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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	cgroups@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com, pjt@google.com,
	luto@amacapital.net, Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, Roman Gushchin <guro@fb.com>,
	Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/6] cpuset: Add new v2 cpuset.sched.domain flag
Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 09:15:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180525071524.GQ12198@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <675f0f38-9154-4e73-1679-179eefdb7c9f@redhat.com>

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 02:53:31PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> On 05/24/2018 11:41 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 04:55:41PM -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> >> A new cpuset.sched.domain boolean flag is added to cpuset v2. This new
> >> flag indicates that the CPUs in the current cpuset should be treated
> >> as a separate scheduling domain.
> > The traditional name for this is a partition.
> 
> Do you want to call it cpuset.sched.partition? That name sounds strange
> to me.

Let me explore the whole domain x load-balance space first. I'm thinking
the two parameters are mostly redundant, but I might be overlooking
something (trivial or otherwise).

> >> +  cpuset.sched.domain
> >> +	A read-write single value file which exists on non-root
> >> +	cpuset-enabled cgroups.  It is a binary value flag that accepts
> >> +	either "0" (off) or a non-zero value (on).
> > I would be conservative and only allow 0/1.
> 
> I stated that because echoing other integer value like 2 into the flag
> file won't return any error. I will modify it to say just 0 and 1.

Ah, I would make the file error on >1.

Because then you can always extend the meaning afterwards because you
know it won't be written to with the new value.

> >> +	3) There is no child cgroups with cpuset enabled.
> >> +
> >> +	Setting this flag will take the CPUs away from the effective
> >> +	CPUs of the parent cgroup. Once it is set, this flag cannot be
> >> +	cleared if there are any child cgroups with cpuset enabled.
> > This I'm not clear on. Why?
> >
> That is for pragmatic reason as it is easier to code this way. We could
> remove this restriction but that will make the code more complex.

Best to mention that I think.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-05-25  7:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-17 20:55 [PATCH v8 0/6] Enable cpuset controller in default hierarchy Waiman Long
2018-05-17 20:55 ` [PATCH v8 1/6] cpuset: " Waiman Long
2018-05-21 11:55   ` Patrick Bellasi
2018-05-21 13:55     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-21 15:09       ` Patrick Bellasi
2018-05-21 16:10         ` Waiman Long
2018-05-17 20:55 ` [PATCH v8 2/6] cpuset: Add new v2 cpuset.sched.domain flag Waiman Long
2018-05-22 12:57   ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-22 13:20     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-29  0:55     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-24 15:41   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-24 18:53     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-25  7:15       ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2018-05-17 20:55 ` [PATCH v8 3/6] cpuset: Add cpuset.sched.load_balance flag to v2 Waiman Long
2018-05-24 14:36   ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-24 15:09     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-24 15:16       ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-24 15:22         ` Waiman Long
2018-05-25  9:40           ` Patrick Bellasi
2018-05-25 14:45             ` Waiman Long
2018-05-24 15:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-24 18:55     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-28 12:45       ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-05-28 18:31         ` Waiman Long
2018-05-17 20:55 ` [PATCH v8 4/6] cpuset: Make generate_sched_domains() recognize isolated_cpus Waiman Long
2018-05-23 17:34   ` Patrick Bellasi
2018-05-23 20:18     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-24  9:04       ` Patrick Bellasi
2018-05-24 10:39         ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-25 10:31           ` Patrick Bellasi
2018-05-25 12:52             ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-24 10:28   ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-29  1:12     ` Waiman Long
2018-05-29  1:24       ` Waiman Long
2018-05-29  6:27         ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-29 12:40           ` Waiman Long
2018-05-29 13:12             ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-17 20:55 ` [PATCH v8 5/6] cpuset: Expose cpus.effective and mems.effective on cgroup v2 root Waiman Long
2018-05-17 20:55 ` [PATCH v8 6/6] cpuset: Allow reporting of sched domain generation info Waiman Long
2018-05-22 13:53   ` Juri Lelli
2018-05-29  1:04     ` Waiman Long

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