linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] sched/core: Prevent race condition between cpuset and __sched

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 15:51:19 +0200
From:   Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, luca.abeni@...tannapisa.it,
        claudio@...dence.eu.com, tommaso.cucinotta@...tannapisa.it,
        bristot@...hat.com, mathieu.poirier@...aro.org, lizefan@...wei.com,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] sched/core: Prevent race condition between cpuset
 and __sched_setscheduler()

On 14/06/18 09:45, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:17:10 +0200
> Ju
> > diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> > index b42037e6e81d..d26fd4795aa3 100644
> > --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> > +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> > @@ -2409,6 +2409,22 @@ void __init cpuset_init_smp(void)
> >  	BUG_ON(!cpuset_migrate_mm_wq);
> >  }
> >  
> > +/**
> > + * cpuset_lock - Grab the cpuset_mutex from another subsysytem
> > + */
> > +int cpuset_lock(void)
> 
> Shouldn't this be called "cpuset_trylock()" otherwise one may think
> that it will always return with the cpuset_mutex locked.

Sure.

Thanks,

- Juri