linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 3/8] cgroup/cpuset: Allow no-task partition to have empty cpuset.cpus.effective

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Message-ID: <20220613140206.GA6910@blackbody.suse.cz>
Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 16:02:06 +0200
From:   Michal Koutný <mkoutny@...e.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        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 v11 3/8] cgroup/cpuset: Allow no-task partition to have
 empty cpuset.cpus.effective

On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 04:55:13PM -1000, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org> wrote:
> But how would that happen? A lot of other things would break too if that
> were to happen.

cpuset is a threaded controller where the internal-node-constraint does
not hold. So the additional condition for cpuset migrations is IMO
warranted (and needed if there's no "fall up").

Michal

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