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Message-ID: <81f06470-ad5b-2b92-86d6-dc2ca5d21d53@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:31:24 -0700
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
        Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <vschneid@...hat.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] sched: Use user_cpus_ptr for saving user provided
 cpumask in sched_setaffinity()

On 8/17/22 04:41, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 03:27:32PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
>> @@ -2981,25 +2969,21 @@ static int restrict_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
>>   		goto err_unlock;
>>   	}
>>   
>> -	if (!cpumask_and(new_mask, &p->cpus_mask, subset_mask)) {
>> +
>> +	if (p->user_cpus_ptr)
>> +		not_empty = cpumask_and(new_mask, p->user_cpus_ptr, subset_mask);
>> +	else
>> +		not_empty = cpumask_and(new_mask, cpu_online_mask, subset_mask);
>> +
>> +	if (!not_empty) {
>>   		err = -EINVAL;
>>   		goto err_unlock;
>>   	}
>>   
>> -	/*
>> -	 * We're about to butcher the task affinity, so keep track of what
>> -	 * the user asked for in case we're able to restore it later on.
>> -	 */
>> -	if (user_mask) {
>> -		cpumask_copy(user_mask, p->cpus_ptr);
>> -		p->user_cpus_ptr = user_mask;
>> -	}
>> -
>>   	return __set_cpus_allowed_ptr_locked(p, new_mask, 0, rq, &rf);
>>   
>>   err_unlock:
>>   	task_rq_unlock(rq, p, &rf);
>> -	kfree(user_mask);
>>   	return err;
>>   }
>>   
>> @@ -3049,34 +3033,27 @@ void force_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p)
>>   }
>>   
>>   static int
>> -__sched_setaffinity(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask);
>> +__sched_setaffinity(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask, bool save_mask);
>>   
>>   /*
>>    * Restore the affinity of a task @p which was previously restricted by a
>> - * call to force_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr(). This will clear (and free)
>> - * @p->user_cpus_ptr.
>> + * call to force_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr().
>>    *
>>    * It is the caller's responsibility to serialise this with any calls to
>>    * force_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr(@p).
>>    */
>>   void relax_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p)
>>   {
>> -	struct cpumask *user_mask = p->user_cpus_ptr;
>> -	unsigned long flags;
>> +	const struct cpumask *user_mask = p->user_cpus_ptr;
>> +
>> +	if (!user_mask)
>> +		user_mask = cpu_online_mask;
>>   
>>   	/*
>> -	 * Try to restore the old affinity mask. If this fails, then
>> -	 * we free the mask explicitly to avoid it being inherited across
>> -	 * a subsequent fork().
>> +	 * Try to restore the old affinity mask with __sched_setaffinity().
>> +	 * Cpuset masking will be done there too.
>>   	 */
>> -	if (!user_mask || !__sched_setaffinity(p, user_mask))
>> -		return;
>> -
>> -	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&p->pi_lock, flags);
>> -	user_mask = clear_user_cpus_ptr(p);
>> -	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags);
>> -
>> -	kfree(user_mask);
>> +	__sched_setaffinity(p, user_mask, false);
>>   }
>>   
>>   void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int new_cpu)
>
> Would it not be simpler to write it something like so?
>
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
> index 03053eebb22e..cdae4d50a588 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
> @@ -2955,7 +2955,6 @@ static int restrict_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
>   	struct rq_flags rf;
>   	struct rq *rq;
>   	int err;
> -	bool not_empty;
>   
>   	rq = task_rq_lock(p, &rf);
>   
> @@ -2969,13 +2968,7 @@ static int restrict_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p,
>   		goto err_unlock;
>   	}
>   
> -
> -	if (p->user_cpus_ptr)
> -		not_empty = cpumask_and(new_mask, p->user_cpus_ptr, subset_mask);
> -	else
> -		not_empty = cpumask_and(new_mask, cpu_online_mask, subset_mask);
> -
> -	if (!not_empty) {
> +	if (!cpumask_and(new_mask, task_user_cpus(p), subset_mask)) {
>   		err = -EINVAL;
>   		goto err_unlock;
>   	}
> @@ -3044,16 +3037,11 @@ __sched_setaffinity(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask, bool save
>    */
>   void relax_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr(struct task_struct *p)
>   {
> -	const struct cpumask *user_mask = p->user_cpus_ptr;
> -
> -	if (!user_mask)
> -		user_mask = cpu_online_mask;
> -
>   	/*
>   	 * Try to restore the old affinity mask with __sched_setaffinity().
>   	 * Cpuset masking will be done there too.
>   	 */
> -	__sched_setaffinity(p, user_mask, false);
> +	__sched_setaffinity(p, task_user_cpus(p), false);
>   }
>   
>   void set_task_cpu(struct task_struct *p, unsigned int new_cpu)
> diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> index 15eefcd65faa..426e9b64b587 100644
> --- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
> +++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
> @@ -1881,6 +1881,13 @@ static inline void dirty_sched_domain_sysctl(int cpu)
>   #endif
>   
>   extern int sched_update_scaling(void);
> +
> +static inline const struct cpumask *task_user_cpus(struct task_struct *p)
> +{
> +	if (!p->user_cpus_ptr)
> +		return cpus_possible_mask; /* &init_task.cpus_mask */
> +	return p->user_cpus_ptr;
> +}
>   #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
>   
>   #include "stats.h"
>
Thanks for the good suggestions, will make the changes.

Cheers,
Longman

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