linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 0/2] Fix race window during idle cpu selection.

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:27:40 -0500
From:   Atish Patra <atish.patra@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     atish.patra@...cle.com, joelaf@...gle.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        brendan.jackman@....com, jbacik@...com, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH RFC 0/2] Fix race window during idle cpu selection.

The 1st patch actually fixes the issue. The 2nd patch adds a new element
in schedstat intended only for testing.

Atish Patra (2):
  sched: Minimize the idle cpu selection race window.
  sched: Add a stat for idle cpu selection race window.

 kernel/sched/core.c      |  6 ++++++
 kernel/sched/fair.c      | 12 +++++++++---
 kernel/sched/idle_task.c |  1 +
 kernel/sched/sched.h     |  2 ++
 kernel/sched/stats.c     |  5 +++--
 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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