linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] tick/nohz: Only wakeup a single target cpu when kicking a task

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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 12:39:01 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>,
        Yunfeng Ye <yeyunfeng@...wei.com>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] tick/nohz: Only wakeup a single target cpu when
 kicking a task

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 03:43:28PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> That had me looking at tick_nohz_task_switch(), does we want the below?
> 
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 9143163fa678..ff45fc513ba7 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -4207,6 +4207,7 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
>  	vtime_task_switch(prev);
>  	perf_event_task_sched_in(prev, current);
>  	finish_task(prev);
> +	tick_nohz_task_switch();
>  	finish_lock_switch(rq);
>  	finish_arch_post_lock_switch();
>  	kcov_finish_switch(current);
> @@ -4252,7 +4253,6 @@ static struct rq *finish_task_switch(struct task_struct *prev)
>  		put_task_struct_rcu_user(prev);
>  	}
>  
> -	tick_nohz_task_switch();
>  	return rq;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 828b091501ca..ea079be9097f 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -447,13 +447,10 @@ void tick_nohz_dep_clear_signal(struct signal_struct *sig, enum tick_dep_bits bi
>   */
>  void __tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned long flags;
>  	struct tick_sched *ts;
>  
> -	local_irq_save(flags);
> -
>  	if (!tick_nohz_full_cpu(smp_processor_id()))
> -		goto out;
> +		return;
>  
>  	ts = this_cpu_ptr(&tick_cpu_sched);
>  
> @@ -462,8 +459,6 @@ void __tick_nohz_task_switch(void)
>  		    atomic_read(&current->signal->tick_dep_mask))
>  			tick_nohz_full_kick();
>  	}
> -out:
> -	local_irq_restore(flags);
>  }
>  
>  /* Get the boot-time nohz CPU list from the kernel parameters. */


Sure, I'll take your SoB on that too, ok?