On Fri, Jul 03, 2015 at 06:39:28PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 02, 2015 at 07:25:11AM +0800, Yuyang Du wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > index 40a7fcb..f7cc1ef 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
> > @@ -5898,6 +5898,10 @@ static int detach_tasks(struct lb_env *env)
> > return 0;
> >
> > while (!list_empty(tasks)) {
> > +
> > + if (env->idle == CPU_NEWLY_IDLE && env->src_rq->nr_running <= 1)
>
> Should we make that ->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE ?
I think including CPU_IDLE is good.
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Subject: [PATCH] sched: Avoid pulling all tasks in idle balancing
In idle balancing where a CPU going idle pulls tasks from another CPU,
a livelock may happen if the CPU pulls all tasks from another, makes
it idle, and this iterates. So just avoid this.
Reported-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vinc...@axis.com>
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Du <yuyang...@intel.com>
---
kernel/sched/fair.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 40a7fcb..769d591 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -5898,6 +5898,13 @@ static int detach_tasks(struct lb_env *env)
return 0;
while (!list_empty(tasks)) {
+ /*
+ * We don't want to steal all, otherwise we may be treated
likewise,
+ * which could at worst lead to a livelock crash.
+ */
+ if (env->idle != CPU_NOT_IDLE && env->src_rq->nr_running <= 1)
+ break;
+
p = list_first_entry(tasks, struct task_struct, se.group_node);
env->loop++;
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