linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] sched/hotplug: Ensure only per-cpu kthreads run during hotplug

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Date:   Fri, 25 Sep 2020 18:38:50 +0200
From:   Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bigeasy@...utronix.de,
        qais.yousef@....com, swood@...hat.com, valentin.schneider@....com,
        juri.lelli@...hat.com, vincent.guittot@...aro.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com, mgorman@...e.de,
        bristot@...hat.com, vincent.donnefort@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] sched/hotplug: Ensure only per-cpu kthreads run
 during hotplug

On 21/09/2020 18:36, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

[...]

> This replaces the unlikely(rq->balance_callbacks) test at the tail of
> context_switch with an unlikely(rq->balance_work), the fast path is

While looking for why BALANCE_WORK is needed:

Shouldn't this be unlikely(rq->balance_callback) and
unlikely(rq->balance_flags)?