linux-kernel - [PATCH 7/7 v4] sched/fair: reduce the window for duplicated update

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Date:   Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:30:07 +0100
From:   Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
To:     mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org, juri.lelli@...hat.com,
        dietmar.eggemann@....com, rostedt@...dmis.org, bsegall@...gle.com,
        mgorman@...e.de, bristot@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joel@...lfernandes.org, valentin.schneider@....com
Cc:     fweisbec@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, qais.yousef@....com,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7/7 v4] sched/fair: reduce the window for duplicated update

Start to update last_blocked_load_update_tick to reduce the possibility
of another cpu starting the update one more time

Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>
---
 kernel/sched/fair.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 46c220a4f7ed..38a1297edd76 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -7852,16 +7852,20 @@ static inline bool others_have_blocked(struct rq *rq)
 	return false;
 }
 
-static inline void update_blocked_load_status(struct rq *rq, bool has_blocked)
+static inline void update_blocked_load_tick(struct rq *rq)
 {
-	rq->last_blocked_load_update_tick = jiffies;
+	WRITE_ONCE(rq->last_blocked_load_update_tick, jiffies);
+}
 
+static inline void update_blocked_load_status(struct rq *rq, bool has_blocked)
+{
 	if (!has_blocked)
 		rq->has_blocked_load = 0;
 }
 #else
 static inline bool cfs_rq_has_blocked(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq) { return false; }
 static inline bool others_have_blocked(struct rq *rq) { return false; }
+static inline void update_blocked_load_tick(struct rq *rq) {}
 static inline void update_blocked_load_status(struct rq *rq, bool has_blocked) {}
 #endif
 
@@ -8022,6 +8026,7 @@ static void update_blocked_averages(int cpu)
 	struct rq_flags rf;
 
 	rq_lock_irqsave(rq, &rf);
+	update_blocked_load_tick(rq);
 	update_rq_clock(rq);
 
 	decayed |= __update_blocked_others(rq, &done);
@@ -8363,7 +8368,7 @@ static bool update_nohz_stats(struct rq *rq)
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, nohz.idle_cpus_mask))
 		return false;
 
-	if (!time_after(jiffies, rq->last_blocked_load_update_tick))
+	if (!time_after(jiffies, READ_ONCE(rq->last_blocked_load_update_tick)))
 		return true;
 
 	update_blocked_averages(cpu);
-- 
2.17.1