It is possible for find_new_ilb() to select the current CPU, however, this only happens from newidle balancing, in which case need_resched() will be true, and consequently nohz_csd_func() will not trigger the softirq.
Exclude the current CPU from becoming an ILB target. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> --- kernel/sched/fair.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -10026,6 +10026,10 @@ static inline int find_new_ilb(void) for_each_cpu_and(ilb, nohz.idle_cpus_mask, housekeeping_cpumask(HK_FLAG_MISC)) { + + if (ilb == smp_processor_id()) + continue; + if (idle_cpu(ilb)) return ilb; }

