Re: [PATCH 1/2] sched/deadline: add per rq tracking of admitted bandwidth

From: Juri Lelli
Date: Thu Feb 11 2016 - 07:27:14 EST


On 11/02/16 13:22, Luca Abeni wrote:
> Hi Juri,
>
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2016 12:12:57 +0000
> Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
> > I think we still have (at least) two problems:
> >
> > - select_task_rq_dl, if we select a different target
> > - select_task_rq might make use of select_fallback_rq, if
> > cpus_allowed changed after the task went to sleep
> >
> > Second case is what creates the problem here, as we don't update
> > task_rq(p) and fallback_cpu ac_bw. I was thinking we might do so,
> > maybe adding fallback_cpu in task_struct, from migrate_task_rq_dl()
> > (it has to be added yes), but I fear that we should hold both rq
> > locks :/.
> >
> > Luca, did you already face this problem (if I got it right) and
> > thought of a way to fix it? I'll go back and stare a bit more at
> > those paths.
> In my patch I took care of the first case (modifying
> select_task_rq_dl() to move the utilization from the "old rq" to the
> "new rq"), but I never managed to trigger select_fallback_rq() in my
> tests, so I overlooked that case.
>

Right, I was thinking to do the same. And you did that after grabbing
both locks, right?