Re: [PATCH v8 06/19] cpuset: Don't use the cpu_possible_mask as a last resort for cgroup v1
From: Valentin Schneider <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-10 10:20:24
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From: Valentin Schneider <hidden>
Date: 2021-06-10 10:20:24
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linux-arm-kernel, lkml
On 07/06/21 18:20, Will Deacon wrote:
On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 06:11:03PM +0100, Valentin Schneider wrote:quoted
On 02/06/21 17:47, Will Deacon wrote:quoted
@@ -3322,9 +3322,13 @@ void cpuset_cpus_allowed(struct task_struct *tsk, struct cpumask *pmask) void cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback(struct task_struct *tsk) { + const struct cpumask *cs_mask; + const struct cpumask *possible_mask = task_cpu_possible_mask(tsk); + rcu_read_lock(); - do_set_cpus_allowed(tsk, is_in_v2_mode() ? - task_cs(tsk)->cpus_allowed : cpu_possible_mask); + cs_mask = task_cs(tsk)->cpus_allowed; + if (is_in_v2_mode() && cpumask_subset(cs_mask, possible_mask)) + do_set_cpus_allowed(tsk, cs_mask);Since the task will still go through the is_cpu_allowed() loop in select_fallback_rq() after this, is the subset check actually required here?Yes, I think it's needed. do_set_cpus_allowed() doesn't do any checking against the task_cpu_possible_mask, so if we returned to select_fallback_rq() with a mask containing a mixture of 32-bit-capable and 64-bit-only CPUs then we'd end up setting an affinity mask for a 32-bit task which contains 64-bit-only cores.
Once again, you're right :-)