Re: [PATCH] cgroup/cpuset: fix circular locking dependency

From: Prateek Sood
Date: Fri Dec 08 2017 - 04:43:39 EST


On 12/05/2017 04:31 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 02:58:25PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Hello, again.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 12:22:19PM -0800, Tejun Heo wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 10:44:49AM +0530, Prateek Sood wrote:
>>>> Any feedback/suggestion for this patch?
>>>
>>> Sorry about the delay. I'm a bit worried because it feels like we're
>>> chasing a squirrel. I'll think through the recent changes and this
>>> one and get back to you.
>>
>> Can you please take a look at the following pending commit?
>>
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git/commit/?h=for-4.15-fixes&id=e8b3f8db7aad99fcc5234fc5b89984ff6620de3d
>>
>> AFAICS, this should remove the circular dependency you originally
>> reported. I'll revert the two cpuset commits for now.
>
> So I liked his patches in that we would be able to go back to
> synchronous sched_domain building.
>
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git/commit/?h=for-4.15-fixes&id=e8b3f8db7aad99fcc5234fc5b89984ff6620de3d

This will fix the original circular locking dependency issue.
I will let you both (Peter & TJ) to decide on which one to
pick.



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