linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 11/14] sched: Reject CPU affinity changes based on arch_task_cpu_possible

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:54:52 +0000
From:   Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@....com>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/14] sched: Reject CPU affinity changes based on
 arch_task_cpu_possible_mask()

On Tuesday 24 Nov 2020 at 15:50:36 (+0000), Will Deacon wrote:
> Reject explicit requests to change the affinity mask of a task via
> set_cpus_allowed_ptr() if the requested mask is not a subset of the
> mask returned by arch_task_cpu_possible_mask(). This ensures that the
> 'cpus_mask' for a given task cannot contain CPUs which are incapable of
> executing it, except in cases where the affinity is forced.

I guess mentioning here (or as a comment) the 'funny' behaviour we get
with cpusets wouldn't hurt. But this is a sensible patch nonetheless so:

Reviewed-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>

Thanks,
Quentin