From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@arm.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>,
Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>,
Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>,
Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>,
kernel-team@android.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/14] sched: Introduce restrict_cpus_allowed_ptr() to limit task CPU affinity
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2020 16:56:57 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201201165656.GE27783@willie-the-truck> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201127131916.ncoqmg62dselezyl@e107158-lin.cambridge.arm.com>
On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 01:19:16PM +0000, Qais Yousef wrote:
> On 11/24/20 15:50, Will Deacon wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > index d2003a7d5ab5..818c8f7bdf2a 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> > @@ -1860,24 +1860,18 @@ void do_set_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *new_mask)
> > }
> >
> > /*
> > - * Change a given task's CPU affinity. Migrate the thread to a
> > - * proper CPU and schedule it away if the CPU it's executing on
> > - * is removed from the allowed bitmask.
> > - *
> > - * NOTE: the caller must have a valid reference to the task, the
> > - * task must not exit() & deallocate itself prematurely. The
> > - * call is not atomic; no spinlocks may be held.
> > + * Called with both p->pi_lock and rq->lock held; drops both before returning.
>
> nit: wouldn't it be better for the caller to acquire and release the locks?
> Not a big deal but it's always confusing when half of the work done outside the
> function and the other half done inside.
That came up in the last version of the patches iirc, but the problem is
that __set_cpus_allowed_ptr_locked() can trigger migration, which can
drop the lock and take another one for the new runqueue.
Given that this function is internal to the scheduler, I think we can
probably live with it.
Will
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-01 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 61+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-24 15:50 [PATCH v4 00/14] An alternative series for asymmetric AArch32 systems Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] arm64: cpuinfo: Split AArch32 registers out into a separate struct Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] arm64: Allow mismatched 32-bit EL0 support Will Deacon
2020-11-27 10:25 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-11-27 11:50 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:09 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 13:16 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] KVM: arm64: Kill 32-bit vCPUs on systems with mismatched " Will Deacon
2020-11-27 10:26 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-11-27 11:53 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-27 17:14 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-11-27 17:24 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-27 18:16 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-01 16:57 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 8:18 ` Marc Zyngier
2020-12-02 17:27 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] arm64: Kill 32-bit applications scheduled on 64-bit-only CPUs Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:12 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 13:52 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-02 17:42 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] arm64: Advertise CPUs capable of running 32-bit applications in sysfs Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] arm64: Hook up cmdline parameter to allow mismatched 32-bit EL0 Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:17 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] sched: Introduce restrict_cpus_allowed_ptr() to limit task CPU affinity Will Deacon
2020-11-27 9:49 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-27 13:19 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:56 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2020-12-02 13:06 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] arm64: exec: Adjust affinity for compat tasks with mismatched 32-bit EL0 Will Deacon
2020-11-27 10:01 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-27 13:23 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 16:55 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 14:07 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] cpuset: Don't use the cpu_possible_mask as a last resort for cgroup v1 Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:32 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-30 17:05 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-30 17:36 ` Quentin Perret
2020-12-01 11:58 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 12:37 ` Quentin Perret
2020-12-01 14:11 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 15:56 ` Quentin Perret
2020-12-01 22:30 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 11:34 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-02 11:33 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] sched: Introduce arch_task_cpu_possible_mask() to limit fallback rq selection Will Deacon
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] sched: Reject CPU affinity changes based on arch_task_cpu_possible_mask() Will Deacon
2020-11-27 9:54 ` Quentin Perret
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] arm64: Prevent offlining first CPU with 32-bit EL0 on mismatched system Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:41 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-01 22:13 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 12:59 ` Qais Yousef
2020-12-02 17:42 ` Will Deacon
2020-12-02 18:08 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] arm64: Implement arch_task_cpu_possible_mask() Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:41 ` Qais Yousef
2020-11-24 15:50 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] arm64: Remove logic to kill 32-bit tasks on 64-bit-only cores Will Deacon
2020-11-27 13:58 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] An alternative series for asymmetric AArch32 systems Qais Yousef
2020-12-05 20:43 ` Pavel Machek
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