linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sched/psi: Use task->psi

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Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2022 09:39:03 -0400
From:   Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:     Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>
Cc:     surenb@...gle.com, mingo@...hat.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sched/psi: Use task->psi_flags to clear in CPU migration

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 04:19:31PM +0800, Chengming Zhou wrote:
> The commit d583d360a620 ("psi: Fix psi state corruption when schedule()
> races with cgroup move") fixed a race problem by making cgroup_move_task()
> use task->psi_flags instead of looking at the scheduler state.
> 
> We can extend task->psi_flags usage to CPU migration, which should be
> a minor optimization for performance and code simplicity.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <zhouchengming@...edance.com>

Nice one!

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>