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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 22:18:54 +0100
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/33] mm: vmstat: Prepare to protect against concurrent
 isolated cpuset change

On Sun 25-01-26 23:45:11, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> The HK_TYPE_DOMAIN housekeeping cpumask will soon be made modifiable at
> runtime. In order to synchronize against vmstat workqueue to make sure
> that no asynchronous vmstat work is pending or executing on a newly made
> isolated CPU, target and queue a vmstat work under the same RCU read
> side critical section.
> 
> Whenever housekeeping will update the HK_TYPE_DOMAIN cpumask, a vmstat
> workqueue flush will also be issued in a further change to make sure
> that no work remains pending after a CPU has been made isolated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Thanks!

> ---
>  mm/vmstat.c | 10 ++++++----
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
> index 65de88cdf40e..ed19c0d42de6 100644
> --- a/mm/vmstat.c
> +++ b/mm/vmstat.c
> @@ -2144,11 +2144,13 @@ static void vmstat_shepherd(struct work_struct *w)
>  		 * infrastructure ever noticing. Skip regular flushing from vmstat_shepherd
>  		 * for all isolated CPUs to avoid interference with the isolated workload.
>  		 */
> -		if (cpu_is_isolated(cpu))
> -			continue;
> +		scoped_guard(rcu) {
> +			if (cpu_is_isolated(cpu))
> +				continue;
>  
> -		if (!delayed_work_pending(dw) && need_update(cpu))
> -			queue_delayed_work_on(cpu, mm_percpu_wq, dw, 0);
> +			if (!delayed_work_pending(dw) && need_update(cpu))
> +				queue_delayed_work_on(cpu, mm_percpu_wq, dw, 0);
> +		}
>  
>  		cond_resched();
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.51.1
> 

-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs