linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/6] sched/cpuset: Bring back cpuset

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Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:50:44 +0800
From:   Xuewen Yan <xuewen.yan94@...il.com>
To:     Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Cc:     Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] sched/cpuset: Bring back cpuset_mutex

On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 1:53 PM Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 27/04/23 10:58, Xuewen Yan wrote:
> > HI Juri,
> >
> > Would this patch be merged tobe stable-rc? In kernel5.15, we also find
> > that the rwsem would be blocked for a long  time, when we change the
> > task's cpuset cgroup.
> > And when we revert to the mutex, the delay would disappear.
>
> Honestly, I'm not sure. This change is mostly improving performance, but
> it is also true that it's fixing some priority inheritance corner cases.
> So, I'm not sure it qualifies for stable, but it would be probably good to
> have it there.
>
Dear Juri,

Thanks for the reply! We will test more in kernel5.15.

Thanks!
BR

> Thanks,
> Juri
>