linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched_fair: test list head instead of list entry in throttle_cfs

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:11:38 -0700
From:	bsegall@...gle.com
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched_fair: test list head instead of list entry in throttle_cfs_rq()

Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> writes:

> According to the comments, we need to test if this is
> the first throttled task, however, list_empty() tests on
> the entry cfs_rq->throttled_list, not the head, this is wrong.
>
> This is a bug because we don't re-init the list entry after
> removing it from the list, so list_empty() could return false
> even if the list is really empty.
>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <cwang@...pensource.com>

Agreed.
Reviewed-by: Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>

> ---
>  kernel/sched/fair.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> index 40a7fcb..ee91917 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> @@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ static void throttle_cfs_rq(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
>  	cfs_rq->throttled = 1;
>  	cfs_rq->throttled_clock = rq_clock(rq);
>  	raw_spin_lock(&cfs_b->lock);
> -	empty = list_empty(&cfs_rq->throttled_list);
> +	empty = list_empty(&cfs_b->throttled_cfs_rq);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Add to the _head_ of the list, so that an already-started


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