linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v3 1/6] Track the active utilisation

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2016 15:55:03 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@....com>
Cc:     luca abeni <luca.abeni@...tn.it>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Claudio Scordino <claudio@...dence.eu.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v3 1/6] Track the active utilisation

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 05:56:35PM +0000, Juri Lelli wrote:
> Mmm. You explicitly check that TASK_ON_RQ_MIGRATING or DEQUEUE_SLEEP
> (which btw can be actually put together with an or condition), so I
> don't think that any of those turn out to be true when the task dies.
> Also, AFAIU, do_exit() works on current and the TASK_DEAD case is
> handled in finish_task_switch(), so I don't think we are taking care of
> the "task is dying" condition.
> 
> Peter, does what I'm saying make any sense? :)

do_task_dead():
	__set_current_state(TASK_DEAD);
	schedule():
		if (prev->state)
			deactivate_task(DEQUEUE_SLEEP);