linux-kernel - [PATCH -v3 6/9] workqueue: Restrict affinity change to rescuer

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:17:08 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com,
        valentin.schneider@....com, cai@...hat.com,
        vincent.donnefort@....com, decui@...rosoft.com, paulmck@...nel.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, tj@...nel.org,
        peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH -v3 6/9] workqueue: Restrict affinity change to rescuer

create_worker() will already set the right affinity using
kthread_bind_mask(), this means only the rescuer will need to change
it's affinity.

Howveer, while in cpu-hot-unplug a regular task is not allowed to run
on online&&!active as it would be pushed away quite agressively. We
need KTHREAD_IS_PER_CPU to survive in that environment.

Therefore set the affinity after getting that magic flag.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/workqueue.c |    9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -1849,12 +1849,6 @@ static void worker_attach_to_pool(struct
 	mutex_lock(&wq_pool_attach_mutex);
 
 	/*
-	 * set_cpus_allowed_ptr() will fail if the cpumask doesn't have any
-	 * online CPUs.  It'll be re-applied when any of the CPUs come up.
-	 */
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(worker->task, pool->attrs->cpumask);
-
-	/*
 	 * The wq_pool_attach_mutex ensures %POOL_DISASSOCIATED remains
 	 * stable across this function.  See the comments above the flag
 	 * definition for details.
@@ -1864,6 +1858,9 @@ static void worker_attach_to_pool(struct
 	else
 		kthread_set_per_cpu(worker->task, pool->cpu);
 
+	if (worker->rescue_wq)
+		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(worker->task, pool->attrs->cpumask);
+
 	list_add_tail(&worker->node, &pool->workers);
 	worker->pool = pool;