linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] scheduler fix

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Message-ID: <YNQvB82UKfDV57eE@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 24 Jun 2021 09:06:47 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] scheduler fix

Linus,

Please pull the latest sched/urgent git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git sched-urgent-2021-06-24

   # HEAD: fdaba61ef8a268d4136d0a113d153f7a89eb9984 sched/fair: Ensure that the CFS parent is added after unthrottling

A last minute cgroup bandwidth scheduling fix for a recently
introduced logic fail which triggered a kernel warning by
LTP's cfs_bandwidth01.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Rik van Riel (1):
      sched/fair: Ensure that the CFS parent is added after unthrottling


 kernel/sched/fair.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index bfaa6e1f6067..23663318fb81 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3298,6 +3298,31 @@ static inline void cfs_rq_util_change(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, int flags)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
+/*
+ * Because list_add_leaf_cfs_rq always places a child cfs_rq on the list
+ * immediately before a parent cfs_rq, and cfs_rqs are removed from the list
+ * bottom-up, we only have to test whether the cfs_rq before us on the list
+ * is our child.
+ * If cfs_rq is not on the list, test whether a child needs its to be added to
+ * connect a branch to the tree  * (see list_add_leaf_cfs_rq() for details).
+ */
+static inline bool child_cfs_rq_on_list(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
+{
+	struct cfs_rq *prev_cfs_rq;
+	struct list_head *prev;
+
+	if (cfs_rq->on_list) {
+		prev = cfs_rq->leaf_cfs_rq_list.prev;
+	} else {
+		struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
+
+		prev = rq->tmp_alone_branch;
+	}
+
+	prev_cfs_rq = container_of(prev, struct cfs_rq, leaf_cfs_rq_list);
+
+	return (prev_cfs_rq->tg->parent == cfs_rq->tg);
+}
 
 static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 {
@@ -3313,6 +3338,9 @@ static inline bool cfs_rq_is_decayed(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
 	if (cfs_rq->avg.runnable_sum)
 		return false;
 
+	if (child_cfs_rq_on_list(cfs_rq))
+		return false;
+
 	return true;
 }