linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Don't filter offline CPUs in cpuset_cpus

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Message-ID: <1f7fc2a9-259c-8f97-2f0c-a315c0266138@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2023 17:26:12 -0500
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:     Zefan Li <lizefan.x@...edance.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: Don't filter offline CPUs in
 cpuset_cpus_allowed() for top cpuset tasks

On 2/3/23 16:00, Tejun Heo wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 11:40:40AM -0500, Waiman Long wrote:
>> Since commit 8f9ea86fdf99 ("sched: Always preserve the user
>> requested cpumask"), relax_compatible_cpus_allowed_ptr() is calling
>> __sched_setaffinity() unconditionally. This helps to expose a bug in
>> the current cpuset hotplug code where the cpumasks of the tasks in
>> the top cpuset are not updated at all when some CPUs become online or
>> offline. It is likely caused by the fact that some of the tasks in the
>> top cpuset, like percpu kthreads, cannot have their cpu affinity changed.
>>
>> One way to reproduce this as suggested by Peter is:
>>   - boot machine
>>   - offline all CPUs except one
>>   - taskset -p ffffffff $$
>>   - online all CPUs
>>
>> Fix this by allowing cpuset_cpus_allowed() to return a wider mask that
>> includes offline CPUs for those tasks that are in the top cpuset. For
>> tasks not in the top cpuset, the old rule applies and only online CPUs
>> will be returned in the mask since hotplug events will update their
>> cpumasks accordingly.
>>
>> Fixes: 8f9ea86fdf99 ("sched: Always preserve the user requested cpumask")
>> Reported-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
>> Originally-from: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
> So, this is the replacement for the first patch[1] Will posted, right?

Yes, if Will and Peter has no objection. I think it is less risky and 
handle the partition case better.

With v1, Will's patch should get similar result as the existing 
guarantee_online_cpus() function since we can infer offline cpus from 
cpus_allowed. With v2, it does include offline cpus correctly, I 
believe, as long as no partition is enabled. However, the hotplug code 
is able to update the cpumasks when a CPU is onlined. So the presence of 
offline CPUs is nice to have, but not essential.

>
>>   void cpuset_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cpumask *pmask)
>>   {
>>   	unsigned long flags;
>> +	struct cpuset *cs;
>>   
>>   	spin_lock_irqsave(&callback_lock, flags);
>> -	guarantee_online_cpus(tsk, pmask);
>> +	rcu_read_lock();
>> +
>> +	cs = task_cs(tsk);
>> +	if (cs != &top_cpuset)
>> +		guarantee_online_cpus(tsk, pmask);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * TODO: Tasks in the top cpuset won't get update to their cpumasks
>> +	 * when a hotplug online/offline event happens. So we include all
>> +	 * offline cpus in the allowed cpu list.
>> +	 */
>> +	if ((cs == &top_cpuset) || cpumask_empty(pmask)) {
>> +		const struct cpumask *possible_mask = task_cpu_possible_mask(tsk);
>> +
>> +		/*
>> +		 * We first exclude cpus allocated to partitions. If there is no
>> +		 * allowable online cpu left, we fall back to all possible cpus.
>> +		 */
>> +		cpumask_andnot(pmask, possible_mask, top_cpuset.subparts_cpus);
> and the differences are that
>
> * It's only applied to the root cgroup.
>
> * Cpus taken up by partitions are excluded.
>
> Is my understanding correct?
Yes, that is correct.
>
>> +		if (!cpumask_intersects(pmask, cpu_online_mask))
>> +			cpumask_copy(pmask, possible_mask);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	rcu_read_unlock();
>>   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&callback_lock, flags);
> So, I suppose you're suggesting applying this patch instead of the one Will
> Deacon posted[1] and we need Will's second patch[2] on top, right?
Right. Let hear if Will and Peter agree with this plan. I have tested 
this patch and it passed Peter's reproducer test correctly. During 
testing, I uncovered another bug in the cpu affinity code which results 
in a separate scheduler patch to fix it.
>
> [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230131221719.3176-3-will@kernel.org
> [2] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230131221719.3176-3-will@kernel.org
>
> Thanks.
Cheers,
Longman