linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] cpumask: Randomly distribute the tasks within affinity mask

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Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:05:46 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Josh Don <joshdon@...gle.com>
Cc:     Ankit Jain <ankitja@...are.com>, yury.norov@...il.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, linux@...musvillemoes.dk,
        qyousef@...alina.io, pjt@...gle.com, bristot@...hat.com,
        vschneid@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        namit@...are.com, amakhalov@...are.com, srinidhir@...are.com,
        vsirnapalli@...are.com, vbrahmajosyula@...are.com,
        akaher@...are.com, srivatsa@...il.mit.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] cpumask: Randomly distribute the tasks within
 affinity mask

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 04:55:35PM -0700, Josh Don wrote:
> Hey Peter,
> 
> > +static struct cpumask *root_domain_allowed(struct cpumask *newmask,
> > +                                          struct cpumask *scratch,
> > +                                          struct cpumask *valid)
> > +{
> > +       struct root_domain *rd;
> > +       struct cpumask *mask;
> > +       struct rq *rq;
> > +
> > +       int first = cpumask_first_and(newmask, valid);
> > +       if (first >= nr_cpu_ids)
> > +               return NULL;
> 
> This picks the first arbitrarily, but isn't it possible for the mask
> to span both isolated and non-isolated cpus? In which case, the rest
> of this just boils down to chance (ie. whatever the span happens to be
> for the first cpu here)?

Yes, but it matches historical behaviour :/

Like I said, ideally we'd flat out reject masks like this, but...