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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:49:56 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org> Cc: mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/fair: use RETRY_TASK in idle_balance On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 12:37:02PM +0200, Vincent Guittot wrote: > Use RETRY_TASK in idle_balance when we want select_task_rq() function to > rerun the complete task selection path > > Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org> > --- > 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 0951d1c..ba49f83 100644 > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c > @@ -9862,7 +9862,7 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq, struct rq_flags *rf) > > /* Is there a task of a high priority class? */ > if (this_rq->nr_running != this_rq->cfs.h_nr_running) > - pulled_task = -1; > + pulled_task = RETRY_TASK; This doesn't make sense, pulled_task is an integer, not a task pointer. Also see how the caller in select_task_rq_fair() converts a negative into RETRY_TASK.
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