linux-kernel - [GIT pull] sched/urgent for 5.3-rc5

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Date:   Sun, 25 Aug 2019 09:43:00 -0000
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: [GIT pull] sched/urgent for 5.3-rc5

Linus,

please pull the latest sched-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git sched-urgent-for-linus

up to:  b0fdc01354f4: sched/core: Schedule new worker even if PI-blocked

Handle the worker management in situations where a task is scheduled out on
a PI lock contention correctly and schedule a new worker if possible.

Thanks,

	tglx

------------------>
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior (1):
      sched/core: Schedule new worker even if PI-blocked


 kernel/sched/core.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 2b037f195473..010d578118d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -3904,7 +3904,7 @@ void __noreturn do_task_dead(void)
 
 static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	if (!tsk->state || tsk_is_pi_blocked(tsk))
+	if (!tsk->state)
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -3920,6 +3920,9 @@ static inline void sched_submit_work(struct task_struct *tsk)
 		preempt_enable_no_resched();
 	}
 
+	if (tsk_is_pi_blocked(tsk))
+		return;
+
 	/*
 	 * If we are going to sleep and we have plugged IO queued,
 	 * make sure to submit it to avoid deadlocks.