when removing a cfs_rq from the list we only check _sum value so we must ensure that _avg and _sum stay synced so load_sum can't be null whereas load_avg is not after propagating load in the cgroup hierarchy. Use load_avg to compute load_sum similarly to what is done for util_sum and runnable_sum. Fixes: 0e2d2aaaae52 ("sched/fair: Rewrite PELT migration propagation") Reported-by: Odin Ugedal <odin@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sched/fair.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c index 161b92aa1c79..2859545d95fb 100644 --- a/kernel/sched/fair.c +++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c @@ -3509,7 +3509,8 @@ update_tg_cfs_load(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se, struct cfs_rq se->avg.load_sum = runnable_sum; se->avg.load_avg = load_avg; add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_avg, delta_avg); - add_positive(&cfs_rq->avg.load_sum, delta_sum); + cfs_rq->avg.load_sum = cfs_rq->avg.load_avg * divider; + } static inline void add_tg_cfs_propagate(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, long runnable_sum) -- 2.17.1