linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: fix circular locking dependency

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Date:   Fri, 8 Dec 2017 15:10:05 +0530
From:   Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     avagin@...il.com, mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, sramana@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: fix circular locking dependency

On 12/05/2017 04:31 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 02:58:25PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Hello, again.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:22:19PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 10:44:49AM +0530, Prateek Sood wrote:
>>>> Any feedback/suggestion for this patch?
>>>
>>> Sorry about the delay.  I'm a bit worried because it feels like we're
>>> chasing a squirrel.  I'll think through the recent changes and this
>>> one and get back to you.
>>
>> Can you please take a look at the following pending commit?
>>
>>   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git/commit/?h=for-4.15-fixes&id=e8b3f8db7aad99fcc5234fc5b89984ff6620de3d
>>
>> AFAICS, this should remove the circular dependency you originally
>> reported.  I'll revert the two cpuset commits for now.
> 
> So I liked his patches in that we would be able to go back to
> synchronous sched_domain building.
> 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git/commit/?h=for-4.15-fixes&id=e8b3f8db7aad99fcc5234fc5b89984ff6620de3d

This will fix the original circular locking dependency issue.
I will let you both (Peter & TJ) to decide on which one to
pick.



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