linux-kernel - [tip:sched/core] sched/nohz: Fix affine unpinned timers mess

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Date:	Thu, 12 May 2016 03:31:04 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Wanpeng Li <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
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	tglx@...utronix.de, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
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	wanpeng.li@...mail.com
Subject: [tip:sched/core] sched/nohz: Fix affine unpinned timers mess

Commit-ID:  444969223c81c7d0a95136b7b4cfdcfbc96ac5bd
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/444969223c81c7d0a95136b7b4cfdcfbc96ac5bd
Author:     Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:45:34 +0800
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 12 May 2016 09:55:32 +0200

sched/nohz: Fix affine unpinned timers mess

The following commit:

  9642d18eee2c ("nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers")'

intended to affine unpinned timers to housekeepers:

  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, idle)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, busy)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(houserkeepers, idle)    =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to itself)

However, the !idle_cpu(i) && is_housekeeping_cpu(cpu) check modified the
intention to:

  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, idle)   =>   any housekeepers(no mattter cpu topology)
  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, busy)   =>   any housekeepers(no mattter cpu topology)
  unpinned timers(housekeepers, idle)     =>   any busy cpus(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)

This patch fixes it by checking if there are busy housekeepers nearby,
otherwise falls to any housekeepers/itself. After the patch:

  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, idle)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(full dynaticks, busy)   =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to any housekeepers)
  unpinned timers(housekeepers, idle)     =>   nearest busy housekeepers(otherwise, fallback to itself)

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
[ Fixed the changelog. ]
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 'commit 9642d18eee2c ("nohz: Affine unpinned timers to housekeepers")'
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1462344334-8303-1-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@hotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/sched/core.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 636c4b9..6f6962a 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -533,7 +533,10 @@ int get_nohz_timer_target(void)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_domain(cpu, sd) {
 		for_each_cpu(i, sched_domain_span(sd)) {
-			if (!idle_cpu(i) && is_housekeeping_cpu(cpu)) {
+			if (cpu == i)
+				continue;
+
+			if (!idle_cpu(i) && is_housekeeping_cpu(i)) {
 				cpu = i;
 				goto unlock;
 			}