get_cpu() disables preemption for the entire sched_fork() function. This get_cpu() was introduced in commit dd41f596cda0 ("sched: cfs core code") which also invoked sched_balance_self() and this function required preemption do be off. Today, sched_balance_self() seems to be moved to ->task_fork callback which is invoked while the ->pi_lock is held. set_load_weight() could invoke reweight_task() which then via $callchain might end up in smp_processor_id() but since `update_load' is false this won't happen. I didn't find any this_cpu*() or similar usage during the initialisation of the task_struct. The `cpu' value (from get_cpu()) is only used later in __set_task_cpu() while the ->pi_lock lock is held.
Based on this it is possible to remove get_cpu() and use smp_processor_id() for the `cpu' variable without breaking anything. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bige...@linutronix.de> --- kernel/sched/core.c | 13 ++++--------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c index 78d8facba456..b6ec6ebe620d 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/core.c +++ b/kernel/sched/core.c @@ -2318,7 +2318,6 @@ static inline void init_schedstats(void) {} int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p) { unsigned long flags; - int cpu = get_cpu(); __sched_fork(clone_flags, p); /* @@ -2354,14 +2353,12 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p) p->sched_reset_on_fork = 0; } - if (dl_prio(p->prio)) { - put_cpu(); + if (dl_prio(p->prio)) return -EAGAIN; - } else if (rt_prio(p->prio)) { + else if (rt_prio(p->prio)) p->sched_class = &rt_sched_class; - } else { + else p->sched_class = &fair_sched_class; - } init_entity_runnable_average(&p->se); @@ -2377,7 +2374,7 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p) * We're setting the CPU for the first time, we don't migrate, * so use __set_task_cpu(). */ - __set_task_cpu(p, cpu); + __set_task_cpu(p, smp_processor_id()); if (p->sched_class->task_fork) p->sched_class->task_fork(p); raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&p->pi_lock, flags); @@ -2394,8 +2391,6 @@ int sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p) plist_node_init(&p->pushable_tasks, MAX_PRIO); RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->pushable_dl_tasks); #endif - - put_cpu(); return 0; } -- 2.18.0