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Date:   Sat, 1 Feb 2020 08:33:34 +0530
From:   Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>
To:     tj@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpuset: Make cpuset hotplug synchronous

Hi Tejun & Peter,

Could you please share your feedback on this patch for making

cpuset_hotplug_workfn synchronous.


Thanks,

Prateek

On 1/24/2020 8:37 PM, Prateek Sood wrote:
> Hi Tejun & Peter,
>
> It seems that after following patch we can make cpuset_hotplug_workfn
> synchronous:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c?h=v5.5-rc7&id=d74b27d63a8bebe2fe634944e4ebdc7b10db7a39
>
>
> Could you please share your opinion on the same and below patch.
>
> Thanks,
> Prateek
>
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> Convert cpuset_hotplug_workfn() into synchronous call for cpu hotplug
> path. For memory hotplug path it still gets queued as a work item.
>
> Since cpuset_hotplug_workfn() can be made synchronous for cpu hotplug
> path, it is not required to wait for cpuset hotplug while thawing
> processes.
>
> Signed-off-by: Prateek Sood <prsood@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>   include/linux/cpuset.h |  3 ---
>   kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
>   kernel/power/process.c |  2 --
>   3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/cpuset.h b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> index 04c20de66..cede4cb 100644
> --- a/include/linux/cpuset.h
> +++ b/include/linux/cpuset.h
> @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static inline void cpuset_dec(void)
>   extern void cpuset_init_smp(void);
>   extern void cpuset_force_rebuild(void);
>   extern void cpuset_update_active_cpus(void);
> -extern void cpuset_wait_for_hotplug(void);
>   extern void cpuset_read_lock(void);
>   extern void cpuset_read_unlock(void);
>   extern void cpuset_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *p, struct cpumask *mask);
> @@ -176,8 +175,6 @@ static inline void cpuset_update_active_cpus(void)
>   	partition_sched_domains(1, NULL, NULL);
>   }
>   
> -static inline void cpuset_wait_for_hotplug(void) { }
> -
>   static inline void cpuset_read_lock(void) { }
>   static inline void cpuset_read_unlock(void) { }
>   
> diff --git a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> index 58f5073..cafd4d2 100644
> --- a/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> +++ b/kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c
> @@ -3101,7 +3101,7 @@ static void cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp)
>   }
>   
>   /**
> - * cpuset_hotplug_workfn - handle CPU/memory hotunplug for a cpuset
> + * cpuset_hotplug - handle CPU/memory hotunplug for a cpuset
>    *
>    * This function is called after either CPU or memory configuration has
>    * changed and updates cpuset accordingly.  The top_cpuset is always
> @@ -3116,7 +3116,7 @@ static void cpuset_hotplug_update_tasks(struct cpuset *cs, struct tmpmasks *tmp)
>    * Note that CPU offlining during suspend is ignored.  We don't modify
>    * cpusets across suspend/resume cycles at all.
>    */
> -static void cpuset_hotplug_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
> +static void cpuset_hotplug(bool use_cpu_hp_lock)
>   {
>   	static cpumask_t new_cpus;
>   	static nodemask_t new_mems;
> @@ -3201,25 +3201,32 @@ static void cpuset_hotplug_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>   	/* rebuild sched domains if cpus_allowed has changed */
>   	if (cpus_updated || force_rebuild) {
>   		force_rebuild = false;
> -		rebuild_sched_domains();
> +		if (use_cpu_hp_lock)
> +			rebuild_sched_domains();
> +		else {
> +			/* Acquiring cpu_hotplug_lock is not required.
> +			 * When cpuset_hotplug() is called in hotplug path,
> +			 * cpu_hotplug_lock is held by the hotplug context
> +			 * which is waiting for cpuhp_thread_fun to indicate
> +			 * completion of callback.
> +			*/
> +			percpu_down_write(&cpuset_rwsem);
> +			rebuild_sched_domains_locked();
> +			percpu_up_write(&cpuset_rwsem);
> +		}
>   	}
>   
>   	free_cpumasks(NULL, ptmp);
>   }
>   
> -void cpuset_update_active_cpus(void)
> +static void cpuset_hotplug_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
>   {
> -	/*
> -	 * We're inside cpu hotplug critical region which usually nests
> -	 * inside cgroup synchronization.  Bounce actual hotplug processing
> -	 * to a work item to avoid reverse locking order.
> -	 */
> -	schedule_work(&cpuset_hotplug_work);
> +	cpuset_hotplug(true);
>   }
>   
> -void cpuset_wait_for_hotplug(void)
> +void cpuset_update_active_cpus(void)
>   {
> -	flush_work(&cpuset_hotplug_work);
> +	cpuset_hotplug(false);
>   }
>   
>   /*
> diff --git a/kernel/power/process.c b/kernel/power/process.c
> index 4b6a54d..08f7019 100644
> --- a/kernel/power/process.c
> +++ b/kernel/power/process.c
> @@ -204,8 +204,6 @@ void thaw_processes(void)
>   	__usermodehelper_set_disable_depth(UMH_FREEZING);
>   	thaw_workqueues();
>   
> -	cpuset_wait_for_hotplug();
> -
>   	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
>   	for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
>   		/* No other threads should have PF_SUSPEND_TASK set */

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