:43 ` Ridong Chen
@ 2026-08-19 17:14 ` Tim Chen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Tim Chen @ 2026-08-19 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ridong Chen, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior, linux-kernel, cgroups
Cc: Ben Segall, Dietmar Eggemann, Ingo Molnar, Juri Lelli,
K Prateek Nayak, Mel Gorman, Peter Zijlstra, Steven Rostedt,
Valentin Schneider, Vincent Guittot, chen.yu@linux.dev,
Chen, Yu C, Waiman Long
On Thu, 2026-08-13 at 17:43 +0800, Ridong Chen wrote:
>
> On 8/13/2026 3:48 PM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> > + CPUSET maintainer which I missed because re-used the CCs from v1.
> >
> > On 2026-08-13 09:38:56 [+0200], To linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote:
> > > A read from /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us leads to backtrace due
> > > to missing cpu_hotplug_lock with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n. The callchain is
> > > sched_rt_handler() -> partition_sched_domains() -> sched_cache_set() ->
> > > static_key_enable_cpuslocked(&sched_cache_present).
> > >
> > > sched_cache_set() itself is also invoked from sched_init_domains() which
> > > is early during the boot, holding just the sched_domains_mutex_lock().
> > > Here is no warning because it happens before user space is running (and
> > > hotplug operations are not possible).
> > >
> > > There is also sched_cache_active_set() which acquires the hotplug lock
> > > before invoking any of the _cpuslocked() functions.
> > >
> > > This is only a problem with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n because in the =y case the
> > > other implementation of rebuild_sched_domains acquires the CPU-hotplug
> > > lock.
> > >
> > > Acquire CPU hotplug lock before in rebuild_sched_domains(), before
> > > partition_sched_domains() is invoked for the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n case.
> > >
> > > Fixes: a7660ce1590fc ("sched/cache: Fix has_multi_llcs iff at least one partition has multiple LLCs")
> > > Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
> > > ---
> > > v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812095800.gl06ANul@linutronix.de/
> > > - Move the lock from partition_sched_domains() to
> > > rebuild_sched_domains() in the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n since this is the
> > > only affected case. Noticed by Yu C Chen and Tim Chen.
> > >
> > > include/linux/cpuset.h | 1 +
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > > index 65d76a38974ba..bf3999daa080a 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> > > @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static inline void dl_rebuild_rd_accounting(void)
> > >
> > > static inline void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
> > > {
> > > + guard(cpus_read_lock)();
> > > partition_sched_domains(1, NULL, NULL);
> > > }
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.55.0
> > >
>
> LGTM. Thanks.
>
> Reivewed-by: Ridong Chen <ridong.chen@linux.dev>
Thanks for the patch.
Reviewed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
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* Re: [PATCH v2] sched/topology: Add a cpus_read_lock to rebuild_sched_domains()
2026-08-13 7:48 ` [PATCH v2] sched/topology: Add a cpus_read_lock to rebuild_sched_domains() Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
2026-08-13 9:20 ` Chen Yu
2026-08-13 9:43 ` Ridong Chen
@ 2026-08-19 18:52 ` Waiman Long
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Waiman Long @ 2026-08-19 18:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior, linux-kernel, cgroups
Cc: Ben Segall, Dietmar Eggemann, Ingo Molnar, Juri Lelli,
K Prateek Nayak, Mel Gorman, Peter Zijlstra, Steven Rostedt,
Tim Chen, Valentin Schneider, Vincent Guittot, chen.yu@linux.dev,
Chen, Yu C, Ridong Chen
On 8/13/26 3:48 AM, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> + CPUSET maintainer which I missed because re-used the CCs from v1.
>
> On 2026-08-13 09:38:56 [+0200], To linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org wrote:
>> A read from /proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us leads to backtrace due
>> to missing cpu_hotplug_lock with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n. The callchain is
>> sched_rt_handler() -> partition_sched_domains() -> sched_cache_set() ->
>> static_key_enable_cpuslocked(&sched_cache_present).
>>
>> sched_cache_set() itself is also invoked from sched_init_domains() which
>> is early during the boot, holding just the sched_domains_mutex_lock().
>> Here is no warning because it happens before user space is running (and
>> hotplug operations are not possible).
>>
>> There is also sched_cache_active_set() which acquires the hotplug lock
>> before invoking any of the _cpuslocked() functions.
>>
>> This is only a problem with CONFIG_CPUSETS=n because in the =y case the
>> other implementation of rebuild_sched_domains acquires the CPU-hotplug
>> lock.
>>
>> Acquire CPU hotplug lock before in rebuild_sched_domains(), before
>> partition_sched_domains() is invoked for the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n case.
>>
>> Fixes: a7660ce1590fc ("sched/cache: Fix has_multi_llcs iff at least one partition has multiple LLCs")
>> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
>> ---
>> v1…v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812095800.gl06ANul@linutronix.de/
>> - Move the lock from partition_sched_domains() to
>> rebuild_sched_domains() in the CONFIG_CPUSETS=n since this is the
>> only affected case. Noticed by Yu C Chen and Tim Chen.
>>
>> include/linux/cpuset.h | 1 +
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
>> index 65d76a38974ba..bf3999daa080a 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
>> @@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ static inline void dl_rebuild_rd_accounting(void)
>>
>> static inline void rebuild_sched_domains(void)
>> {
>> + guard(cpus_read_lock)();
>> partition_sched_domains(1, NULL, NULL);
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 2.55.0
LKTM
Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
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