linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v3 3/9] sched: Dont run cpu-online with balance

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Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:14:02 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jiangshanlai@...il.com, cai@...hat.com, vincent.donnefort@....com,
        decui@...rosoft.com, paulmck@...nel.org,
        vincent.guittot@...aro.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, tj@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3 3/9] sched: Dont run cpu-online with balance_push()
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On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 02:00:45PM +0000, Valentin Schneider wrote:
> On 21/01/21 11:17, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > @@ -7608,6 +7614,12 @@ int sched_cpu_dying(unsigned int cpu)
> >       }
> >       rq_unlock_irqrestore(rq, &rf);
> >
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Should really be after we clear cpu_online(), but we're in
> > +	 * stop_machine(), so it all works.
> > +	 */
> 
> I believe you noted yourself in some earlier version that this *is* running
> with cpu_online(cpu) == false, __cpu_disable() being invoked before the
> _DYING .teardown callbacks are run.

Argh! lemme go fix that comment.