linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] cgroup/cpuset: Add a new isolated cpus.partition type

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Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:25:21 +0200
From:   Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To:     Waiman Long <llong@...hat.com>
Cc:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Roman Gushchin <guro@...com>, Phil Auld <pauld@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] cgroup/cpuset: Add a new isolated cpus.partition
 type

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:27:58PM -0400, Waiman Long <llong@...hat.com> wrote:
> PRS_ERROR cannot be passed to update_prstate(). For this patchset, PRS_ERROR
> can only be set by changes in hotplug. The current design will maintain the
> set flag (CS_SCHED_LOAD_BALANCE) and use it to decide to switch back to
> PRS_ENABLED or PRS_ISOLATED when the cpus are available again.

I see it now, thanks. (I still find a bit weird that the "isolated"
partition will be shown as "root invalid" when it's lacking cpus
(instead of "isolated invalid" and returning to "isolated") but I can
understand the approach of having just one "root invalid" for all.)

This patch can have
Reviewed-by: Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>


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