linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] sched/numa: document CLONE

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Message-ID: <1389812509.4971.34.camel@buesod1.americas.hpqcorp.net>
Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 11:01:49 -0800
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -next] sched/numa: document CLONE_VM behavior

From: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>

The changelog for Rik's "sched/numa: Stay on the same node if CLONE_VM" patch
serves well documented in the code.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@...com>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 7f45fd5..a2d690c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1743,10 +1743,16 @@ static void __sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
 	if (p->mm && atomic_read(&p->mm->mm_users) == 1) {
-		p->mm->numa_next_scan = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay);
 		p->mm->numa_scan_seq = 0;
+		p->mm->numa_next_scan = jiffies +
+			msecs_to_jiffies(sysctl_numa_balancing_scan_delay);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * A newly spawned thread should stay on the same NUMA node as its
+	 * parent. This prevents processes from being "torn" across multiple
+	 * NUMA nodes every time they spawn a new thread.
+	 */
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM)
 		p->numa_preferred_nid = current->numa_preferred_nid;
 	else
-- 
1.8.1.4



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