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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Morten Rasmussen <morten.rasmussen@arm.com>
Cc: mingo@redhat.com, valentin.schneider@arm.com,
	dietmar.eggemann@arm.com, vincent.guittot@linaro.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] sched/fair: Add group_misfit_task load-balance type
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:56:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180219135644.GG25181@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1518711654-23503-3-git-send-email-morten.rasmussen@arm.com>

On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 04:20:49PM +0000, Morten Rasmussen wrote:
> @@ -6733,9 +6758,12 @@ done: __maybe_unused
>  	if (hrtick_enabled(rq))
>  		hrtick_start_fair(rq, p);
>  
> +	update_misfit_status(p, rq);
> +
>  	return p;
>  
>  idle:
> +	update_misfit_status(NULL, rq);
>  	new_tasks = idle_balance(rq, rf);
>  
>  	/*

So we set a point when picking a task (or tick). We clear said pointer
when idle.

> @@ -7822,6 +7855,10 @@ static inline void update_sg_lb_stats(struct lb_env *env,
>  		 */
>  		if (!nr_running && idle_cpu(i))
>  			sgs->idle_cpus++;
> +
> +		if (env->sd->flags & SD_ASYM_CPUCAPACITY &&
> +		    !sgs->group_misfit_task_load && rq->misfit_task_load)
> +			sgs->group_misfit_task_load = rq->misfit_task_load;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* Adjust by relative CPU capacity of the group */

And we read said pointer from another CPU, without holding the
respective rq->lock.

What happens, if right after we set sgs->group_misfit_task_load, our
task decides to exit?

  reply	other threads:[~2018-02-20 13:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-15 16:20 [PATCH 0/7] sched/fair: Migrate 'misfit' tasks on asymmetric capacity systems Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 1/7] sched: Add static_key for asymmetric cpu capacity optimizations Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-16 13:47   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-16 15:41     ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-16 16:51       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-19 11:49         ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-16 17:39       ` Quentin Perret
2018-02-16 17:43         ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 2/7] sched/fair: Add group_misfit_task load-balance type Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-19 13:56   ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-02-19 13:58     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-20 16:01       ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 3/7] sched/fair: Consider misfit tasks when load-balancing Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 4/7] sched/fair: Avoid unnecessary balancing of asymmetric capacity groups Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-19 14:50   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-19 14:53     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-20 16:22       ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-19 15:10   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-20 16:33     ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-20 18:26       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-23 16:38         ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-23 16:47           ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-26 15:06             ` Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 5/7] sched/fair: Kick nohz balance if rq->misfit_task Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 6/7] sched: Rename root_domain->overload to should_idle_balance Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-16  9:14   ` Juri Lelli
2018-02-16  9:49     ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-02-16 11:59       ` Valentin Schneider
2018-02-15 16:20 ` [PATCH 7/7] sched/fair: Set sd->should_idle_balance when misfit Morten Rasmussen
2018-02-28  7:46 ` [PATCH 0/7] sched/fair: Migrate 'misfit' tasks on asymmetric capacity systems Gaku Inami
2018-03-01 11:59   ` Valentin Schneider

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