linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] keep rd->online and cpu_online

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Date:	Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:34:56 -0700
From:	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Gregory Haskins <ghaskins@...ell.com>, suresh.b.siddha@...el.com,
	ego@...ibm.com, rjw@...k.pl, dmitry.adamushko@...il.com,
	mingo@...e.hu, oleg@...n.ru, yi.y.yang@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] keep rd->online and cpu_online_map in sync

On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 04:36:13PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > --- a/kernel/sched.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched.c
> > @@ -5881,7 +5881,8 @@ migration_call(struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
> >  		spin_unlock_irq(&rq->lock);
> >  		break;
> >  
> > -	case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
> > +	case CPU_DYING:
> > +	case CPU_DYING_FROZEN:
> >  		/* Update our root-domain */
> >  		rq = cpu_rq(cpu);
> >  		spin_lock_irqsave(&rq->lock, flags);
> 
> Does this make
> cpu-hotplug-register-update_sched_domains-notifier-with-higher-prio.patch
> (below) obsolete,

Yes. I would like to Ack for the
keep-rd-online-and-cpu_online_map-in-sync.patch, as it is more cleaner.


> or do we want both?  

No. I don't think so. Gautham, do you agree?

thanks,
suresh

> 
> --- a/kernel/sched.c~cpu-hotplug-register-update_sched_domains-notifier-with-higher-prio
> +++ a/kernel/sched.c
> @@ -7096,8 +7096,16 @@ void __init sched_init_smp(void)
>  	if (cpus_empty(non_isolated_cpus))
>  		cpu_set(smp_processor_id(), non_isolated_cpus);
>  	put_online_cpus();
> -	/* XXX: Theoretical race here - CPU may be hotplugged now */
> -	hotcpu_notifier(update_sched_domains, 0);
> +	/*
> +	 * XXX: Theoretical race here - CPU may be hotplugged now
> +	 *
> +	 * We register the notifier with priority 11, which means that
> +	 * update_sched_domains() will be called just before migration_call().
> +	 *
> +	 * This is necessary to ensure that the rt wake up logic works fine
> +	 * and the rq->rd->online_map remains in sync with the cpu_online_map.
> +	 */
> +	hotcpu_notifier(update_sched_domains, 11);
>  
>  	/* Move init over to a non-isolated CPU */
>  	if (set_cpus_allowed(current, non_isolated_cpus) < 0)
> _
> 
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