Re: [RFC] [PATCH] cpuset: fix wrong calculation of relax domain level

[Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>]

Hidetoshi Seto wrote:
> Li Zefan wrote:
>> When multiple cpusets are overlapping in their 'cpus' and hence they
>> form a single sched domain, the largest sched_relax_domain_level among
>> those should be used. But when top_cpuset's sched_load_balance is
>> set, its sched_relax_domain_level is used regardless other sub-cpusets'.
>>
>> There are several proposals to solve this:
>>
>> 1) Travel the cpuset hierarchy to find the largest relax_domain_level
>>    in rebuild_sched_domains(). But cpuset avoids hierarchy travelling
>>    when top_cpuset.sched_load_balance is set.
>>
>> 2) Remember the largest relax_domain_level when we update a cpuset's
>>    sched_load_balance, sched_relax_domain_level and cpus. This should
>>    work, but seems a bit tricky and a bit ugly. (As this patch shows)
>>
>> 3) Don't treat this as a bug, but document this behavior.
> 
> I think 1) is correct way.
> 
> There was a special short path for the top_cpuset's case, but now it is
> disappeared. I think there are no need to treat the top_cpuset as VIP,
> so 2) is excessive nurturing.
> 

If we all agree on this, I'll send a new patch to fix this.