linux-kernel - [PATCH 26/32] nohz/cpuset: Flush cputime on threads in nohz cpusets when waiting leader

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Message-Id: <1313423549-27093-27-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:52:23 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 26/32] nohz/cpuset: Flush cputime on threads in nohz cpusets when waiting leader

When we wait for a zombie task, flush the cputimes on nohz cpusets
in case we are waiting for a group leader that has threads running
in nohz CPUs. This way thread_group_times() doesn't report stale
values.

<doubts>
If I understood well the code, by the time we call that thread_group_times(),
we may have childs that are still running, so this is necessary.
But I need to check deeper.
</doubts>

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@....ibm.com>
Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
Cc: Paul E . McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Tim Pepper <lnxninja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 kernel/exit.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index f2b321b..43fb9ac 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 #include <linux/oom.h>
+#include <linux/cpuset.h>
 
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -1262,6 +1263,7 @@ static int wait_task_zombie(struct wait_opts *wo, struct task_struct *p)
 		 * group, which consolidates times for all threads in the
 		 * group including the group leader.
 		 */
+		cpuset_nohz_flush_cputimes();
 		thread_group_times(p, &tgutime, &tgstime);
 		spin_lock_irq(&p->real_parent->sighand->siglock);
 		psig = p->real_parent->signal;
-- 
1.7.5.4

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