linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched/dl : return accurate release rq lock info

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Message-Id: <1538788117-45448-1-git-send-email-peng.hao2@zte.com.cn>
Date:   Sat, 6 Oct 2018 09:08:37 +0800
From:   Peng Hao <peng.hao2@....com.cn>
To:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     rostedt@...dmis.org, andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Peng Hao <peng.hao2@....com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH]  sched/dl : return accurate release rq lock info

find_lock_later_rq may or not releease rq lock when return
later_rq=NULL, but it is fuzzy.
If not releasing rq lock, it is unnecessary to re-call
pick_next_pushable_dl_task.

Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <peng.hao2@....com.cn>
---
 kernel/sched/deadline.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
index 997ea7b..8e875ec 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
@@ -1979,7 +1979,7 @@ static struct rq *find_lock_later_rq(struct task_struct *task, struct rq *rq)
 				     !dl_task(task) ||
 				     !task_on_rq_queued(task))) {
 				double_unlock_balance(rq, later_rq);
-				later_rq = NULL;
+				later_rq = RETRY_TASK;
 				break;
 			}
 		}
@@ -2063,7 +2063,9 @@ static int push_dl_task(struct rq *rq)
 
 	/* Will lock the rq it'll find */
 	later_rq = find_lock_later_rq(next_task, rq);
-	if (!later_rq) {
+	if (!later_rq)
+		goto out;
+	if (later_rq == RETRY_TASK) {
 		struct task_struct *task;
 
 		/*
-- 
1.8.3.1