linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/27] sched: Update rq clock on tickless CPUs before calling check_preempt

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Message-Id: <1356799386-4212-15-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:42:53 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>,
	Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
	Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 14/27] sched: Update rq clock on tickless CPUs before calling check_preempt_curr()

check_preempt_wakeup() of fair class needs an uptodate sched clock
value to update runtime stats of the current task.

When a task is woken up, activate_task() is usually called right before
ttwu_do_wakeup() unless the task is already in the runqueue. In this
case we need to update the rq clock manually in case the CPU runs
tickless because ttwu_do_wakeup() calls check_preempt_wakeup().

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Alessio Igor Bogani <abogani@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@...radead.org>
Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@...il.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 2fcbb03..3c1a806 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,12 @@ static int ttwu_remote(struct task_struct *p, int wake_flags)
 
 	rq = __task_rq_lock(p);
 	if (p->on_rq) {
+		/*
+		 * Ensure check_preempt_curr() won't deal with a stale value
+		 * of rq clock if the CPU is tickless. BTW do we actually need
+		 * check_preempt_curr() to be called here?
+		 */
+		update_nohz_rq_clock(rq);
 		ttwu_do_wakeup(rq, p, wake_flags);
 		ret = 1;
 	}
@@ -1523,8 +1529,17 @@ static void try_to_wake_up_local(struct task_struct *p)
 	if (!(p->state & TASK_NORMAL))
 		goto out;
 
-	if (!p->on_rq)
+	if (!p->on_rq) {
 		ttwu_activate(rq, p, ENQUEUE_WAKEUP);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * Even if the task is on the runqueue we still
+		 * need to ensure check_preempt_curr() won't
+		 * deal with a stale rq clock value on a tickless
+		 * CPU
+		 */
+		update_nohz_rq_clock(rq);
+	}
 
 	ttwu_do_wakeup(rq, p, 0);
 	ttwu_stat(p, smp_processor_id(), 0);
-- 
1.7.5.4

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