Re: [PATCH V3] sched/deadline: Update rq_clock of later_rq when pushing a task

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 02:46:15PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 11:16:30AM +0200, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira wrote:
> > diff --git a/kernel/sched/deadline.c b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> > index fbfc3f1d368a..8b50eea4b607 100644
> > --- a/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> > +++ b/kernel/sched/deadline.c
> > @@ -2090,8 +2090,14 @@ static int push_dl_task(struct rq *rq)
> >  	sub_rq_bw(&next_task->dl, &rq->dl);
> >  	set_task_cpu(next_task, later_rq->cpu);
> >  	add_rq_bw(&next_task->dl, &later_rq->dl);
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Update the later_rq clock here, because the clock is used
> > +	 * by the cpufreq_update_util() inside __add_running_bw().
> > +	 */
> > +	update_rq_clock(later_rq);
> >  	add_running_bw(&next_task->dl, &later_rq->dl);
> > -	activate_task(later_rq, next_task, 0);
> > +	activate_task(later_rq, next_task, ENQUEUE_NOCLOCK);
> >  	ret = 1;
> >  
> >  	resched_curr(later_rq);
> 
> Why isn't push_rt_task() affected by the very same issue?

Aah, I see, its the add_running_bw() think; for which RT doesn't have a
counter-part.